Mr. Marc Townsend, Managing Director of CBRE Vietnam, tells about the impact of new regulations requiring bank guarantees for property projects built in the future and also about the market's recent performance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many housing developers are circumventing the law to profit from the national real-estate bailout programme, said vice-chairman of HCM City Real Estate Association, Nguyen Van Duc.

VietNamNet Bridge - After three years of applying VNEN on a trial basis with reservations, many provinces and cities have decided that the new school model will be used on a large scale in their localities.

The passing of 94-year-old musicologist Tran Van Khe on June 24 was a great loss to people who love traditional Vietnamese music. Professor Khe has dedicated his entire life to preserving Vietnam’s culture and introducing it to the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's monorail line No 2 linking District 8 with the Thanh Da - Binh Quoi Urban Area in Binh Thanh District will cost over VND15 trillion.

Ca Mau calls for investment in industrial parks, Garment exports to US likely to hit 11 billion USD, Lam Dong exports oncidium orchid to Japan, Foreign importers to visit Hanoi Gift Show, Housing credit package disbursement pushed forwards

 Minister of National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh returned home early July 25, said assistant to the minister Major General Ngo Quang Lien.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese retailers have withdrawn from the convenience store market after a long period of incurring losses, leaving the market more open to foreign retailers, who have been expanding their chains.

 Frenchman Leopold Vincent, who lives in District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, has adopted nearly a hundred abandoned cats. He’s well-known around town for his animal protection work, with this care of and love for animals knowing no boundaries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Jumping out of a plane and flying in the air sound scary to those with weak hearts. On July 16 many people, mostly youth, have found this thrilling game attractive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever tourists visit, the farmers in Yen Duc Commune become tour guides in their area.

 Vietnam’s south has a fully-deserved reputation for its wide range of delightful cakes.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has repeatedly urged commercial banks to take action to reduce the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio to below 3 percent by September 30. But it has proven to be an impossible mission.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For years, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Y, 29, eats six cans of rice per meal and drinks 15 liters of water per day. Yet she is very thin and short.

Nestled among forested hills 30 kilometers west of Da Nang is the stunning mountain resort of Ba Na Hills. The region has varied flora and fauna, including many rare animals, such as the Asian Black Bear and Crested Argus, and over 540 plant species.

 The competition between foreign and domestic life insurers in Vietnam is as multi-faceted as it is fierce.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform for the first time in the northern province of Thanh Hoa on August 13 as part of the 2015 Toyota Concert tour.

 Survey finds English teachers in Vietnam not as qualified as in some countries in Asia.

 The central province of Quang Nam is set to build its first high-tech institute, spread over 100ha in coastal Tam Thanh Commune, 8km from the provincial capital, Tam Ky City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One man's commitment and determination to educate children of disadvantaged communities has made him the "most indispensable man" in a remote village that he has made his home.

VietNamNet Bridge – His family and friends could not believe how quickly a young healthy man like Pham Thanh Tung could become so weak.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam lacks capital to build power plants and has called for foreign investment, which analysts say is not the best solution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well past its heyday in Viet Nam, the art of pantomime is apparently the sole preserve of one passionate artist, Nguyen Hoang Tung, for whom it is a meaningful, metaphorical journey.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though he came to Wimbledon just to gain experience, Vietnamese tennis pro Ly Hoang Nam ended up leaving the competition with his homeland's first junior title.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Age does not deter Remi Huynh, 74, a Vietnamese expat in France, to popularise the Huynh Huynh De School of martial art, which has attracted thousands of enthusiasts in France, particularly in Marseilles.