VietNamNet Bridge – Upon the official visit to Vietnam by US President Barack Obama, Le Van Bang, former Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, and Ambassador and Acting Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations,

VietNamNet Bridge – An opera titled La Do (Red Leaf) debuted last week in Ha Noi and received high acclaim from both professions and spectators.  

Bank mobilisation and lending rates are predicted to rise. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa, a member of National Assembly’s Economic Committee and also deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, sheds light ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Linh Phuoc Pagoda is a famous destination for tourists in the Central Highlands resort of Dalat. Around eight kilometers east of downtown Dalat, the pagoda at 120 Tu Phuoc Street near National Highway 20 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although several large multinational corporations have selected Vietnam as a location for offshore software development, the industry segment still lags in home-grown products and technological innovation,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A report on the prevalence of tobacco smoking published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2015 indicated that 47.1 per cent of Vietnamese adults (aged 15 and above) were smokers.

 Ancient humans made dogs their best friend not once but twice, by domesticating two separate populations of wolves thousands of miles apart in Europe and Asia.

 The capital may lose its green lungs as many lakes in Hanoi are disappearing because of construction or have been heavily polluted by households waste for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With Vietjet Air, Thao did not hesitate to attract attention and stir controversy.

With export revenue for Vietnamese footwear and handbags hitting nearly $4.1 billion in 2015, the US is likely to surpass the EU to become the largest import market of Vietnamese footwear products.

VietNamNet Bridge – A humble village by the seashore at Tam Ky City in central province of Quang Nam will become full of art in June, with wall paintings as part of the Korea Foundation Community Art Exchange Programme.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have paved the way for the long-delayed US$500-million Saigon Safari Park by paying compensation for households affected by the project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Thanh Tam, chairman of Kinh Bac City Development Corporation is one of few people lucky enough to meet more than one US president. His cherished memories of these encounters will stay with him for the rest of his life.

 The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam in collaboration with the Italy-Vietnam Fashion Council sponsored a fashion show on June 2 in Hanoi to mark the 70th anniversary of Italian National Day.

 President Barack Obama has urged the US Congress to approve the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Recent mass fish deaths in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue did not affect the supply or safety of export aquatic material as well the quality of seafood products, VASEP said in a press release.

 Vietnam’s national football team jumped 12 places in the international football rankings, according to FIFA’s latest list.

 Two 220kV-electric poles, which were built with concrete mixed with soil, in Vu Ban District of the northern province of Nam Dinh will be demolished, the Song Da Stock Company 11 said.

A new report released today warns of the possibility of a rise in gender inequality in Vietnam.

 The Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and the Central Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics held ceremony on June 2 in Hanoi to place a statue of late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in the hospital’s new building named after the PM.

 Seven professors who have won Nobel and Field awards will join over 240 foreign and domestic scientists in the 12th “Meet Vietnam”, scheduled to take place from June 26-December 17.

The PM has issued a directive requesting ministries, ministerial-level and centrally-run agencies, as well as localities, economic groups, and State-owned enterprises to build a socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate for 2017.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh attended the ongoing Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 3-5.

On May 29, a Russian tourist named Oksana Pavlova posted on her personal Facebook page photos of a beach covered by rubbish. The beach is said to be in Mui Ne of Binh Thuan province.

The Vice Chairman of Hau Giang province had to return a blue licence number (granted to government cars) to get a white one (for private cars) for his VND5 billion ($250,000) Lexus after photos of the car appeared on social networks.