Dong Thap have paid more than VND5 billion (US$222,000) to recruit striker Udo Fortune for one year.

The central city hosted the first tourist arrivals at Da Nang International Airport on Tet (Lunar New Year) on February 8.

The science and technology ministry aims to establish 25 scientific research institutes of international standards by the year 2020.

At least four Vietnamese citizens, including a 7-month-old girl and a 2-month-old boy, remain trapped beneath the rubble of a 17-storey apartment tower that collapsed in Taiwan early Saturday morning.

A ship from Coast Guard Force Zone 2 was called to carry 660 people to their homes on Ly Son Island on February 7, the eve of the Tet Lunar New Year.

Nearly 600 fines, costing violators up to VND2 billion (US$88,900), were handed out in southern BinhDinh province to crack down on drunk drivers and motorists prior to the Tet (Lunar New Year).

Financial autonomy has helped many universities in HCM City improve their facilities, human resources, scientific research and training quality, thereby building a brand name both locally and internationally.

President Truong Tan Sang called for more efforts to attain new achievements in nation-building and defence in his message delivered in the first moments of the Lunar New Year today.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Through great events in history, particularly the wars, a large volume of antiques of Hue royal citadel lost.

 VietNamNet Bridge names the most famous spring flower market of Hanoi: Quang Ba, Tay Tuu, Hang Luoc, Lac Long Quan, Hoang Hoa Tham and Me Linh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The last feudal dynasty of Vietnam in Hue City went through many historical events. Tens of thousands of rare artifacts of the Nguyen Dynasty have been lost.

 Whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to the New Year eve, Vietnamese families visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s take a look at the most dramatic moments of Vietnam photography at international photography awards and international media in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Museum of Binh Thuan Province was inaugurated on January 31 at 4 Ba Trieu Street of Phan Thiet City, exhibiting collections of precious antiques for the first time in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Through skillful hands, after about an hour, watermelons become artworks for display on the altar during Lunar New Year (Tet).

 Over 300 documents, images and artifacts on the distinctive gong culture of Vietnam's Central Highlands are currently on display at an exhibition at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Dak Lak.

 A number of special art performances will be held at amusement parks in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius practiced calligraphy under the instruction of senior calligrapher Cung Khac Luoc at the Hanoi Calligraphy Festival on February 3. This is the second Tet for the US Ambassador in Vietnam.  

 The Prime Minister has approved a project on preserving and improving value of Nguyen Dynasty wood blocks (moc ban), a UNESCO-recognised documentary heritage item.

 The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has announced that a book street will be opened from the third to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, or February 10-15.