Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical firms have announced high dividend payout rate for 2015, making the lucrative industry more attractive to foreign investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has many attractions for visitors to explore, and among them are lanterns of different designs and colors.

 HCMC faces high risk of livestock and poultry disease outbreaks, Hanoi tackles telecom service monopoly at apartment buildings, Homeowners take drastic measure against flooding, Over VND44 billion to build National Space Museum

VietNamNet Bridge - Many US financial institutions, from banks, auditing firms to investment funds and real estate firms, are present in Vietnam. However, insurance companies are the best-known names.

VietNamNet Bridge - An IT engineer with three years of experience can receive monthly pay of VND8-10 million, according to Lam Nguyen Hai Long, director of the Quang Trung Software Park (QTSC) in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The change of the country's economic structure has once again become a hot topic among business people and law makers following the recent general election.

 Salt farmers in HCM City’s Can Gio District are facing low prices, resulting in a stockpile of salt that cannot be sold.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has massive opportunities for attracting foreign direct investment, in particular, investment from the US, which is predicted by some to become the country’s top foreign investor in the years ahead.

A British family is offering a reward to anyone who can help them find a 23-year-old man who went missing on June 2 while visiting Fansipan Mountain.

 Vietnam is predicted to continue running a trade deficit in 2016 that will be under 5 percent of total export revenue, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

  Ho Chi Minh City is willing to boost cooperation and long-term investment with New Zealand, stated Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh La Thang when receiving New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on June 6.

 The central coastal provinces are urged to design new tourist products in the wake of the unusual fish deaths along their beaches in early april that impacted their tourism activities.

 Hanoi’s People’s Committee has approved a plan of building an amusement park, which is inspired by Disneyland, on the area of 198 hectares in Dong Anh District.

 The National Action Plan on Air Quality Control by 2020, which aims to strictly monitor sources of exhaust fumes, especially industrial fumes, has been approved Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This year, the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) hss been rated the leading brand in Vietnam by Kantar World Panel.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The most beautiful roads with flamboyant trees in Hanoi are Lang, Thong Nhat Park, the roads along the lake of Thien Quang, Truc Bach and West Lake, and the Botanical Garden.

 Doctors save pneumonia patient with ECMO, Four-ton Buddha Statute on display in Danang, One death from Meningococcal meningitis reported in HCMC, 40 domestic travel agencies help boosting Quang Binh's tourism industry

VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known fashion designer Adrian Anh Tuan released his 2016 Spring Summer Collection "The Superstar" last week in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government of HCM City on Friday signed a US$450-million contract with a private company for a project to prevent tidal flooding in a 570-sq km area of the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi is calling on colossal investment of about VND2.6 quadrillion over the next five years as the first step in transforming itself into the second Singapore, announced top officials. 

 More than 25 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than analysts had expected following the lifting of sanctions in January.

HCM City’s Party Committee Secretary Dinh La Thang has asked the privately owned Hoa Sen University to meet regulations to become a non-profit, private university and submit official documentation to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Of 235 cornea donators in the country in 2015, 85 of them were residents of Con Thoi commune of Ninh Binh province. The number of people in Con Thoi who have registered to donate their corneas after death has risen to nearly 500.

VietNamNet Bridge - On the way to the office one day, American teacher James Kendall noticed piles of rubbish along the road and later decided to join his voluntary group named "Keep Hanoi Clean" to clear the waste.

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City was dubbed the "Pearl of the Far East" over 40 years ago and was expected to become an "Asian dragon" after Vietnam conducted economic reforms but so far the "dragon"is still sleeping.