Australia continues to see Vietnam as one of its key partners in Asia-Pacific, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on November 30.

VietNamNet Bridge - No one doubts the power of e-commerce giants like Amazon, but many local analysts believe the company cannot succeed in the Vietnamese market.

 Colombia's Congress approved a new peace deal with FARC rebels late on Wednesday, despite objections from former President and now Senator Alvaro Uribe,

VietNamNet Bridge – Flower growing regions are attractive destinations for short getaways.This time of the year, with the first chilly winds blowing through the north, the winter flower season signals travellers to hit the roads. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese game market is showing a tendency to shift from playing online games on computers to mobile devices.

VietNamNet Bridge - State agencies have not yet examined the quality of bilingual teaching programs used in local schools.

Int’l conference on Vietnam studies slated for next month, Can Tho gears up for 6th southern cake festival, Man gets 15 years’ imprisonment for cheating, Construction starts on waste treatment plant in Phan Thiet

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese beer market is controlled by four big brewers, with each of them ruling unchallenged over an area for many years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many pregnant women in HCM City have visited local hospitals following fears over the Zika virus as the city has seen a sharp increase in number of people infected.

VietNamNet Bridge - The flooding in HCM City is becoming more serious despite money spent on solutions to prevent floods. The filling of canals with rubbish and the illegal building on waterway banks have both slowed canal drainage. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A “Winter concert” celebrating the 60th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music will be held on December 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Concerted efforts are needed to reduce pollution and improve the landscape near slums along canals and rivers in HCM City, including investment from the private sector,

 The State budget deficit in the first eleven months of this year stood at VND172.9 trillion ($7.6 billion), according to the latest figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 Sun Realty Company will seek buyers for apartments at Condotel Premier Residences PhuQuoc Emerald Bay and 20 ocean villas on Diamond Hillside Villa at Premier Village PhuQuoc Resort.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairmen of communes, wards and towns can levy fines from VND1m (USD44) to VND3m for urination in public places.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Medical waste is threatening the northern province of Tuyen Quang due to difficulties in treating the hazardous material at local healthcare facilities,

These days, Hanoi’s streets and flower fields in well-known flower villages are filled with tiny pure-white daisies. In Hanoi, daisy season heralds the arrival of winter.

Three Deputy CEOs and two members of the Board of Management at Truong Thanh Furniture, including the company’s founder and his son, were dismissed from their duties under a resolution from the Board on November 28.

 Swimming, racquet sports and aerobics are associated with the best odds of staving off death, and in particular of reducing the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke,

 Christmas is two weeks to come, but Ho Chi Minh City streets have been animated by the bustle of its atmosphere.

 Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan visited France from November 26-29, aiming to strengthen cooperation between Vietnam and France in information technology and communications.

Exports of key agricultural products are estimated at US$13.7 billion in 11 months ending December.

 HCM City should make a regular survey of trees to provide decision makers with information to make sustainable plans for adapting to climate change,

VietNamNet Bridge - Fashion products are the most easily sold online items in Vietnam, followed by high-tech products and mobile phones.

 In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world's largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years.