VietNamNet Bridge - Successfully calling for tens of millions of dollars from the world’s large investment funds, Vietnamese startups did well in the Year of a Goat.

VietNamNet Bridge - In August 2013, Russian President Putin signed a decree approving the 5TOP100 project which aims to put at least five Russian schools into the list of 100 best universities in the world.

Scientists have repeatedly urged eliminating white asbestos in Vietnam as soon as possible, while government officials still debate the matter, saying that no scientific research can find a relation between white asbestos and cancer.

VietNamNet Bridge - An Inventor has made a steel ladder that can be used to exit a building in emergency cases that is comparable to similar imported products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has a plan for its economic development over the next 20 years. Bui Trinh, an economic expert, spoke to the Hai quan (Customs) on-line outlet regarding tasks that Viet Nam must accomplish.

VietNamNet Bridge - The market for safe agricultural products is wide open for investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM) has projected the nation’s online retail sales would amount to US$10 billion by 2020, accounting for 5% of total retail revenue.  

 The 9th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will be held at the Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21-27.

 People have donned monk robes and roamed the streets of HCM City to fraudulently earn money as people continue to flock to temples and pagodas following the start of the new lunar year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vegetables, fruits and seafood are expected to benefit much from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement despite concerns that agriculture will be one of the most vulnerable sectors.

 The content and agenda of the 11th meeting of the 13th National Assembly (NA), to be held in late March, were among the talking points of the NA Standing Committee’s 45th session on the morning of February 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - Natural rubber, sea shipping, pharmaceuticals, seafood, oil & gas, and steel enterprises are expected to be under pressure this year, according to securities firms.

 Many sellers in HCM City are re-trapping birds that have been released as part of the traditional First Full-moon Festival.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Folk games such as bamboo dance, tug of war, mud banger, and stilt walking, were recreated in a program called “Discovering Vietnamese Tet” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on January 30.

Deputy general director of Vietnam Television (VTV) Nguyen Thanh Luong has confirmed the government has allowed VTV and two of its partners, the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) and BRG Group, to set up the Vietnam TV Tower JSC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indigenous tourism provides fascinating insights into the life, art and history of some of the globe’s longest surviving cultures, having inhabited Vietnam’s northwest for centuries.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Russian partner in Vietsovpetro JV has proposed to reduce the personnel of Vietsovpetro to under 5,000 people from the current number of 7,200 over the next five years.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped out of the International Tennis Federation Men's Futures F2 in Anning City, losing in the men’s singles first round match to Tak Khunn Wang of France.

The Chinese people in HCM City held a parade on February 22 to mark their Lantern Festival which falls on the 15th of the first lunar month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many parents said they fear their children would be overloaded if they have to learn both English and Korean.