The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has warned agencies of a boom in textile and garment industrial zones in cities and provinces ahead of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

 Some commercial banks have increased interest rates on dong deposits between 0.2 per cent and 0.4 per cent per year, making it the fourth rise since August this year.

 Le Nam Thang, former deputy minister of Information and Communications, advised network providers to make a careful calculation on the demand for 4G (fourth-generation network) implementation.

Many reports of child abuse cases have been in the news recently, with education internet forums holding postmortems on the reasons behind the child abuse. But nothing has changed: more and more cases have been reported. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Over a dozen seafood processing factories in Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have denied responsibility for the mass death of fish at nearby farms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As shopping websites keep expanding, with new shops popping up, competition is getting more exciting, but there is still plenty of room for growth in online retail in Vietnam.

In a corner between Pasteur and Ly Tu Trong streets in District 1 is a curiosity-arousing restaurant name: “Secret Garden.” Customers to this eatery have to go all the way down a road and up to the fifth floor of an aging condo building

 The world's largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancers returning has begun in the UK.

 VietNamNet Bridge - More prominent Vietnamese business people have become known worldwide. Below are the most famous names.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 500 Vietnamese and international runners are expected to take part in the first Laguna Lang Co Marathon races on October 24-25.

While Vietnamese exporters have had to cope with a slew of trade safeguard and anti-dumping lawsuits abroad, few domestic enterprises have made use of trade defense measures to protect them from the rising influx of foreign goods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parts of the Honda Dream motorbike are symbolising the dreams of Vietnamese people are displayed in Spanish sculptor Jorge Rivera's exhibition in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has replaced the single-dimensional approach to poverty with the multidimensional measurement method for 2016 – 2020 period, said an official.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After more than four years of implementation, a programme to develop high-quality human resources has shown positive results and will be continued,

Total Viet Nam to invest $13.4m to HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City to host first agricultural festival, Vietnam contracts to export 5.7 mil. tons, Siemens eyes Vietnam transport projects, Agri exports in freefall

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, October 21t, the streets of Vietnam’s two largest cities - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City – were both covered by milky mist. 

 HCM City's People's Court yesterday began hearing the case of former director of the Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's Branch No.6 Ho Dang Trung, who allegedly caused a loss of roughly VND1 trillion to the bank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four bears, which were being kept captive in bear bile farms in the north-eastern Quang Ninh Province's Ha Long City, were rescued by the Animals Asia organisation yesterday, Oct 21.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem drew with American Aleksandr Shimanov in the SPICE Cup Open's seventh round at the Crowne Plaza in Missouri, the United States, this morning.

The news that the government has decided to sell eight listed companies has had immediate positive impact on the stock market. However, experts say it is still too early to say how the sales will affect the national economy in the long term.

 YouTube is to launch a subscription service offering original, exclusive videos - including feature-length films starring high-profile vloggers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Every day, hundreds of women in Hoang Hoa district of Thanh Hoa province go out to sea with their husbands. They do many tasks of men: driving rafts, pulling fishing nets, and carrying fishing tools.

 Women and children at a migrant camp outside the French port city of Calais are to be given heated tents by the end of the week, officials say.

Some everyday pictures of women going about their daily lives in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To widely disseminate information about the government’s activities, the Government Portal has set up its page entitled "Government Information" on Facebook, the most popular social network in Vietnam.