VietNamNet Bridge – The new national high school examination this year was a failure, forcing students to gamble on their futures, a veteran educator said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hoan Kiem District has proposed to the Hanoi authorities to pave 11 walking streets in the Old Quarter with flagstones instead of cement.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has been asked by electors from Long An province to reconsider or review the opening of a number of commercial banks there several years ago. A high bad debt ratio in recent years was the reason behind the request.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Hoa Binh Province, tourists can visit the first money-printing plant in Vietnam, named Chi Ne, where they can see the first banknotes issued by the Vietnam Democratic Republic in 1946.

 Most workers struggle with cost of living, Ninh Binh police seize gun parts, gunpowder, Govt to pay for faulty vaccines, More than 1,000 poultry birds infected with A/H5N1, HIV/AIDS patients slow to buy health insurance

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coal is a fuel but also a raw material used to produce beautiful artworks.

VietNamNet Bridge – While trade ministers struggle to hash out a final agreement on the ground-breaking Trans-Pacific Partnership, Vietnamese companies are largely in the dark about the pact's potential benefits and drawbacks,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Xuan Trung, 11th grader of Thai Binh Province, is one of the two gold medalists at the 56th International Mathematics Olympiad recently held in Thailand.

As the pollution from the Phuoc Hiep waste treatment complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi Commune continues to affect the environment of the surrounding areas, businesses have urged the local authorities to focus investment capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first international Vietnamese traditional martial arts championships kicked off on Sunday in the capital.

Many more European companies will come to do business in VN to capitalize on opportunities from a free trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam, according to the outgoing ambassador and head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was 10am at the HCM City Oncology Hospital in Binh Thanh District. Tran Van Ly, a 53 year-old who had travelled from nearby Binh Duong Province, was waiting for his turn to take a hematology test.

 Concert protests rhino horn use, Award-winning cartoon to be screened, Mekong Delta art show to celebrate National Day, Adult colouring books all the rage, Heritage magazine unveils awards, JW Marriott Hanoi hosts US Food Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – First introduced in 2001 in Africa, vovinam, a world-famous Vietnamese martial arts, has quickly become popular and is now being practiced by more than 22,000 people in Algeria.

The Vietnamese finance market has been shaken by a number of events in recent days. 

 A sculpture camp celebrating 40 years of Ho Chi Minh City’s development and integration is scheduled to open in the southern hub on November 15. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Labour Export Association has called on the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs to step up oversight and inspection of companies that hire and train workers for overseas jobs to sustain quality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being one of the most conservative foreign investors in Vietnam, Japan is currently emerging as a major partner through a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

VietNamNet Bridge – Lying on the southern side of Hai Van Pass on the nation’s central coast, Nam O is a must-see destination for visitors thanks to the impressive beauty of nature, and historical and cultural sites. 

 Cutting fat from your diet leads to more fat loss than reducing carbohydrates, a US health study shows.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will use books to record pregnancy time, children and women health data across the country,

VietNamNet Bridge - Eleven banks were upgraded from rural banks with a small operating scale into urban banks with a larger scale. In order to become urban banks, they had to raise chartered capital within a short period. 

Negotiations on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement have essentially come to an end, with the deal expected to be concluded this year. European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project’s technical assistant team leader Claudio Dordi spoke

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visits to Malaysia and Singapore from August 7-9 brought Vietnam’s relations with the two Southeast Asian countries to a new level, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung in an interview afterwards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Viettel and FPT both have had to spend big money in their outward investment projects. Meanwhile, the markets are risky with political uncertainties and stiff competition.