As Vietnam attracts a new wave of overseas capital, the issue of foreign ownership limits makes a return to the spotlight in 2018, two years after a law paved the way for foreign investors to boost their stakes in listed companies.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s level of academic research is not only modest in quantity but also in quality. 

 Competent forces on April 18 searched the houses of Tran Van Minh and Van Huu Chien, former leaders of the central city of Da Nang, who allegedly involved in the case of Phan Van Anh Vu.

 Then Cafe in the former royal capital city of Hue is among eight recipients of grants from the Danish Culture Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) to carry out and develop their activities during 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Government decision with detailed mechanisms is needed for people to better practise their rights on monitoring land use and management, experts have recommended.

While financial resources are constrained from the state side, channelling investment into green projects through the issuance of green bonds may be what it takes for the economic development of the ASEAN bloc in general and Vietnam in particular.

 Facebook has started asking European and Canadian users to let it use facial recognition technology to identify them in photos and videos.

 It's the news the world has been waiting for - or at least her 75.1m Instagram followers.

 The High-Level People’s Court in Hanoi began to hear the appeals of Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank), and his accomplices for their wrongdoings at the bank. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – When planning trips for business or pleasure, able-bodied people take certain things for granted — they assume that they’ll be able to easily and safely get around their destination, no matter where it is. 

Over 80 copies of paintings from the collection “Sketches of the Resistance Wars” are on display at an exhibition that opened on Tuesday at Dak Lak Museum in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huynh Dang Khoa of An Giang Plant Protection was injured in the 18th stage of the HCM City Television Cycling Tournament on Tuesday.

 Unseeded Vietnamese player Nguyen Hai Dang won in the boys’ singles category of the Cyprus Junior International Badminton Tournament on April 16.

 A major surfing tournament in Australia has been called off following two shark attacks in the area.

Labor costs in Vietnam are expected to be higher after commitments in the CPTPP (the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) trade agreement are implemented, experts say.

Vietnam has given top priority to measures aimed at reducing Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and those that promote climate change resilience, with the aim of seeing an 8 per cent GHG reduction by 2030.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologist Tong Trung Tin’s excitement knew no bounds when he found dragon-shaped tiles in the debris from the excavation of Kinh Thien Palace.

 Land registration offices at some outlying districts in HCM City have been extremely busy due to recent rising land prices in the area.

 The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is appealing for more financial resources to organise the 10th Hue Festival, which is scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 2.

 Ta Dung Nature Reserve in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is nicknamed the Central Highland’s Ha Long Bay as it is home to dozens of islands. 

 German singer Benjamin Appl will enthrall Ho Chi Minh City music lovers at a "From Europe with love" show on April 21.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade has attempted to explain why the country has imported coal despite a large inventory.

 HCM City’s Department of Planning and Architecture is holding an exhibition to show off its proposed new administrative centre.

 Police in the central highlands province of Dak Nong have raided a large coffee making facility for using battery powder to make fake coffee.

 The Hue Monument Conservation Centre will launch a virtual reality tour for visitors to Hue Imperial City on April 27.