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Nomadic life of beekeepers

Going to the Central Highlands in the coffee flower season, to the central region to wait for the cajuput flower season, to the plain for longan and litchi flowers ... beekeepers travel everywhere and they almost never have Tet holiday.

Bionic eye gives hope to the blind

 After years of research, the first bionic eye has seen the light of day in the United States, giving hope to the blind around the world.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/2

Mekong Delta’s tra fish exports aim for US$2 bil; 2013 predicted to open up prospects for Vietnamese goods; Starbucks plans more Vietnamese coffee purchases; Exports to ASEAN region increase 25.7 pct in 2012

Street food hygiene targeted

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Tran Dang, former head of the Ministry of Health's Food Administration, talked with Dai doan ket (Great Unity) newspaper about ensuring food safety during Tet.

Nguyen Hue Flower Street before the opening

VietNamNet Bridge – The flower street is now ready to welcome visitors from the evening of February 7 or the 27th day of the 12th lunar year.

Securities Commission tightens market monitoring

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance issued a new revised regulation on January 25 which, from March 8, will increase the monitoring of securities trading.

Officers, employees encouraged to not consume wild animals

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has called on citizens not to consume endangered wildlife ahead of Tet, when the practice is particularly widespread.

Tet tours unexpectedly enjoy large custom

Travel firms have finally sighed with relief when seeing the number of travelers booking Tet tours which are increasing rapidly on the last days before the departure time.

Pollution in Long An makes HCM City suffer

The waste water from the industrial zones in Long An province has been polluting the water sources that serve agriculture production in Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh and Cu Chi districts in HCM City.

Authorities make plans for a wholesome Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will strive to ensure a healthy Tet holiday this year, focusing on improving the management of spring festivities.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 6/2

 Leaders pay floral tribute to late President; Nation supports nuke-free Korea; Party’s Economic Commission holds first meeting; President calls for better social security

US Attorney says no plan to prosecute Armstrong

 US prosecutors said Tuesday they have no plans to press charges against cycling cheat Lance Armstrong, despite his confession that he owes his Tour de France victories to illegal doping.

Four players rejected from the national football team

VietNamNet Bridge - A day before the clash against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), coach Hoang Van Phuc finalized a list of 23 players.

Mysterious "rock museum" in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of stone artifacts dating back more than 300 years which are scattered in the area is still a mystery to researchers.

Traditional Tet preferred by everyone in Viet Nam

Last week, Viet Nam News asked readers for their favourite memories of Tet holidays and questioned what they think of the suggestion that the country should celebrate Tet under the solar calendar instead of the lunar one.

The biggest ivory, rhino horn smuggling cases in Vietnam

The price for ivory is from $1,500-2,000 per kilo and $50,000 per a kilo for rhinoceros horns. For hefty profits from these products, many smuggling cases worth of millions of US dollars have been detected in Vietnam.

Gold price gap widening shows the powerlessness of the policies

The gap between the domestic and international gold prices got wider after the Decree No. 24 took effect some days ago.

Border provinces watch for avian flu

The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department has warned eight provinces near the border with Cambodia to step up their prevention and control measures against avian influenza H5N1.

Vietnamese software firms marching towards US market

Penetrating and cementing firm positions in the US market means there’s great opportunities for Vietnamese software firms to approach a lot of US giants in all business fields.

Tet bonus: the stories of the teachers in the lowland and highland

The teachers of some schools in HCM City receive VND6-20 million as Tet bonus. Meanwhile, the concept of “Tet bonus” remains unfamiliar to the teachers in the highland.