VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign investors have failed to implement their plan to take over Vietnamese enterprises as they have met headstrong businessmen.

 The third season of the American web television drama series House of Cards has just been introduced to Vietnamese audiences.

  The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV)'s Governor Nguyen Van Binh has approved Sai Gon Thuong Tin Bank (Sacombank) opening a wholly-owned subsidiary bank in Laos.

 The Ministry of Public Security has issued orders prohibiting the overseas departures of any individuals who could be responsible for last Wednesday's deadly scaffolding collapse in the Vung Ang Economic Zone.

National goals set for IT sector by 2020, Five firms fined for improper advertising, Da Nang to monitor service charges of enterprises, Vietnam, Japan discuss hi-tech agriculture, environmentally-friendly technology

  Sudden floods marking the start of summer have damaged a total of 11,000ha of rice and vegetables in the central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai.

 Malignant lymphoma, a type of cancer, is occurring with alarming frequency in Vietnam and the numbers are rising every year, says Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the National Institute of Haematology and Central Blood Transfusion.

 Nestle on March 30 opened a US$80 million decaffeinated coffee production facility in Dong Nai Province's Amata Industrial Park.

 The world’s prestigious travel website TripAdvisor has announced the world’s top 25 travel destinations this year in its 2015 Travellers’ Choice Awards.

An estimated 5.4% of adults in Vietnam suffer from diabetes yet 64% of these go undetected, an alarming rate for a 90-million-strong population like Vietnam, said Director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management.

 Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have initialled the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), according to a press release from the RoK Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) on March 29.

 A number of products imported from Japan to Vietnam will enjoy zero percent tariff beginning April 1, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).

Vietnam, RoK forge bilateral legal engagement, Vietnam attends 10th APEC TELMIN in Malaysia, NA Chairman meets Pakistani, Moroccan legislators, Vietnamese leaders meet with Hungarian guests

 Regional academics have described how the strategic vision of late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew nurtured the relationship between Singapore and Vietnam, who are now special partners within ASEAN.

 Kazakhstan officially opened its Embassy in Hanoi on March 30, looking toward it helping promote ties between the two countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Wandering the Ho Thi Ky flower market at night is an exciting experience in the life and culture of Saigonese.

 Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 5-7, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on March 30.

 Vietnam backs India’s Act East policy and comprehensive connectivity with Southeast Asia, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) of India Sumitra Mahajan in Hanoi on March 30.

 President Truong Tan Sang hosted Chairwoman of the Lao National Assembly Pany Yathotou, Speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly Sardar Ayat Sadiq and Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament of India Sumitra Mahajan on March 30.

 The Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, ongoing for the first time in Hanoi, continued its discussions on March 30 with emphasis placed on the sustainable development, environmental protection and regional and global security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Serious pollution in the Vam Co Dong River is the main reason for heavy losses to fish farmers in Tay Ninh Province, local environmental authorities have confirmed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Riparian communes should be asked to stop permitting individuals or firms to set up sand-gathering sites on the banks of the Red River,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Dac Phu, director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to VietnamPlus about the scarcity of some vaccines under the national immunisation programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The year 2014  marked one of the biggest events in recent years in the global economy: China’s hot growth in the three consecutive decades came to an end.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a raft of free trade agreements on the way, a checklist of equitisations, and new legislation in place to support foreign investment, a new wave of M&As are forecast to sweep across Vietnam.