Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong recently concluded an official four-day visit to the Republic of Korea. Samsung Vietnam Director General Shim Won Hwan shared his thoughts and expectations on the visit.

 Corsair Marine International, a subsidiary of Australia’s SeaWind Group wants to invest in a luxury sailboat building plant in central Danang city, according to the Danang People’s Committee of Danang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Be Thu Huong, 32, gave up her job due to her husband's insistence that she stays home and cares for their son. But she recently found independence by setting up her own travel company.

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The US would partially lift its ban on selling arms to Vietnam to help the nation's maritime security, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced during talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Washington.

The recently-concluded visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Republic of Korea marks the opening of a new stage of development with bright prospects in the two countries’ relations, said a Vietnamese official.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While urban authorities believe that traditional markets should be replaced by shopping malls and supermarkets, many city residents are opposed to the idea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Suitable footwear helps to protect leprosy patients' benumbed feet from injury.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amended law on special consumption tax is to be presented at the eighth sitting of the National Assembly this month, with an aim to raise tax on tobacco, wine and beer,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent contemporary dance company Arabesque will tour the US this month to play its Suong Som (The Mist) at five shows in St Louis Washington DC, Birmingham, and San Diego.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Thien Duong is the most monumental and magnificent cave in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang International Airport’s efforts to clean up 80,000m3 of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediments by 2016, with support from the United States Agency for International Development, are running

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the eyes of many Vietnamese, the indigenous breeds of dogs are only raised to watch the house, and are to be fed with food residue and sold for slaughter. But Vietnam has many rare and valuable dog breeds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More businesses in Viet Nam have either suspended or shut down operations in the first three quarters of 2014,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unco-ordinated and wrongly placed traffic lights have actually become a hindrance instead of an aid to the flow of traffic in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many residents in villages in Ha Nam Province’s Duy Tien District became seriously ill and lost their jobs after giving up farmland to the state to make room for the Dong Van Industrial Zone in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Truong Ba Temple festival held on April 15–17 in Tra Bong District, the central province of Quang Ngai, attracts thousands of visitors each year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major international telecoms are lining up to become strategic investors in Vietnam’s second biggest mobile network operator MobiFone.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has been ranked the sixth best country for solo travellers by US magazine Travel+Leisure.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asia-Europe New Music Festival 2014 is scheduled to take place from Oct. 8-12 in Hanoi and Ha Long City for the first time with the participation of 200 local and international composers and artists

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has been asked to allow foreign cruise ships to keep their casinos open during their stopovers in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – A recent incident in Binh Duong Province in which a four-year-old girl was beaten brutally by her mother and stepfather has stirred public response on the issue of child abuse in Viet Nam once again.

VietNamNet Bridge – Some 60 art performances will be held across Hanoi between October 9 and 11 to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10),