Viet Nam, RoK speed up free trade talks; Leaders convey Tet greetings, laud work for national causes; Politburo member visits Long An border guards

 VietNamNet Bridge – The $700 million Phuoc Huu wind power project in the central province of Ninh Thuan will be revoked after four years of delay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal gold mining continues in northern mountainous Tuyen Quang Province's Chiem Hoa District, despite authorities' efforts to stop it.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Owners of leading Thai retail groups are pushing ahead with aggressive expansions into Vietnam’s retail market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The VNREDSat-1B remote-sensing satellite will be produced by Belgium on Vietnam’s order and it is expected to be put into orbit in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has become the Vietnamese player with the highest position in the Junior Ranking of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

 VietNamNet Bridge - On January 21, nearly 5,000 artifacts excavated in the 700-year-old shipwreck in Quang Ngai were divided, based on the Law on Cultural Heritage and the decision of Quang Ngai authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism authorities have approved the Viet Nam Tourism Occupational Skills Standards, the first of 10 job standards for the tourism sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese investors have been flocking to Vietnam, pouring money into the two main business fields – textile & garments and real estate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only several overseas Vietnamese scientists and lecturers have been given the titles of professors or associate professors so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With cautiousness--in the lives of investors, they dare not expect brisk trade and do not intend to pour big money into investment deals in 2014, the Year of Horse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies to host and cooperate with relevant agencies to compile a dossier on Chau van singing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Shares in HCM City extended last Friday's gains during on Monday session (Jan 20), as the VN-Index jumped 1.85 per cent to a four-year high of 553.67 points.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Justice has been swift for the two women caught on camera horribly ill-treating children at a pre-school in HCM City's Thu Duc District last month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Quang Ninh Province's People's Court handed down 30 death penalties to members of a heroin ring for drug trafficking and smuggling on January 20.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts from Bkav, a leading Vietnamese Internet security company, have said that spyware, malware and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks will continue to pose major risks in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has proposed the installation of devices to detect and quarantine food considered risky for public health at markets in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has asked the Government to issue an order to stop the exploitation of natural forests in the Central Highlands region between now and 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – How do you feel when you have conquered new heights? To me, it is absolutely an awesome and out-of-this-world feeling.