VietNamNet Bridge – Incoming remittances last year stood at around US$12 billion with 46% of it going to production and business operations, nearly 36% to expenses and the remainder to savings and health services,

 HCMC will restrict spending on public autos, seminars, meetings, groundbreaking ceremonies and overseas business trips for its officials as one of the measures to better manage the State budget and public assets at agencies.

Old Quarter exhibit recalls Hanoi's rich past; Chef club debuts in central city; Spring festival shines in Hanoi; Hanoi welcomes OVs returning home for TET; “What do you know about Vietnam” contest 2015

Ha Noi to get disabled taxi service; Chicken pox breaks out in preschool in HCMC; Electrical fault caused tourist boat fire; KOICA grants $30m ODA for central region; Severe cold weather blankets northern areas

HAGL's first Australian beef products introduced to HCM City market; Growth expected in textile, footwear export turnover;

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Gia Lam District police in Ha Noi on Thursday caught three vessels in the act of stealing sand from a section of the Duong River.

Poverty eradication remains the overarching goal of global development efforts, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent representative of Vietnam at the United Nations said at a session of the UN Economic and Social Council.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam could see a trade deficit in 2015 after three consecutive years of a surplus, as prices for crude oil, which Vietnam exports, have plummeted.

  Scientists have discovered two new species of beech, scientifically known as Castanopsis grandicicatricata and Castanopsis multiporcata, in Xuan Son National Park in the northern Phu Tho Province.

 About 10 panels carrying the images of the most important new Italian architecture will be displayed in an exhibition that opens tonight in downtown Ha Noi.

Rescuers on Friday morning recovered four more bodies from the Keelung River, raising the death toll from Wednesday's TransAsia Airways passenger plane crash to 35.

A conference was held in Hanoi on February 5 to officially release the Vietnam Coalition for Education for All, the fifth non-government organisation in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training to implement educational goals.

 A set of stamps featuring Vietnam’s symbolic architectural heritage and landscapes was unveiled in Paris, France, on February 5.

A seminar reviewing the global prospect of biotech/genetically modified crops in 2014 took place on Tuesday in Hanoi to present the latest annual report on GM crop usage situation globally in 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission (SSC) is revising Decree 58/2012 guiding the Securities Law to increase the foreign ownership limit at listed enterprises,

Several weeks ahead of the lunar New Year festival, the Poison Control Center in Hanoi received dozens of alcohol poisoning patients, up 30% compared to the same period last year. Some of the patients became blind from drinking fake alcohol.

 JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi has been recognized as one of the best hotels in Vietnam in a number of prestigious national and global travel awards.

 Representatives from the Hanoi Trade Corporation (HAPRO) recently paid a working visit to Angola where they met with governmental and industry leaders from import-export enterprises discussing potential investments in the South African country.

 Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd. (Lotte) is now the main shareholder of Bibica Corporation (BBC) after its main counterweight SSI sold its entire holding.

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said that 97 percent of the total goods in the market are distributed by Vietnamese businesses, while foreign retailers hold only 3 percent.