Private businesses, according to economists, have been hampered by state-owned enterprises (SOEs), foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) and state management agencies. 

Bien Hoa officially recognized as first grade city, Fight stepped up against illegal trade of petrol at sea, Lao Cai airport to handle big aircraft, Markets picked for city’s pilot food safety program, Dong Nai launches water supply plan

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 120 km from Hanoi, the Hai Ly abandoned church is a unique sight that attracts many visitors and is a background for many wedding photos and TV dramas.

 Venous catheter production project licensed at SHTP, Jan industrial production picks up 6%, Central Coast Vietnam runs new website to promote tourism, HCM City’s budget collections off to good start

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many old items that have disappeared in modern life like coal irons, steel water tanks, betel grinding tools and coins are sold on the pavements of Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province these days.

 The Hanoi Department of Education and Training is planning to build an additional 350 schools meeting national standards between 2016 and 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment on January 26 launched an automatic wastewater monitoring system to keep track of wastewater treatment at 16 industrial parks (IPs)

 VietNamNet Bridge – The communities of Vietnamese in many states in the US have organized activities to welcome the Lunar New Year 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2015 was believed to be the year which witnessed a boom of technology startups in the finance sector, or Fintech. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The increased demand for loans as well as the dong appreciation has increased the deposit interest rate. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam appears poised to potentially benefit more than any of the 11 other nations in the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After hearing about giant lotuses with leaves that are 3m wide and thick enough to "carry" a person weighing up to 80kg, we became curious.

The 30-year Renewal period has been a critical period in the country’s development, featuring a profound and comprehensive transformation and a huge revolutionary cause undertaken by the entire Party and people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Football has a knack of drawing people out of retirement, no matter what their age. Many dedicate their lives to the "beautiful game", and letting go of something that's so important to them is a difficult

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese embassies have held many activities for local communities of overseas Vietnamese to welcome the Lunar New Year 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – An annual report by Google has shown that nine out of Vietnamese top 10 searches in 2015 were related to movies, music and celebrities. The song "Vo nguoi ta" (Wife of Another Man),

 VietNamNet Bridge – The last feudal dynasty of Vietnam in Hue City went through many historical events. Tens of thousands of rare artifacts of the Nguyen Dynasty have been lost.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the domestic real estate sector are being favoured thanks to the recovery in the market, together with several new policies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who visit Khmer villages in the Mekong Delta are impressed by the high towers and curved roofs surrounded by palm trees of the pagodas.

 Migrant workers become almost non-citizens once they move from their homeland to live and work elsewhere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After 30 years of the Doi Moi reform, Vietnam has recorded significant achievements, emerging from a backward country with 90% of the population working in the agricultural sector

 Whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to the New Year eve, Vietnamese families visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young man’s love was refused by his current wife because of fear that their children would be as short - 1.1 meters - as their parents. The two families also opposed their marriage for a long time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Le Van Quy, carving inscriptions on pens is more than just a way to make a living. It's a way to preserve and document history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s take a look at the most dramatic moments of Vietnam photography at international photography awards and international media in 2015.