People who have lived in Vietnam for many years or are preparing to move to the country will enjoy Hanoi Jane, the first novel by Canadian writer Elka Ray.

 Tourists say it’s one of the most interesting markets in the world, whether you arrive early in the morning to get the best choices or later in the morning for a look around and breakfast.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on July 24 unveiled that the National Tourism Year 2016 is set to get underway in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

29 players of European giant Manchester City arrived in Vietnam on July 26 afternoon for the game against the U23 Vietnam team on Monday, July 27.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced it shall return the façade of Ha Noi's Opera House to its original colour.

 Hanoi authorities have approved a plan to have some of its police officers patrol on bicycles to cultivate an image that is “friendly and close” to the public.

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investment funds have said that Decree No 60 on lifting the foreign ownership ratio ceiling will mostly affect listed companies. As for other companies, the room for foreign investors remains unclear.

 The capital city’s tourism sector has launched a number of promotion programmes to attract tourists from Belarus and five Western European countries – Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain.

 Son La province commenced construction of a Buddhist administrative and cultural centre on July 25 which is expected to be the largest of its kind in the northwest of Vietnam.

 The national women's football team will play two friendly matches in August against Chinese Taipei to prepare for their second round of Olympic qualifiers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Detecting and clearing explosive remnants of war is often thought of as men’s work but many women in Quang Tri Province have gotten involved in such activities.

 The Formosa group of Taiwan (China) is expected to seal an investment deal with the Japanese-based JFE Steel Corporation in August to jointly carry out its steel complex in central Ha Tinh province’s Vung Ang Economic Zone.

 Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) was at 10-year low in July, gaining only 0.68 percent from the end of 2014, the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed on July 24.

 An association of veterans who defended the Quang Tri Ancient Citadel in 1972 and the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam held a solemn memorial service for fallen soldiers at the Citadel in Quang Tri province on July 23.

 The Vietnamese Embassy has asked Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to create the best possible conditions for Vietnamese nationals to enter.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception on July 24 for Vietnamese-American professor Luu Le Hang who won a number of prestigious world astronomic prizes, including the Kavli Prize, considered the Nobel Prize in astrophysics.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Nepal Ton Sinh Thanh has presented his credentials to Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, who thanked Vietnam for emergency aid to help his country overcome consequences of a devastating earthquake last April.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung spoke highly of the World Bank (WB)’s support for Vietnam in both policy consultation and technical and financial assistance, while receiving WB Country Director in Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi on July 24.

 China’s illegal construction work in the East Sea has adverse impacts on peace, security, economy, trade and marine environment, experts stressed at an international seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The late Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, who died in 1998, was a talented, creative and intelligent leader who made invaluable contributions to Vietnamese revolutionary efforts and economic reform.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s great potential in its mounting middle income class has become a target for future merger and acquisition deals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled in a small quiet alley of the busy Pham Van Nghi Street in Danang City, Bodhidharma tea shop is a peaceful place for locals and visitors to enjoy tea, melodious music and birds singing in nearby trees.

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2008, when Yves Bouille first arrived in Viet Nam, he only wanted to stay six months to attend cooking school. But the country has kept him here much longer than he thought.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to start a new scheme to monitor environmental resources to prevent natural disasters, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists were surprised to discover that the body of Venerable Thich Minh Duc was not decomposed after 26 years of burial.