VietNamNet Bridge - Like many villages nationwide, La Phu has its own village festival, but the pig procession and offerings on the night of the 13th of lunar January every year are only found in this area.

Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is seeking approval to lower tax rates at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery because of a lack of competitiveness against imported fuels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Holding a piece of glass in his hand, Mr. Trinh Trung Muoi did not hesitate to put it to his mouth and chew it. “Eating” this kind of “food” for years, he still remains heathy.

 Thousands of poets and poetry lovers flocked to Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) in Ha Noi yesterday for the 14th Viet Nam Poetry Day, the country's annual biggest poetry celebration.

 Leaders of international political parties and organisations worldwide have extended their congratulations to Nguyen Phu Trong over his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

 Eleven teams from Vietnam’s top engineering and industrial universities and junior colleges will compete at the 2016 Shell Eco-marathon Asia (SEM), reported Lao Dong newspaper.

VietNamNet Bridge - The inventory level in the real estate market continues to increase even though the market has warmed up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drought and saltwater intrusion began affecting the Mekong Delta last December, two months earlier than previous years. This is the worst in the last 100 years, harming hundreds of thousands of hectares of crops.

 VietNamNet Bridge  – Vingroup has issued a press release admitting that about 135 monkeys had fled from the cages of the Vinpearl Phu Quoc Safari, the first semi-wild zoo in Vietnam.

The "Kong: Skull Island" film crew arrived at the Dong Hoi International Airport in Quang Binh Province on Monday morning to a warm welcome from officials of Quang Binh Province and hundreds of fans.

VietNamNet Bridge - Users have been told not to be too eager for 4G because it may be not as wonderful as they imagine. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Most garment companies report that they have orders until the end of the second quarter, while some companies said they have enough jobs for the entire year.

 In 2015, the Vietnam trade deficit with China hit an all-time record high of US$32.3 billion and the effect on the nation’s economy has not been beneficial, says the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scale modeling is a growing pastime in HCMC. And coffee shops displaying scale models are no longer new. Café DMT at 6B Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in District 3,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have agreed to preserve the body of the Hoan Kiem turtle in the long run but they have not fixed the measure of preservation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese entrepreneurs are willing to spend billions of dollars and race against time to build their own retail chains as foreign groups flock to Vietnam’s promising market.

 Vietnam’s super-rich are indulging themselves in buying luxury yachts worth millions of US dollars.

 It is difficult to identify the architectural structures of palaces built under the Dynasties of Ly (1010-1225) and Tran (1225-1400) due to the lack of data, heard an international workshop on February 22.

Traffic police can commandeer assets of organizations and individuals, including vehicles and communication devices, under Circular 1/2016 of the Ministry of Public Security.

 Though experts forecast a rise in lending interest rates in 2016, a central bank official believes it is feasible to keep the rates stable and reducing it slightly this year.