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Vietnam Airlines adds nearly 900 flights during Tet holiday [DTI]

Social network for French teachers launched in Vietnam [VNS]

Australia supports gender equality in Vietnam [DTI]

Electrocuted fish, stolen stalactites in Ha Long Bay [VietnamNet]

National Assembly adopts resolution on e-visa pilot scheme [VietnamNet]

Vietnam police summon young men over Jalal Brothers bomb pranks [Tuoi Tre]

Saigon to spend $47 million to fight landfill stench [VnExpress]

Expert asks Tien Giang to scrap paper project on pollution concerns [Saigon Times]

Vietnam, neighbors told to close illegal wildlife markets [Business Insider]

9 pregnant women in Ho Chi Minh City contract Zika virus [VnExpress]

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