VietNamNet Bridge – Today, according to the lunar calendar, the Vietnamese people believe the Kitchen God (Ong Tao) will begin his journey to the Heavenly Palace.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan will boost cooperation in agriculture, human resource training, technical assistance and science and technology with Vietnam, Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese and Chinese Party leaders made a phone call on January 22, acknowledging considerable progress in the two countries’ relations in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Audit Office of Viet Nam plans to intensify the auditing of economic restructuring activities this year, a conference to launch the SAV's operations in 2014 was told in Ha Noi yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ninh Binh defeated Ha Noi T&T 3-1 yesterday, Jan 22, during an early match of the V-League's third round at Hang Day Stadium.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Premier League FC Arsenal players have sent Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to their Vietnamese fans in the lead up to the Tet holiday.

 U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Wednesday that the government would run out of borrowing authority by late February if the Congress does not act to raise the debt limit before that time.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the occasion of the New Year 2014, the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear conveyed his New Year congratulation and shared his feeling of the Tet atmosphere in Hanoi to Vietnamese readers, through the below video clip.

 Police in India's West Bengal have held 13 people in connection with a gang rape of a woman allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawyers have warned that if VietinBank denies the responsibility for its worker’s behavior of appropriating institutions’ and individuals’ money, depositors would keep away from banks.

 UN mediator for Syrian peace talks Lakhdar Brahimi is to hold separate talks with rival delegations to assess their willingness to meet together.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Although the unemployment rate increased slightly from 1.81% to 1.9% over the same period of 2012, Vietnam is still among the countries with the lowest unemployment rates across the globe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 18-year-old female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has been voted Vietnam's top athlete in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, the Z121 factory delivered fireworks to 24 provinces and cities for the New Year’s Eve firework shows 2014, on midnight January 30, 2014.

Since January 19, 41 students of the Tri Duc high school in Hanoi have been hospitalized with symptoms of flu. Quick tests showed that they were positive for H1N1 virus, the strain that caused the pandemic in 2009.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A week before the lunar New Year 2014 or Tet, traffic congestion is reported on many roads in Hanoi, despite the effort of traffic policemen. It has become nightmare for Hanoians these days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world-renowned Manchester United football club is bringing its Premier League trophy to Viet Nam next month.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Education and Training and research institutions to add the contents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa Islands into in textbooks at all levels of education.

 Vietnamese fencers have successfully bagged a total of 9 gold,3 silver and 2 bronze medals at the ongoing Southeast Asian Fencing Championships in Malaysia.

The big changes in Japan’s policy on the country’s agriculture subsidization would force Japanese enterprises to cooperate with the countries which have advantages in agriculture production like Vietnam.