VietNamNet Bridge - In the eyes of many Saigonese, HCM City, the dynamic economic center of Vietnam, is  full of urban problems, including pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge - In many cases, bank account owners have lost money because of flaws in bank security solutions.

  Experts have noted that it is time Vietnamese retail firms "grew up" and adopt modern retail practices.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 27 km to the north of the city of Tuy Hoa (Phu Yen province), Mai Nha islet still maintains its wild beauty.

 Two workers killed in Quang Ninh coal mine, Nam Định police arrest wildlife trafficker, New Zealand youth advances on Vietnam Idol Kids, Hai Phong’s Cat Bi airport to welcome international flights

After a month of taking office, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has had four meetings with the cabinet, the business community and workers, visited seven provinces and received 20 foreign delegations.

If Vietnam does not change the philosophy of education, science and technology will hardly have a chance to develop, according to Professor Nguyen Dang Hung from the University of Liege in Belgium. 

  The management of transfer pricing may be problematic but as Vietnam integrates further it simply must be done better.

ActionAid Vietnam recently questioned the annual US$20-million loss of corporate tax income in Vietnam caused by the preferential tax system for foreign-invested enterprises.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of child drowning cases recently in Vietnam has raised a previously undetected and significant health issue for the responsible bodies and for society as a whole.

  Thailand’s Central Group and its local partner Nguyen Kim Trading Company have finally won the fierce battle for ownership of Big C Vietnam after offering 920 million euros (US$1.05 billion) to France’s Casino Group.

 A delegation of the National Assembly’s Law Committee led by its Chairman Phan Trung Ly paid a working visit to Wellington, New Zealand, from May 5-7.

 Model and former Miss Universe France 2015 titleholder, Flora Coquerel, will attend a fashion event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, according an announcement by the event organizer, designer Hoang Hai.

 A cleaning lady has been fined US$336 (VND7.5 million) for picking up a wallet of a British tourist at the Noi Bai International Airport and failing to return it to the rightful owner.

 Preparations for the upcoming general elections have gone according to plan and on schedule at all central agencies, provinces and cities, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported at a meeting in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on May 9. 

Le Thi Quynh Trang, general director of Multimedia JSC, organised fashion programmes with the hope of transforming the face of Vietnam's fashion industry. Trang spoke about Vietnam's potential in fashion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While pollution along the central coast has not been solved, several similar cases of mass fish death have occurred in the central and southern region.

VietNamNet Bridge - Lai Chau, a poor province with more than a half of the residents listed as poor, plans to build an airport with total investment capital of VND8 trillion.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many US investors are looking to pour huge capital into the new urban area of Thu Thiem, in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City to turn this area into a new financial center of Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in much of the southern region, including HCM City, will continue to be at 10-12 high-risk level until the end of this week, according to a meteorologist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though many projects to restore lakes in Ha Noi have been carried out, some lakes are again reported to have become polluted.

 A stomach bug causing vomiting and diarrhea has spread to more than a quarter of the 919 passengers aboard a British cruise ship, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said, as the ship docked in Maine over the weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians will have the opportunity to enjoy traditional Japanese dance music to give thanks for a plentiful harvest during a performance this Sunday, May 15.

 Canadian officials showed some optimism on Sunday they were beginning to get on top of the country's most destructive wildfire in recent memory, as favorable weather helped firefighters and winds took the flames southeast,

According to Bloomberg, the amount of capital out of China in 2015 was about $1,000 billion, compared to only $134.3 billion in 2014. However, there is no sign that Vietnam has attracted some of that capital.