The finance ministry (MoF) has increased the export duty on gold jewellery of more than 95 per cent purity from zero to two per cent. 

Huynh Cao Hai, deputy head of the Dong Nai Province's Health Department, said he planned to encourage all factories in the province to offer reproductive healthcare services for female workers, especially those with a large number of female workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disadvantaged children in remote mountainous areas are seeing new worlds open thanks to more than 160,000 books donated to a project called Bookshelves for Entertainment and Education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang explained to Lao Dong (Labour) why building a new airport instead of expanding the existing Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City makes more sense.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Villages in farmland surrounding Hoi An are highly popular with environment-loving tourists. Visitors are greeted with a smile and offered an inside look at rural Viet Nam among the green paddy fields

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has asked the Government to further extend the deadline for cutting exhaust fumes of motorbikes to the beginning of 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is in dire need of organ donors, with 16,000 people in need of transplants every day, but religious beliefs or ignorance may be preventing people from putting themselves on donor lists or volunteering to become donors

 VietNamNet Bridge - Coming to the ancient capital city, visitors can admire the beauty of the system of royal tombs of the Nguyen Dynasty, and also enjoy the unique culinary and cultural history of this land.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Housing prices in Viet Nam are still too high in comparison with people's average income, said Tran Ngoc Quang, general secretary of the Viet Nam Real-Estate Association.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi’s tallest building, Landmark 72, will host Vietnam’s only vertical race - the Hanoi Vertical Run Vertical Run on April 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the list of the most beautiful rivers in the Telegraph newspaper, Mekong River ranks sixth besides Jiang Zi, Rhine and others.

A number of foreign technology firms like South Korea’s LG, Japan’s Fuji Xerox and Taiwan’s Compal have recently unveiled plans to increase investments or resume their half-done projects in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A cemetery for dogs and cats is located at No. 30/167 Truong Dinh Street, in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi. More than 1,000 dogs and cats have been incinerated and buried there.

Five large cities contribute 37 percent Vietnam’s GDP, Vietnam records US$1.8b trade deficit, FDI disbursement surges in Q1, SBV says to prioritize forex rate stability, FIS to help LaoVietBank develop IT strategy,

 VietNamNet Bridge – On one mid-summer day, the sun's strong, burning rays seem to have kept most people inside. Endless waves linger on a white, sandy beach in the central province of Binh Thuan.

 The Ha Noi department of education and training has ordered schools to ensure that all students wear helmets from April 10, while riding two-wheelers such as motorbikes and electric bicycles.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many huge projects capitalized at billions of dollars only exist on paper and many investors appear to have forgotten or abandoned them. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – When night falls in town, people return home from work but street artists begin work by singing, dancing and doing magic tricks to entertain diners at restaurants and at the same time sell snacks, candies, chewing gums

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singaporean artist Teoh Yi Chie visited Hanoi for one week in March 2015 and sketched images of the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Winding around cliffs, the Nam Mu River along the provincial road 106 from Son La to Lai Chau is a beautiful site.

 Vietnam’s healthcare authorities continue to court increased private investments, but making efficient use of private-sector capacity and benefits remains an issue.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environmentalists and the Dong Nai provincial authorities are in dispute about a project to build a new urban area on part of Dong Nai River.

VietNamNet Bridge - The dollar prices quoted by commercial banks are approaching the ceiling level. Sources says the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will release a “strong message” on the exchange rate policy.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) vows to eliminate classes for the gifted at primary and secondary education levels. However, such classes still exist, just under other names.

VietNamNet Bridge - The quality of products as well as state policies will determine the future of the IC industry development and sales in Vietnam, experts have said.