Viet Nam national women's football team came fourth in the Irena Cup on Tuesday, an international friendly tournament which gathered strong teams, including China, S. Korea and Mexico.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Today, the newly-elected 12th Party Central Committee held the first meeting to elect the Politburo, the Secretary General, the Central Inspection Committee and the committee's head.

 Authorities in the southern coastal Binh Thuan Province's Ham Thuan Bac District yesterday detained a group of local people for selling ‘fake wild boar' meat.

 Vietnam drew more than 1.3 billion USD in newly-registered and additional capital from foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in January, up 101.2 percent against the same period last year.

 A severely ill sailor from the Philippines was brought ashore for emergency aid in the central coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on January 27.

When import tariffs on fashion products fall from 20 percent to zero percent after the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) takes effect, Vietnamese fashion brands are expected to encounter significant challenges.

 The 12th National Party Congress will mark Vietnam’s transformation into a modern, prosperous, equitable and sustainable society, Carlos Alzugaray, a former Cuban Ambassador in many EU countries told the Vietnam News Agency in Havana.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of millions of cards for use at bank ATMs have been issued but Vietnam remains a cash economy as millions of cards have been left unused.

 The export turnover of Viet Nam is estimated to touch VND308,202 billion ($13.7 billion) in January, slightly increasing by 0.5 per cent against the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Vietnam has completed negotiations on bilateral agreements on automobile manufacturing and assembling with Russia and Belarus, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The Ministry of Transport has applied information technology to support the management and connection of commercial passenger transportation by contract (GrabCar) during a two-year trial period, which began this month.

 All 14 crew members of a Vietnamese cargo ship have been rescued after it collided with a tanker and capsized while cruising off Yangon in Myanmar yesterday.

 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has selected Vietnamese referee Nguyen Hien Triet to work in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup 2016, announced the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on January 26.

HCM City’s Spring Flower Festival 2016 will open at Tao Dan Park in District 1 and Cong Truong Quoc Te Street, near Turtle Lake roundabout in District 3 on February 3 and run until 14, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Green Trees and Park Company.

 "Back to Origins" is the theme of this year's Tet calligraphy exhibition at the Temple of Literature from February 2-15.

 A frigate of the Vietnam People’s Navy is conducting an official visit to Singapore from January 23-28.

Despite the strong cold spell over recent days, people have flocked to famous peach-tree gardens in Nhat Tan and Tu Lien villages to purchase a beautiful peach branch or tree to welcome the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cu Chi Tunnel, Mekong Delta region, Phu Quoc, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mui Ne, Ha Long and Sapa are seen as favourite destination for foreign tourists coming to Vietnam,

The average age of the 12th Party Central Committee’s 200 members is 53, as according to the list announced by the 12th National Party Congress on the afternoon of January 26.

“The Food Safety Law, containing overlapping provisions and legal loopholes, tends to protect the benefit of chemicals manufacturers,” said Dr Tran Tuan, director of the Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD).