One of the origins of Com (green sticky rice) can be traced to Vong village, 7 km west of downtown Hanoi. The legend begins with a severe famine in the village many years ago.

Vietnamese products, which have been struggling to compete with Chinese, Thai and South Korean goods, now have to compete with Japanese goods as well.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has a solid ICT platform thanks to the presence of foreign technology groups and the strong rise of Vietnamese technology startups in the last 10 years.

 Lotte Shopping Holdings Hong Kong Co. has just sold most of its outlets in China to local companies for over $505 million. Will Vietnam be the next target to cut ends for this group after ten years of consecutive losses?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese farmers have been overusing chemical fertilizers, but within five to 10 years, organic fertilizers are expected to be more commonly used, experts say. 

Having been to 73 countries, Nguyen Hoang Bao, a university lecturer, plans to continue discovering the rest of the world. The journeys will give him material to “draw a portrait of Vietnamese in five continents,” he says. 

Once praised as the leading opera singer in Vietnam, Meritorious Artist Ha Pham Thang Long retired from the stage four years ago and is now working as a lecturer. In a recent interview, she shared her thoughts on how to develop opera in Vietnam.

 Nguyen Van The, Minister of Transport explains to www.chinhphu.vn that his ministry vows to be a pioneer in releasing ‘burden’ for enterprises.

 The urban flooding situations after heavy rainfall in Ho Chi Minh City in the last few days have severely affected traffic and daily activities of residents. 

 The Eurovision Song Contest stage invader gained access to the stage by climbing into a camera run and going over a bridge, organisers have said.

May arrived with sun rays lighting every corner of the streets, purple lagerstroemia blossoming, and cicadas breaking the quiet space. Hanoi again enters a new summer.

The Asian Games is seen as the focus of Vietnamese sport in 2018. With the goal of winning three to four gold medals, the sport sector is frantically making all preparations needed, aiming towards a successful Games in Indonesia.

 A suicide bombing at a police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Monday was carried out by a family of five riding on two motorbikes, 

OVs in Australia commemorate 30 years of Gac Ma battle, UNICEF campaign helps promote breastfeeding in Vietnam, Ha Tinh continues efforts to deal with consequences of Formosa incident

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every Wednesday and Friday morning, a group of local policemen offer free breakfast to disadvantaged patients at Thu Duc District Hospital in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of containers were left at Cat Lai Port, HCM City over the last few months because owners haven’t visited the customs department to complete the necessary procedures, 

A state-owned consultancy has proposed adjustments to the expansion plan for HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat international airport that would result in much lower costs than one proposed by the French consultancy ADPi.

 Besides traditional markets like Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, Vietnamese companies have begun searching for new markets for overseas investment.   

VietNamNet  Bridge - As the leading economic sector in Vietnam’s economy, foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) make only modest contributions to the state budget.

After VTVcab, General Military Telecommunications Company (Viettel) will be fined for replacing a number of foreign television channels with new ones without announcing it to customers.

A man in Lam Dong Province has been fined VND357.5m (USD15,700) for illegally keeping douc langurs and monkeys for producing traditional 'medical' glue.

The Ministry of Education and Training has proposed draft regulations on foreign-language and information and technology training centres which require foreign teachers to have university degrees.

 Hanoi will launch open-top double-decker bus tour service later this month.

 Large amounts of wastewater from nearby polluted lakes are discharged into Ha Long Bay every day, threatening the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

About 135 competitors will take part in the Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championship to be held in Da Lat City, Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 22-27.