VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered the closure of about 2.2 million hectares of natural forests in Central Highlands localities on June 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – On a hot, stuffy summer day, while passing a small lane in Ha Noi, you will find a fresh green space with hanging flowers and ornamental plant pots. 

 Britain’s recent vote to leave the European Union (EU) will impact trade in Asia but Vietnam looks likely to be least affected due to its export structural change, ANZ Bank said in a report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banh u nuoc tro, or banh tro in short, is made mainly from sticky rice and mung beans. The name of the cake comes from the process of making it.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front’s (VFF) chapter in HCM City and the Lao Front for National Construction’s ( LFNC ) chapter in Vientiane should strengthen links, towards promoting their future development.

Vietnam will work hard for closer ties between India and ASEAN, especially CLMV countries, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh during the fifth India-ASEAN Economic Forum in India’s capital city of New Delhi on July 8.

  Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of reinforcing all-around ties with Thailand during a reception in Hanoi on July 8 for Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

The GEOTEC Hanoi 2016 under the theme of “Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development” will be held on November 24-25 in Hanoi.

An estimated seven million children in developing countries, including Viet Nam, pass away every year due to diarrheal and respiratory disease, which can be prevented by a simple but effective way: proper hand-washing with soap.  

If you are Hanoians or have lived in this city for a long time enough to understand Hanoi, you will be very familiar with the image of iced tea shops, which are everywhere, from busy streets to luxury shopping malls to small alleys and pavements.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has made significant progress in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty, but this progress has been neither even nor fair, 

Mr. Chidu Narayanan, Economist for Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, spoke with VET about Vietnam's economic situation and the expectations for 2016.

Brocade weaving is a traditional handicraft of the Central Highlanders and plays an important role in their spiritual life. In the face of challenges from modern life, Central Highlanders have made every effort to keep the practice alive.

VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid spread of the Internet and mobile phones have revolutionised the way young people access information, but it has also brought a real risk of online abuse for children in Viet Nam and globally.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Director of the Department of Business Environment and Competitiveness of the Central Institute for Economic Management, Nguyen Minh Thao, spoke to the Hai Quan newspaper about Viet Nam’s tax and insurance reforms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 23-year-old girl from Quang Ninh Province recently had her lips cut off after injecting filler to have full lips at a private spa in Hanoi.

Last November, Vietnamese representative Pham Hong Thuy Van ranked fourth place at Miss International pageant in Japan. Van has returned to Japan to join the top five contestants to perform activities organized by the pageant organizing board.

Miniso, a Japanese lifestyle and fast fashion brand that sells merchandise such as homeware, bags and electronics at low prices, will be in Vietnam through a franchise deal inked with Vietnamese group Le Bao Minh.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City, Vientiane, Yangon, Phnom Penh and Bangkok have been chosen as five destinations in the MICE tourism development strategy of the five countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).

This year, the "Green Ladder" project by Vo Trong Nghia Company is Vietnam’s representative at Australian’s annual SCAF international architectural exhibition. This is also the first architecture firm from Asia attending the event.

After the division in 2012, ASEAN members have allied for common goals. Now the bloc is again challenged by the East Sea dispute. VietNamNet would like to present an article by Dimas Muhamad, from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved investment for construction of three facilities serving physical training and sports education at three institutions.

 Vietnam has over 4,700 local and 9,900 international tour guides meeting only 15 and 40 percent of practical demand, according statistics by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

 The Swiss Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony on July 7 to celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Switzerland (October 11, 1971).

 Vietnam and Thailand agreed to enhance their economic connectivity through the action plan on bilateral trade and investment cooperation, to augment their trade to 20 billion USD by 2020.