VietNamNet Bridge – People in Vietnam’s mountainous regions cook some of the finest food the country has to offer, with their different takes on smoked pork and buffalo particularly delightful.

Vietnamese people applying for Schengen visas to Germany and Portugal will be able to apply via application centres of the VFS Global Company as of February 20 in Hanoi and HCM City and March 25 in Da Nang.

 The Vietnamese Government has allocated 20 percent of State budget spending or 5.8 percent of national gross domestic product (GDP) each year on education, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has said. 

 Nearly 100,000 books will be put on show at the annual book street festival in downtown Ho Chi Minh City from February 2-8 in celebration of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An English book on primate expert Tilo Nadler was published on Sunday, featuring the German’s extensive career in Vietnam.

The country’s largest city brims with things to do and explore, from motorbike tours of former Chinatown to incense-filled pagodas, underground war tunnels and a UNESCO-listed biosphere.

Quy Nhon Port Joint Stock Company in the central province of Binh Dinh has been fined VND60 million for repeatedly violating regulations on towage prices after the firm offered the service 30-40 per cent more expensive than regulated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Nguyen Van Phuong and his Romanian partner Nicholas David Ionel won their first Australian Open Junior Championship boys doubles match on January 21 in Melbourne.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A painting exhibition by Vietnamese and South Korean women opened yesterday in Hanoi, featuring the natural landscape of the two countries. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Mekong Delta have had a bumper harvest of giant river prawns at good prices because of favourable weather conditions and high market demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unusual weather has been blamed for the early flowering of lilies in Tay Tuu Village, the biggest flower farm in Hanoi, in the run up to Tet (Lunar New Year).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top male tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was knocked out in the men’s singles qualifying round of the ATP Challenger Burnia in Australia on Monday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As in previous years, filmmakers will release new productions to lure moviegoers to cinemas during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 30,000 students, parents and teachers from HCM City and nearby provinces attended an enrolment and career guidance event held on Sunday at HCM City University of Technology.

Traffic safety is becoming an increasingly pressing issue, especially on the roads and railways. Vietnam News Agency speaks to Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The about solutions to solve this problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national football team have earned total prize money of around VND12 billion (US$522,000) for their excellent performance at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

A Hanoi-based group keen on preserving the ancient values of communal houses will host its annual gathering featuring various traditional customs celebrating the Lunar New Year Festival on January 26&27 in the capital.

Vietnamese beauties Tieu Vy and H’Hen Nie have been named among the Top 50 of Miss Grand Slam as announced by Global Beauties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians and foreign tourists have been learning how Ngoc Linh ginseng grows at an exhibition that opened on Sunday in Hanoi.

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