VietNamNet Bridge – Efforts are on to prevent a possible oil spill in the Sai Gon River from the hydrofoil that burst into flames on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines has cut airfare for residents of Con Dao Island on HCM City-Con Dao route from January 21 following a request by Transport Minister Dinh La Thang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has slipped to the 48th place in the latest world rankings in January, with an Elo rating of 2,703, according to the World Chess Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Women's Football Championships will be organised next month with the best athletes being selected for the national team.

 Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday that the army would closely monitor the situation after the caretaker government invoked a 60-day emergency decree in the capital and surrounding provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing the oversupply of high technology zones and economic zones (EZs).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Underground water, which provides 35-50 percent of the total water volume provided to urban areas nationwide, has been seriously polluted and decreasing in reserves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel is all about street food these days, especially if you're visiting Viet Nam, a country where food is at the heart of the culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One needs to spend at least hundreds of millions of dong to have the machines powerful enough to “dig” bitcoins and tens of millions of dong more every month to run the machines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic hardship seems to be a thing of the past as people are loosening their purse strings to buy expensive ornamental flowers and fruit trees for the coming Tet holidays.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are several flower varieties that one can only see on Hanoi streets during the Tet holiday, such as coriander flowers, peach blossoms, dahlia and violet.

 Egyptian folk dance troupe perform in VN cities; TV channels prepare Tet lineup; Temples of literature featured at exhibition in Hanoi; Furama Resort Da Nang to host Tet ‘village market'

 Transport Ministry gets tough on speeding buses; Year-end meeting attracts over 700 overseas Vietnamese; 27 warheads deactivated in Phu Tho Province; Three teenagers arrested for woman's murder; Six bottled water companies suspended

 Japan helps HCM City develop high-tech industry; 2013 trade turnover surpasses US$264 billion; Big deals still reached despite real estate downturn;  Competition to force Vietnam Airlines to cut fares; Limousine service opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of January 19, calligraphers with ink and red paper began to appear on the pavement in front of the Youth Culture House and the Labor Palace in HCM City.

 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.

 Mindshare globally recognized 15 January as Mindshare Day and celebrated it by announcing its refreshed global positioning: original thinking driven by speed, provocation and teamwork.

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