Two board members of the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) have been suspended from their posts to facilitate a police probe into their alleged irregularities.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lotte Shopping of South Korea and Singapore's Dairy Farm have said to join the race to acquire Big C Vietnam and Thailand of the Casino Group (France), according to Reuters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Monday morning, many people in Hanoi went to lakes, ponds and the Red River to throw carp on the Day of the Kitchen Gods. People also threw ash, plastic bags and garbage into the lakes.

VietNamNet Bridge - Decorative items and flowers are available at the traditional flower market on Hang Luoc Street in Hanoi Old Quarters although the market is not yet officially open.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Binh wholesale market specializing in garments and textiles in the district of the same name in HCMC has entered its peak business season as the Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, has 12 days to go.

VietNamNet Bridge - The newly elected Communist Party Central Committee comprises several well-known businessmen. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 130km from HCM City, Sa Dec flower village in Dong Thap Province provides flowers to the southwestern provinces and HCM City.

Calligraphers are showing their beautiful writings in both Chinese and Vietnamese characters on the 'Street of Calligraphers' (Pham Ngoc Thach), as gifts with best wishes for prosperity and happiness in the upcoming new Year of the Monkey.

 Vietnamese abroad are looking forward to changes after the 12th National Party Congress concluded successfully with numerous new important policies.

 Stronger economic cooperation between Israel and Vietnam will benefit both nations, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin affirmed during a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Cao Tran Quoc Hai who came to present his credentials on February 2.

 Saudi Arabia wishes to promote its time-honoured relations with Viet Nam and considers it an important partner in Asia, said Chairman of the country's Consultative Assembly Abdullah Bin Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Sheikh.

 The ancient town of Hoi An inaugurates a ‘Spring Festival Fair' at the junction of Nguyen Hue and Tran Hung Dao, near Hoi An Market, today.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung accepted the proposal of the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) to sell 70 per cent of Damen Song Cam Shipyard to the Netherlands' Damen Shipyards Group.

 The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a special wanted notice as part of its global hunt for a Vietnamese man named Nguyen Quoc Tuan.

 The People's Committee of HCM City has approved a five-year plan to promote cultivation of organic and safe vegetables.

Suntory Pepsico Vietnam has not given any official answer to the question about the quality of Oo Long tea allegedly made of materials from China. The Food Safety Department stated that the company will have to give an explanation this week.

VietNamNet Bridge - Parents and educators cannot agree about whether to keep students at home on cold days.

Beautiful bank officers and luxury rooms with air conditioners will no longer be attractive to Vietnamese customers in the future, when they can stay at home and make transactions through e-banking.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has warned that the underground water levels in coastal provinces and cities from Hai Phong City in the north to Ca Mau province in the south have been decreasing dramatically.

In his address at the 12th National Party Congress, Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment, stressed the need for Viet Nam to speed up its institutional reform toward a prosperous, creative, equal and democratic nation.