Kinh Do Confectionary Corporation plans to spend some VND530 billion (US$24.9 million) to buy a 27-per cent stake in the Viet Nam Vegetable Oil Industry Corporation (Vocarimex).

 Germany's Hubert Burda Media announced on Wednesday that it will invest in Vietnamese web browser and search engine Coc Coc.

 Vietnam will send a team of three students and their faculty advisor this February 12-15 to Boston to participate in the annual Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) conference.

 Malaysia is looking to cooperate with Mekong Delta provinces and cities in clean agricultural development and green biotechnology to create environmental protection solutions.

 The 16th Vietnam Fun Cup or windsurfing competition, takes place the Phan Thiet beach’s Jibe Beach Club in Binh Thuan province on February 6-7.

 The list of nominees for the Golden Ball Award 2014, which is organised by the Saigon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper, was announced on February 4 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association has launched an Italian language publication themed “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: integral part of Vietnam’s territory” on the occasion of the 20 th publishing anniversary of its Mekong Magazine.

The Vietnamese film “Cha va con va…” is among nominations for the best film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, which is being held from February 5 to 15 in German capital of Berlin.

About 6,000 labourers from 70 enterprises are still waiting to get paid 2014's wages, which are approximately 59.7 billion VND (2.8 million USD), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police and airline investigations into the theft of tens of thousands of litres of aviation fuel are making little progress in working out how the theft was done or where the stolen fuel came from.

VietNamNet Bridge – So-called black school services are increasing on the internet - attending class for others, sitting exams under others’ names and forging student cards and university degrees.

Government agencies and professional associations have proposed to restrict cross-border trade by reducing the ceiling value of tax-free goods brought across border gates.

Major General Phan Nhu Thach, former police chief of Quang Nam Province, will have to pay a fine of VND22.5 million and dismantle his villa built in the specialized forest of Nam Hai Van in Da Nang within 35 days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Within a month of implementing a campaign against drunk drivers, Hanoi traffic police have handled 676 cases, collecting more than VND1 billion ($50,000) of fines.

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 The Government is requesting the utmost efforts from relevant agencies and local administrations to achieve the set targets of 6.2 percent growth in gross domestic product and 5 percent inflation this year.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has hailed the role of the mass media in carrying out the Party and State’s policy on external relations in 2014.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh received Ms. Ann Mills Griffiths, Chairwoman of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, in Hanoi on February 5.

 Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception for Counsellor of the United State (US) Department of the State Thomas Shannon in Hanoi on February 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia have proposed extending the consultation process for the Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos by six months to one year before work on the project starts.