The Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to raise the import tariff on E5 bio-fuel sharply by seven times so as to protect domestic production and encourage sales in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s exports massively outperformed its peers for 2014, with a gross domestic product (GDP) growing 5.98% on-year at a time when shipments from many members of ASEAN were falling.

VietNamNet Bridge – Trang Tien ice cream is well known for its special flavour, which a countless number of Hanoi generations have a passion for. Visitors who have an opportunity to visit Hanoi and enjoy Trang Tien ice cream will not forget

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a visit to Xuan Quan commune in Van Giang District in Hung Yen province, visitors will see colorful flower gardens that are being prepared for Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, which starts in three weeks.

VietNamNet Bridge – Following the sale of Hai Phong Port, Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has decided to sell Nghe Tinh Port and hopes to gain enough money to pay its debts.

The Russia-Vietnam relations have helped reinforced regional security, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a recent interview granted to a Moscow-based Radio Voice of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – For four centuries, the Tho Xuan (Long Lived) Clinic has been well known for its Vietnamese healing arts, medicinal herbs and doctors.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The 127 winners of Vietjet’s “Spread the Love” program have been identified and they will receive great reward.

 Issuing shares to offset debts has become one of the solutions employed by many businesses nowadays.

 The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three UK children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Minh Huan, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about Tet bonuses this year.

 National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has called upon the Vietnamese Party, people and army to unite and fulfil the set 2015 tasks to generate rapid and sustainable development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located in the complex of Trang An World Heritage Site in Ninh Binh province, the Trang An eco-tourism resort looks spectacular.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) recently issued Circular No. 43/2014/TT-NHNN (December 25, 2014) on lending in foreign currency by credit institutions and foreign bank branches to residents.

 Around 1,000 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) will join the programme 'Xuan Que Huong' (Homeland Spring) 2015 which is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on February 7-8.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famed Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia said the true inspiration of creativity was nature and the secret to harmony is to silence the subconscious in order to hear what nature has to say.

 Police find 48 dead monkeys, arrest trader; Consumers confused of nutritional supplements due to advertising; 670kg of gunpowder seized at Laos border; Gasoline tanker explodes, injuring two; HCM City seizes stolen aviation fuel

 Mercedes-Benz to invest $20m in Viet Nam; SeABank offers soft loans; S Korean firms favour Viet Nam; Standard Chartered ups GDP forecast; Rice traders to expand sources; January business shutdowns up 23%

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several weeks before the Lunar New Year (Tet), Nhat Tan, one of several remaining flower villages in Hanoi, has become a tourist attraction.

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals have been made recently, which show the attractiveness of the dairy production sector.