VietNamNet Bridge - While transporting iron to a construction site, a truck overturned, killing four people, including two Vietnamese workers who came from the central province of Quang Ngai on February 20.

"Being touched by hands with sweat for many consecutive years, many doctoral steles in the Temple of Literature are worn out. For example, a stele that was made in 1452 now has no words left," says Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuong, Institute of History.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of February 25, hundreds of young men in Hanoi said goodbye to their friends and relatives to join the army.

On the afternoon of February 25, in Hanoi, Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of Defense, met with the Assistant to the UN Secretary-General, in charge of the UN peacekeeping force, Mr. Edmond Mulet.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of February 22, Binh Phuoc Provincial Police Department prosecuted and arrested two department deputy directors and the director of a center of the province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being addicted to computer games, a boy was stripped by his father, tied to an electric pole along the road in the cold of below 15 degrees Celsius.

On February 24, Colonel Duong Tu Trong was arrested for investigation related to his help to his elder brother Duong Chi Dung (former director of the Vietnam Maritime Administration) flee.

VietNamNet Bridge – A young woman from Dong Da District, Hanoi, has been fined with VND750,000 ($35) for making a false report to the police.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is home to many different species of snakes, including 5 endemic ones.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is no longer a paradise for foreign football players. Plans to recruit foreign players of football teams have been stalled, waiting for the meeting of sponsors on March 11.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Nguyen Quoc Dung awakens very old beauties in a series of photos in the exhibition "Color of Time."

With more than 200 documents and many precious objects, including national treasures, the display of Vietnamese Buddhist Cultural Heritage, held at the National History Museum in Hanoi, has attracted special attention of the public.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Doctor Luan Thanh Truong, head of the medical unit in Thanh An Commune of Can Gio Island, never regretted his decision to volunteer to work here - one hour from the mainland.

Much of Viet Nam’s most famous, traditional and valued cultural heritage has been provided or inspired by Buddhism, a religion which has for centuries been deeply embedded in the national psyche.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Embassy in Australia held a ceremony to mark the 40 th anniversary of the Vietnam – Australia diplomatic ties in Canberra on February 25.

Foreign investors said they would cancel the plans to expand their investment in Vietnam if the expanded projects cannot enjoy investment incentives.

 Global financial groups battled Monday to control the lucrative future of "mobile money", which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards.

 Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday pressed Ankara to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from Cyprus, while expressing her support for reviving the stalled accession talks between Turkey and the EU.