VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 94 per cent of Vietnamese bankers expect an improved financial performance, but bad debt levels remain a concern, says a study on the banking sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For over 20 years, nearly 1,000 people in Quarter 2 and 3 of Ward 12, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City have been using water from drilling wells near graves.

More trains from HCM City to run during holiday; Trang An tourism complex – a boost to Ninh Binh tourism; Entry fare cut at Con Son – Kiep Bac Historical Area; Northern province adds three ‘standard' tourist beaches

VietNamNet Bridge – Designer Nguyen Cong Tri, one of the biggest names in contemporary Vietnamese fashion, just returned from the Origin-Passion & Be Life exhibition in Italy's Vincenza.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tourism sector maintained good growth in the first seven months of 2014 despite a fall in the number of Chinese-spoken tourists,

VietNamNet Bridge – In a move to reduce traffic chaos and unhealthy competition among taxi drivers, vehicles licensed outside the capital will be banned from operating in the city,

VietNamNet Bridge – Giving a chance to newcomers, coach Toshiya Miura named 23 new faces in a 30-member national U23 team for the South Korean Asian Games (ASIAD) in September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though revenue has increased by 24 times over the last 12 years and its network expanded to many areas, Metro Cash & Carry has not paid any corporate income tax since the day it entered Vietnam in 2002.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is not eligible for bio-security to test Ebola so the country may send samples of suspected cases to the US, said Professor Nguyen Tran Hien, director of the Central Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology.

VietNamNet Bridge – The IT community has expressed scepticism about a report by PIKOM, a Malaysian information and communication technology company, that says Vietnamese engineers receive the best salaries in ASEAN countries.

 Hiding data by using a factory reset option does little to delete potentially sensitive information, suggest researchers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 73, retired shoemaker Pham Quang Xuan says he never thought his tailor-made tyre sandals would still be popular in modern times.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many species of flowers like dien dien, so dua or mountain-ebony are beautiful, but they are also nutritious.

According to the legend, long time ago in a year of having good weather and a bumper crop, King Hung in Phu Tho Province organized a festival and invited representatives from ethnic groups and tribes to attend.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the first five-star hotel for pets, dogs and cats are served with imported food, have their hair cut, swim in a swimming pool, do exercise in a gym, and sunbathe.

The third diesel-electricity fueled submarine built by the Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg for the Vietnam Navy will be delivered to the military port of Cam Ranh in November, according to the Russian news agency Interfax-AVN.

The Ministry of Education and Training has said that universities, particularly those that are less prestigious, will be able to attract more students under a new scheme that creates three minimum-mark levels on entrance examinations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Elephant numbers are falling rapidly in Dak Lak Province and local authorities are struggling to protect the giant animals from the threat of extinction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Center for Nursing War Invalids in Kim Bang district of Ha Nam province is the home of 110 veterans who had brain injuries that have caused mental illnesses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several small Vietnamese banks have posted losses in Q2 after setting aside risk provision funds to control risks and push ahead with restructuring.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development proposed allocating VND2 trillion (USD95 million) over the next three years to aid the settlement of immigrants to the Central Highlands.

 Secutech Vietnam 2014 to kick off in HCM City; Vietnam is RoK top shrimp supplier; Plan to lure foreign investors; Domestic gold demand posts sharp drop in second quarter; Foreign-invested firms dominate local wood market

An investor would need 14 years to fulfill necessary procedures to open a resort with 300 four- to five-star rooms covering an area of 10 hectares, said the deputy chair of the Vietnam Tourism Real Estate Association.

The scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", the UN's health agency says, as the death toll from the disease reaches 1,069.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past there were dozens of boat-repair enterprises in District 8’s Kenh Doi in HCM City, but today, only Nguyen Van Hai, 83, offers the service to fishermen and boat enthusiasts.