The process of merging VTC and the Voice of Viet Nam (VOV) will start this month, according to an official of the information and communication ministry (MIC).

 Media professionals are objecting to the Justice Ministry's proposal to allow ministries or government agencies to impose fines on media organisations publishing inaccurate information.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong beat a drum to open the 2015 Spring Press Festival on Saturday, the largest so far with the participation of 65 media agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has approved a plan to empower businesses to exploit the railways and waterways on the Lao Cai-Hai Phong route. The plan is aimed at reducing the overloading of the land route.

 The Prime Minister has approved participation in the regional project on observing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Asia funded by the United Nations Environment Programme.

 The management board of Dong Chau Protective Forest in central Quang Binh province has signed a contract for the Viet Nature Conservation Centre to lease forest land for scientific research and conservation.

 The leading anti-virus company in Vietnam, Bach Khoa Anti-virus Centre, plans to introduce a series of network safety products.

 Experts suggested policies that the Government can implement in response to plunging oil prices at a conference organised by the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast on February 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spring and love are the hottest themes for music videos that will be released this month to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year), which begins on February 19.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has officially approved adding the digit "1" to the "091" and "094" prefixes for VinaPhone, the third largest mobile operator in Vietnam.

 Telephone numbers that often sent spam messages should be blocked, experts agreed at a recent conference held by the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army will attend the 12th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM -12) on February 9-11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Viet Nam directed all agencies at localities throughout the country to enhance the party's ability to guide management and organisation of spring festivals.

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Becamex Binh Duong lost a humiliating game to Dong Tam Long An, which won 3-1 in a seventh round match of the Toyota V. League 1 yesterday, Feb. 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – The open ending of the Vietnamese feature film Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere, currently showing in Ha Noi and HCM City, proved divisive for audiences.   

 More than 44,500 ultra-durable balls will be given to Vietnamese children as part of the One World Futbol project recently launched in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

 The 2015 Earth Hour response programme, which calls upon people to save energy to cope with climate change, was launched in Hanoi on February 7.

Multinational technology groups are restructuring their production strategies, giving Vietnam a reason to hope that it would be their next destination.

US veterans visit HCM City; Vietnam attends ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions Summit; Deputy PM: Vietnam’s int’l integration process enters important period; Overseas Vietnamese praised for linking Vietnam with other countries

 The HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway officially opened to traffic on February 8.