Cai Cuong ancient house

 VietNamNet Bridge - Situated near Cai Muoi Canal which is always crowded with boats and junks, Cai Cuong ancient house in Binh Hoa Phuoc Commune, Long Ho District of Vinh Long Province is an architectural structure of European and Oriental styles.

The charms of Hoang Su Phi Market

 Hoang Su Phi Market is held once a week on Sunday morning. It takes place along the main street, a few kilometers long, in Vinh Quang Town in Hoang Su Phi District, Ha Giang Province.

Legendary scholar makes valuable donation

 VietNamNet Bridge – A revolutionary turned intellectual, professor Le Quang Long has made many contributions to the country's scientific community. His latest: a vast collection of documents.

Beef environment cost 10 times that of other livestock

 A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock.

Vietnam part of the world's largest photography website

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s many different shades of seas can be seen Photo.net, the photography website with the highest traffic in the world.

Wood businesses losing on home turf

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is the sixth largest wood and wooden product exporter in the world and the second largest in Asia, yet the domestic wood processing sector is injured by low-priced, skillfully crafted imports.

HCM City’s e-textbook program controversial

HCM City is considering implementing an e-textbook project, under which first, second and third graders in the city would learn with e-textbooks instead of actual books. However, the project remains controversial.

The return of T-ara and 2NE1 to Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge – The two famous Korean girl band 2NE1 and T-ara have confirmed their return to Vietnam in August to attend two different events. Their Vietnamese fans are more than lighthearted.

Private school transportation comes to town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every afternoon, around 4.30pm, Nguyen Thi Lan, a bank employee in Dong Da District of Ha Noi starts getting worried. She waits for her boss to leave office, and then rushes off to pick up her daughter from school.

Illegal parking undercuts licenced lots

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several illegal motorbike parking lots set up on streets reserved for pedestrians in the capital city's Hoan Kiem District have been overcharging customers,

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Local businesses urged to boost exports to RoK; Complex tax laws don’t deter foreign investment; HCM City to tighten energy labeling rules; Mekong Delta targets US$2.6 bln in shrimp exports; Pepper price reaches record high 

M&A forum to advance ‘second wave’

VietNamNet Bridge – The hastened pace of equitisation of state-owned enterprises has led many experts to opine that there is a second wave of mergers and acquisitions ready to hit Vietnam.

Football players face prosecution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six players of the V-League's Dong Nai FC will soon be prosecuted for match-fixing, major-general Ho Sy Tien, head of the Police Department for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, confirmed.

Dubious statistical methods skew Vietnam’s unemployment rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unemployment rates are regularly reported by government agencies, but the state General Statistics Office (GSO) doubts the figures.

Typhoon Rammasun racks up massive $5.9m damage bill

 VietNamNet Bridge – Typhoon Rammasun has dealt a massive VND125 billion (US$5.9 million) blow to Viet Nam's northern region, an official damage report released yesterday said.

Vietnam calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has urged concerned parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip to immediately cease fire and refrain from violence against civilians and resume peace negotiations.

Conjoined twins successfully separated in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Central Paediatrics Hospital in Hanoi on February 27 successfully separated two conjoined babies in an operation that lasted nearly three hours.

School closed for mistreatment of autistic children

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training has ordered the closure of a local primary school for autistic children due to maltreatment of students along with other violations.

Vietnam's per capita income should be USD7,000: economist

An economist from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said Vietnam's GNI per capital should be USD7,000, but that ineffective management has hindered Vietnam's growth.

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Hanoi hosts “World Heritages of Japan” exhibition; Exhibition highlights Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty; Exhibition highlights VN’s diplomatic efforts at Geneva Conference; Exhibition showcases the life of navy personnel, fishermen

Nam jumps 281 spots in world tennis rankings

 Rising tennis star Ly Hoang Nam has moved up 281 spots to number 1,569 in the men's senior world rankings, the Association of Tennis Professionals announced on Monday.

China suspends McDonald's and KFC's meat supplier

 Chinese branches of fast food chains, including McDonald's and KFC, have stopped using meat from a supplier in Shanghai following allegations it sold them out of date meat.

Vietnam rushes to import coal to feed thermal power plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Facing a lack of coal for power generation, Vietnamese state-owned enterprises are rushing to look for foreign coal suppliers.

Researcher explores history of capital via wrought ironwork

 VietNamNet Bridge – Resulting from a combination of East meets West in the early 20th century, ornamental motifs on the wrought iron railings, balconies, gates and windows give Ha Noi a truly elegant beauty.

S Korea ferry boss Yoo Byung-eun death confirmed

 Police in South Korea have said that a body they found in June is that of the fugitive boss of the operator of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people.