Despite warnings by concerned agencies, farmers in the southern provinces have been rushing to convert large areas of rice fields and catfish ponds into shrimp ponds, threatening, some say, the biodiversity of their areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wine-gourd shaped grapefruits, thousand-arm finger citron and Mercedes-Benz car-shaped watermelons are among the most special and expensive fruit in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Grammy Award-winning Pacific Boychoir will travel to Vietnam to perform at notable venues and institutions such as the HCMC Conservatory Concert Hall and the Worker Theater in Hanoi.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Associations for friendship with Vietnam in various European countries have issued a joint resolution demanding that China respect international law and immediately withdraw its oil rig out of Vietnam’s waters

 The number of four- and five-star hotels in Nha Trang in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have reduced room rates by 30 per cent or more in order to attract more visitors this summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) remains under pressure to launch a successful initial public offering.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is one of 10 nations that has successfully reduced child and maternal deaths. It cut under-five mortality by 60 per cent from 58 to 23.2 per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parkour, a French street art that involves moving around or over obstacles at high speed, has been present in Vietnam over the last four years. At first, parkour was practiced by some small groups of individuals

 The Czech Republic supports Vietnam’s stance of resolving the East Sea disputes by peaceful measures in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

It is not unusual for Vietnamese billionaires to be assigned informal nicknames by the public, media or colleagues. While most accept the monikers bestowed on them, others are less comfortable with what they are called.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People with disabilities should take heart from the stories of a nine-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who have been helped to get on their feet by inspirational peers and free prosthetic limbs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre stated that it has been trying to call for financial support to bring back a beloved Vietnamese emperor's bed and a rickshaw home from France.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a large country, China has used coercion and made threats to use force to wage war against a small country, according to Lawyer Le Thanh Son.

 Established hundreds of years ago, Hoang Su Phi District in the northeast province of Ha Giang is now the home of many ethnic groups who live mainly by growing rice and other subsidiary crops.

 On July 4, China maintained the presence of five battleships, 48 coast guard, 15 cargo vessels and four tugboats around drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that has been illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters since early May.

 Massive injections of wastewater from the oil and gas industry are likely to have triggered a sharp rise in earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of the largest global technology groups have set up their factories in Vietnam, giving many reason to believe that Vietnam is destined to become the world’s major electronics production base.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Planning and Investment Ministry Dang Xuan Quang speaks to Tin Tuc (News) newspaper about Viet Nam's struggle to attract foreign direct investment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations on July 3 sent a paper to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opposing China’s illegal occupation of the Hoang Sa archipelago and asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over it.

Floor Killer, the fourth Viet Nam recreational dance championship, will be held this weekend in Ha Noi, drawing 800 contestants from Viet Nam and overseas.

The Viet Nam Road Administration announced yesterday that it had removed all road signs limiting speed to under 40kmph on national highways.

Foreign textile firms line up for TPP bonanza in Vietnam; Vietnamese goods hold sway in local markets; EBA cites Vietnamese company among world’s best run; Robins Department Store comes to Ho Chi Minh City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tension in the East Sea between Viet Nam and China has led to more booking cancellations for hotels, according to a source.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Windsor Property Management Group Corporation, which runs the Windsor Plaza Hotel and several restaurants in HCM City, has achieved a coup by getting star Chinese-American chef and food writer Martin Yan to create the menu

VietNamNet Bridge – The adoption and effective implementation of IT progress in administrative reform at commune and district levels in the central city of Da Nang have brought many positive changes in recent years.