More than 500 florist households in Xuan Quan commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province are gearing up for the biggest season of the year – the upcoming Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

With a sewing needle, a reel of thread and a piece of cloth on her person at all times, Lo Ta May, 29, from Ta Phin Village in the northern province of Lao Cai has all she needs to stitch her intricate embroidery, any time and any place.

 Vietnam’s budding yet fragmented car rental sector is providing immense opportunities for local and global players to tap into the industry with technological advancements, as well as leading various merger and acquisition activities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online sexual exploitation of children has been increasing in Vietnam in recent years.

 The caterpillar of the Brihaspa atrostigmella moth lives in the terminal leaf of the Tiger grass are being sought out as an expensive delicacy of the northwestern provinces.

The credit rating market is dominated by three big players, which hold 95 percent of the world’s market share. They are Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s, which hold 80 percent, and Fitch Ratings 15 percent.

 In the vicinity of the Sreyvonya pagoda in Binh Phuoc province, the sound of children’s laughter brightens up the atmosphere. 

Mr. Badrinath Ramanathan, Partner at McKinsey & Company, discusses matters from McKinsey's eighth annual review of banks with VET.

 As “Made in Vietnam” smartphone brands are jealously guarding their tiny market share in the fiercely competitive mid-end segment against Chinese devices, newcomer Vsmart’s chances in the arena are subject to heavy speculation. 

After spending six years in Vietnam, Irene Ohler has fallen in love with the nation’s culture and people. She has been particularly taken by the women in Vietnam thanks to their strength, resilience and beauty. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Switzerland-based healthcare group Novartis cooperated with law firms Baker & Mckenzie and Tillike & Gibbins, to organize the first-ever training event for Vietnamese lawyers.

Singaporean James Chew was a town planner for 35 years before he arrived in Vietnam back in 2005. Having been a professional hockey player in Singapore, he and like-minded expats decided to start promoting the sport

 The year 2018 witnessed a massive collection of gold medals won by excellent Vietnamese students at the International Olympiads in the fields of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics and informatics.

 Funerals customs vary between ethnic groups in Vietnam. For many ethnic minority groups, funeral activities include games, dancing, and dressing in special ritual costumes, which might be considered odd in other cultures.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many environmentalists have raised concerns over the proposal to build a spiritual tourism site in Hanoi’s Huong Son Commune which is home to Huong (Perfume) Pagoda.

 Vietnamese tourism sector held a ceremony at Ha LongInternational Cruise Port on December 19 to welcome the 15 millionth foreign visitor to the country in 2018.

Mekong Delta provinces, HCM City boost goods trading, ACB to issue 94.4 million USD in unconvertible bonds, Da Nang welcomes Qatar Airways’ first flight from Doha, RoK-Vietnam bilateral trade up 7 percent in 11 months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Along with the growing demand for organic food of Vietnamese people, the market for organic food has become a new land for businesses to embrace, with the presence of big, reputable foreign brands.

VietNamNet Bridge - South Korea’s new visa policy for Vietnamese citizens is expected to stimulate travel in the country, possibly doubling the number of Vietnamese visitors. 

 Musician Hinh Phuoc Long renowned for a range of distinctive songs on the nation’s outpost of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago. 

Nguyen Thi Kim Phung, director general of the Department of Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education and Training, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị  newspaper about the new law to help universities be more dynamic and creative.

 Vietnam’s corporate bond market is expected to boom in the near future, taking into account high liquidity and growth rate of the bond market, as well as favorable legal framework.

 Six people were killed and another injured in a fire broken out in a restaurant under renovation on the afternoon of December 21 in Long Khanh town in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Van Dung, head of the Pharmaceutical Division at the HCM City Department of Health, talks to Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about the need to tighten control of pharmacies in the city.

Professor Nguyen Minh Tuan, director of the Party Building Institute at the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, speaks to Đại Đoàn Kết newspaper on the need to practise transparency in the selection of candidates ...