VietNamNet Bridge – A new decree requiring the payment of interest on overdue salaries has been issued by the Government, but neither employers nor employees are sure how effective it will be.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite great efforts to attract customers, shopping malls in large cities continue to have problems attracting many customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bai choi is a unique Vietnamese game combining folklore and a competition. Conservation of the performance art game is crucial to keeping the country's history alive,

VietNamNet Bridge – Poachers continue to destroy the 1,300-hectare forest in the Buon Don Eco-tourism area in Central Highland Dak Lak Province' Krong Na Commune after media reported on illegal logging last October.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-three of the country's forty-five insurance companies ensured financial safety in 2014, according to a report by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reviewing insurance market restructuring over the past year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Situated some 10 kilometers from the coastal city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa Province, Kenh Ha Lake is considered as a primitive tourism site attracting a lot of tourists, especially those coming from Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many efforts from HCM City authorities and the city's Transport Department, public transportation in the city, which is conducted mainly by bus, has not developed as planned.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to hand-made embroidery items and paintings, Hoi An has many more attractive souvenirs that you can buy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises should be proactive when it comes to international integration, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh told Thanh Nien (Young People) Newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first e-books appeared when the internet was born. Most of these books were out of copyright, and of course, the viewers didn’t have to pay any fees.

Hand, foot and mouth disease strikes Hanoi; Construction sector owes USD25m in unpaid wages; Hao Duong delays paying environmental pollution fines; As many as 3,000 part time jobs awaiting students during Tet; Chemical traders ignore dangers: HCMC

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 David Gomez Ramirez, one of the most promising conductors and composers in Spain, will perform at a special concert next Monday (January 19) at the HCM City Opera House.

VietNamNet Bridge – Four women from the Netherlands aim to bicycle around 22 countries in 400 days in a project called R4WR (Ride for Women's Rights).

The business environment in Vietnam is expected to be more open in 2015 with a number of new policies that will take effect.

VietNamNet Bridge –Do (poonah) paper, used to make the famous folk painting Dong Ho, has been given new vitality thanks to an art project created by a young NGO employee, Tran Hong Nhung.

  With concrete construction experiences in Belgium, Jan Peeters, a Dutch businessman, has given free schools to children in Vietnam for more than six years.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese computer users lost VND8.5 trillion in 2014 due to  viruses, according to BKAV, the largest internet security firm in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is tasked to submit two new laws to the National Assembly in 2015, a move sparked by the requirement to speed up institutional reform to further improve the country’s investment and business environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists say that excessive study could be the cause of high school students’ mental health problems.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Monuments Conservation Center and relevant departments have implemented procedures to bring Nguyen's Dynasty royal rickshaw back home for displaying at the Museum of the Hue Royal Citadel,

VietNamNet Bridge – Bank loan interest rates decreased sharply in 2014, but are expected to rise in 2015.

  Vietnam has moved up to the third place in ASEAN rankings in terms of chip design, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of traffic accident fatalities nationwide fell below 9,000 in 2014 for the first year in a long time, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc noted.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hotels in HCMC, especially those in the four- and five-star segments, had a tough 2014 when they had to lower tariffs to attract guests and offset dropping room occupancy rates.