VietNamNet Bridge - Land subsidence in the Mekong Delta is becoming increasingly serious, caused mainly by overexploitation of underground water.

Vietnam, the second largest rice exporter in the world, is facing big challenges. The income of farmers has dropped by seven times in the last 10 years, while exports face barriers set by import countries. 

 Mekong Delta needs coping measures for land subsidence, Hanoi food festival welcomes celebrity chef Jack Lee, Dak Nong: Rice delivered to over 8,500 needy students, Quảng Ninh harbours pockets of extreme poverty

 Vietnam is keen to develop education cooperation with the US and particularly the Harvard University.

Two siblings Tran Dai Duong and Tran Hai Dang have had an idea to turn the whole space of their house in Hanoi from the ground floor to a part of level 2 to exhibit a huge collection of vinyl discs and vintage musical stuffs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has established a Food Safety and Hygiene Management Board, the first of its kind in the country. 

  VietNamNet Bridge – The story of a 36-year-old teacher who always goes the extra mile for his students has inspired netizens to lend a helping hand.

 Viet Nam’s coffee price highest in six years, PVTrans inks coal shipment deal with Tata International, Ca Mau develops ecological crab farming, Toyota Vietnam recalls 360 Lexus cars

 VietNamNet Bridge – An auto mechanic working on a mountain pass is very proactive about assisting accident victims, leaving his number on the roadside as a hotline that people can call. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat, for long a popular hill station in Viet Nam, has added economical homestay arrangements to its long list of attractions. 

Managers of nearly 1,000 plastics packaging companies are now faced with a new import tariff on PP beads, the major input material. It is priced three times higher than the previous rate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally-acclaimed Belgian singer Axelle Red performed in Viet Nam from March 18 to 20 as part of her Asian tour, which presented the greatest hits of her 25-year career.

The private healthcare sector is booming in Viet Nam, and the most common comments about this have to do with how it has improved healthcare quality in the country, increased options and reduced overloading

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai tells the Vietnam News Agency that the nation will have to deal effectively with new-generation FTAs as it deepens its international integration.

 Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company, or Vinamilk, will spend almost US$11 million to buy its Cambodian partner’s entire stake in Angkor Dairy Product Company Limited (Angkormilk) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 The southern Dong Nai Province’s transport department on Thursday ordered four sand mining and dredging projects in the region to suspend operations.

 The National Swimming Championships saw five Vietnamese individual records set in Thua Thien-Hue on Friday.

 Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was defeated in the men’s singles semi-finals at the Japan F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Kofu City on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artisan Mai Dinh Toi, dubbed “the witch of musical instruments,” will host two live shows on Sao Viet Stage and Kasa in HCM City on March 25 and March 31, respectively.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special musical night will be held Friday night to pay tribute to inventors and great artists of xam (blind busker’s singing) at the pedestrian zone by Hoan Kiem Lake.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi FC shot to the top position of the V.League after registering a huge 5-1 win over Long An in a late ninth-round match yesterday.

The chairman of the HCM City’s People’s Committee has urged the Department of Transport to replace unqualified investors of underground parking lot projects that have been delayed for more than 10 years.

The Son Tra Nature Reserve – the green lung of Da Nang - will turn into a desert, and the world’s biggest population of red-shanked douc langurs will become extinct unless rapid development of hotels and resorts there is not stopped.

Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of Dong Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.

 A U.S. tax overhaul proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would deepen divisions between big manufacturers like Boeing Co and the thousands of smaller companies that supply them,