VietNamNet Bridge - Pottery kilns of many families in the imperial city of Hue and the ancient town of Hoi An are very busy producing terra-cotta statues of the Kitchen God to serve the high demand of the market during the lunar New Year holiday.

 GEMS Education, a big Dubai-based schools operator, is looking at opportunities to expand during 2015 into Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, the company's executive director has revealed.

 Ambiguous instructions have led to a disagreement between steel importers and the General Department of Customs about the application of the import code for steel billets.

 The southern city of Can Tho recently installed free public WiFi on Ninh Kieu Wharf as part of an image-building exercise and to attract more tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Families in the village of Thuy Tram (in Tuy Loc commune in Phu Tho province) are raising red carps in ponds to prepare for lunar new year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has reached agreements with two of its 22 creditors on debt restructuring, but negotiations since then have stalled.

 Authorities in a range of countries are considering examining HSBC's actions in helping more than 100,000 wealthy individuals avoid paying tax.

 British soul singer Sam Smith has won four Grammy Awards in the US, including the prestigious prizes for record and song of the year and best new artist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hon Lao Island off the coast of Nha Trang City has grown attractive to local and foreign visitors as it is home to nearly 1,500 tricky monkeys.

 A man has been killed in a shark attack on the New South Wales north coast, police say, a day after another man was injured by a shark in the same area.

Vietnam's cycling team will participate at the Asian Cycling Championship 2015 which kicks off today in Thailand.

Deputy Defence Minister hosts outgoing Russian official; Party inspection commission to be enhanced; PM assigns socio-economic tasks to Dak Nong; Vice President praises RoK group for support of Vietnamese children

 A building housing the examination and high-tech treatment departments of the Hanoi-based National Geriatric Hospital was inaugurated on February 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Ho village in Bac Ninh Province is not only known as the home of Dong Ho folk paintings, but it is also the largest votive-paper producing village in Vietnam.

 Indonesian food firm PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (AISA) plans to pour 80 million USD into Vietnam and Malaysia to purchase stakes in two food companies this year.

 A map of Vietnam made entirely out of fruit has been recognized as the largest fruit map in Vietnam by the Vietnamese Guinness Book of Records on February 9 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

 The Hanoi People's Committee has forbidden officials and staffs from making numerous business trips abroad or participating in study tours organised or funded by local enterprises or directly invited by international companies.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Bac Ninh provincial authorities recently put up for auction 42 Java pangolins, an endangered species, that were seized in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly three tons of cats smuggled from China have been culled as they had not been quarantined and had a high risk of spreading disease, said the Hanoi Environment Police Agency.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese fishermen rescued two Russian men who were on a boat that  ran out of gas on the sea near Hon Noi Island, about 15 nautical miles from the coast of Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa Province.