VietNamNet Bridge – Petrol smuggling via sea waters has brought huge profits to illegal ships, and has become increasingly difficult to control, the Viet Nam Petroleum Association has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being in wheelchairs does not prevent athletes Pham Hong Thuc and Hoang Hong Kien from being happy in life and on the sports track.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For years, those wishing to hold an outing for their children have had a few entertainment places like the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden, Dam Sen Cultural Park or Suoi Tien Theme Park.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been warned that it could witness a strong wave of workers from ASEAN countries after the the ASEAN Economic Community becomes official next year.

 The National Assembly and Government need to review and adopt legal regulations to mitigate air pollution, a major contributor to the greenhouse effect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The percentage of Vietnamese people using smartphones has increased to more than 36 percent, nearly double the rate of 20 percent in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ali Dal, deputy chief priest of Eh San mosque, in the southern province of An Giang's An Phu District, is a happy man today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The South Korean labour market may be closed off to Vietnamese workers if Viet Nam does not make more effort to reduce the number overstaying their visas and working illegally.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Van Long Lagoon in Ninh Binh holds two national records of Vietnam in 2010: the home to the largest community of Delacour’s langurs and the largest natural picture in Vietnam.

There are different provisions of laws on the conditions, duration, forms of ownership, rights and obligations of foreign-invested enterprises owning houses in Vietnam depending on such enterprises’ business sectors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Katona Twins, a classical guitar duo from Germany, will give a free concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on September 27.

Educators in the past complained about their lack of freedom in making important decisions about school operations, and were later granted more autonomy by the Ministry of Education and Training. But some of them are now  reluctant to use it.

 HCM City may allow battery-powered vehicles on downtown streets next year; New proposal tackles rural poverty; Education authority issues new regulations on private tutoring; Hanoi pilots e-ticket system for buses; Bird flu could spread by bus

Vietnam attracts US$10 bil in FDI in eight months; Japanese firm keen to invest in Dung Quat EZ; Office rentals in Vietnam higher than Malaysia, Philippines; Experts talk up VN as investment destination; Real estate signals recovery

 If you still think January is the only month of festivals, you’re probably wrong. Never before have September and October been so festive with a series of festivals enough to fill up your bucket list.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport said any ports found to violate regulations on overloading from the second time will be closed for a period of between one and three months, a sanction accepted by all ports at a meeting here on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large amounts of money are expected to be pumped into the southern housing market, especially in HCM City, which is recovering rapidly, according to analysts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA has announced a US$800,000 grant to the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) to develop their youth football.

 The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on September 19 selected Indonesia as a host country of the next Asian Games in 2019 (ASIAD 18) in lieu of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City collects environmental protection fees equal to 10 percent of the tap water price, and is now planning a fee for water drainage, to be equal to 25 percent of the tap water price.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A desolate church in Van Ly commune, Hai Hau district, in Nam Dinh province still attracts many tourists and photographers as it is a beautiful spot where the sky, sea, sun, wind and sand converge.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Van Du's machine to split bamboo not only enriched the inventor; it also raised earnings for his fellow villagers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famed Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant, who has staged a number of ballet performances in HCM City, has high regard for the talent of Vietnamese ballet dancers.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  The average monthly income of a Vietnamese worker was ND4.6 million in the second quarter of the year, a figure that the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in its report called “fabulous”.  

 With its vast cajeput forests and beautiful scenery, the Gao Giong Eco-Tourism Area in the Mekong Delta is an attractive destination, especially in the flood season.