Casinos are feeling the heat from a pilot test on local sports betting, as the government is set to allow Vietnamese nationals to bet on international football games and horse and greyhound races starting March 31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tai Thanh, a medical worker at Quoc Oai High School in Ha Noi feels put under great pressure at work.

 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games winner Le Trong Hinh was involved in a traffic accident and may not be able to defend his title at the upcoming games in Malaysia.

 Ho Chi Minh City authorities will use smart mobile devices to manage and examine work, a representative from the city’s Department of Information and Communications (DIC) told the Steering Committee of the Smart City project recently.

 Trinh Hoa Binh, head of Vietnam Sociology Association has criticised young people for wearing revealing clothes at pagodas or being violent at festivals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to demolish 68 illegally built houses, villas and restaurants in the Son Tra Nature Reserve if the households are not dismantled before a September deadline.

 MSCI adds ROS, SAB to iFrontier Markets Index, Uber faces new legal hurdles in Vietnam, Dong A bank recoups $185m of bad debts, Masan resources net rises 52 per cent in 2016

 Hanoi set to take on poverty, Sea encroachment collapses houses in Binh Thuan, Lao Bao border crossing welcomes first e-visa recipients, Hanoi strives to better school healthcare, VNĐ3.7 billion raised for the disadvantaged

 VietNamNet Bridge - The UK's leading travel publisher Rough Guides has revealed top 10 most beautiful places in Vietnam voted by its readers. 

Bac Ninh has offered three free tours of famous tourism sites like But Thap and Dau pagodas and Dong Ho village aiming to introduce the locality’s history, culture and people as well as helping visitors discover more new tourism routes.

 Valentine’s Day has become a special occasion for young people to celebrate romance and love by giving each other unique and special gifts.

 On February 12, Italian motorcycle racing icon Valentino Rossi and Spanish motorcyclist Maverick Viñales arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to attend an event at the invitation of Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles.

 As the spring season revs up this year, colourful celebrations are taking place across the country. Here are some of the best festivals for spring 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In poor, remote, mountainous areas, teachers are going up hills and down dales, knocking on students’ doors to try and get them return to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Established artist Pham Khac Quang is showing his latest paintings created using a relief printing technique at an exhibition launched recently in Ha Noi’s Goethe Institute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and educators in HCM City are worried that the lack of quality children’s albums is forcing them to sing songs originally composed for adults.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sink holes have been appearing over the past month in the Cho Don District of the northern mountain province of Bac Kan, generating anxiety among local residents.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has approved a plan to develop a national rice brand by 2020, aiming to improve marketing capability and competitiveness.

 These are the iconic images ingrained in every Vietnamese mind— the places, signs, and monuments that represent the best of what the country is all about.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) defeated Can Tho 3-0 in the fifth round of V.League 1 at Pleiku Stadium in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With ambitious plans, proven results and a busy schedule, Vietnamese fooballers are working hard and earning their fans’ support.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take part in the Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup to be held in India on February 18-25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Almost a year after Ha Noi authorities said they were determined to eradicate a market selling mostly stolen automotive parts, nothing much has changed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mekong Delta provinces face a threat of H5N1 bird flu with the disease season just starting and farmers leaving their ducks to freely feed in fields following the completion of the winter-spring rice harvest.

 At a recent forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Peter Semone, chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, declared that tourism has the potential to become a pillar of the Vietnam economy.