VietNamNet Bridge - Rivers and canals in the southwestern region are becoming depleted as they are not regularly dredged and cleared, and are encroached upon by people’s housing. 

Making an entrance into VN as representative offices, then moving up the ladder to become branches and 100% foreign-owned units, Japanese and Korean financial institutions are taking careful steps to strengthen their footholds in VN.

VietNamNet Bridge - Ta Xua in Bac Yen District, Son La Province is the most famous site for seeing clouds in Vietnam. It is dubbed the paradise of clouds. The following photos show the beauty of clouds in Ta Xua.

Many streets in Hanoi are now covered with dense grass just over two months since local authorities halted spending on flower and grass cutting from July 1 this year to cut costs. 

VietNamnet Bridge - With a powerful fleet which has been expanding recently, Vietnam is expected to play a role in the international aviation market.

Phan Thi Lan, also known as Monk Thich Dam Lan, from Bo De Pagoda in Hanoi has successfully defended her doctoral thesis.

Local pharmaceutical companies should improve their competitive advantage before Vietnam signs the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement in order to avoid losing their regional market share, experts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 22,000 new cases of lung cancer are recorded every year in Viet Nam, with the disease being ranked among the top causes of death,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many women in HCM City preparing for weddings or parties are renting their clothes for short periods offered by online shops.   

 Before 2009, it was not possible for a foreign investor to legally acquire a tenancy interest in land for commercial business purposes in Vietnam.

 A car suddenly caught fire at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi early this morning, September 14, killing the driver inside.

Vietnamese rapper Suboi together with legendary supermodel and activist Iman, actress and activist Rosario Dawson, hip hop artist Chance the Rapper are selected for the Kenzo X H&M campaign.

 Miss Vietnam 2016, Do My Linh has joined activities promoting the national tourism in the northern mountainous town of Sa Pa in Lao Cai Province recently.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese are willing to pay $100/day to hire someone to line up for three nights at the iPhone 7 points of sale in Singapore to purchase the first iPhone 7 products. 

 Electronic cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking last year and there is no evidence of any serious side effects associated with their use for up to two years,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2018 the Ministry of Transport will submit the trans-Vietnam high-speed railway project to the government, and if it is approved, several segments will be put into use before 2030.

Pokémon Go, the latest gaming craze to sweep the globe, has young people from all over Vietnam flocking to the Mid-Autumn Festival in HCM City in search of their favourite fictional animal.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will directly assess and supervise the development of the US$10.6 billion Hoa Sen Ca Na steel making complex in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, an official said.

 Topsides weighing more than 5,000 tonnes of gas extraction platform BK Thien Ung has been successfully launched by the Vietnam-Russia joint venture Vietsovpetro. 

 A Vietnamese woman, 40, was diagnosed with Zika virus while travelling in Japan, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. 

 Vietnam and China issued a joint communiqué on September 14 on the occasion of the official visit to China by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) has agreed to fully adjust and supplement regulations of the Law on Technological Transfer which came into effect in 2006. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hong Kong, the third leg of his official visit to China under the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, on the morning of September 14. 

 Search and rescue forces of the central province of Quang Nam are making all-out effort to look for people who were missing when a dam at Song Bung 2 hydroelectric plant in the locality broke on September 13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dairy market is expected to become hot as more free trade agreements (FTAs) take effect, bringing more foreign producers to the Vietnamese market.