The 2016 Vietnam Women’s National Championship – Thai Son Bac commenced yesterday in the northern province of Ha Nam.

 Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will wear the jersey for Thailand’s Bangkok Glass Volleyball Club at upcoming tournaments.

 Visitors to the Museum of Royal Fine Arts in Hue are to get a chance to look at books transcribed on rectangle gold pieces, made for the adoration of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).

 Noted HCM City-based architect Vo Trong Nghia recently won six prizes at the Green Good Design Awards 2016 held in the United States.

Dozens of traditional long dresses designed by well-known tailors and paintings by famous artists from Saigon (now called HCM City) from the 1930-1940 period are being auctioned online.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just issued an official note regarding the draft blueprint for a transportation and hydroelectric project on the Red River of Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite mass fish deaths in central Vietnam, fish caught in the area are still being exported to major markets. 

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.