VietNamNet Bridge – For those who cannot travel far, they can choose one of the following places near Hanoi capital to enjoy the holiday with their families and friends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though Nguyen Thi Hoa – owner of a shop – selling creme caramel, yogurt and sponge cakes in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District-has not received training in food hygiene, she was given a food hygiene certificate three years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online business registration has saved time and money for enterprises and regulators, Tran Thi Hong Minh, director general of the Business Registration Management Department told Viet Nam Investment Review.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A website featuring Vietnamese literature in English will be set up soon, said Vice Chairman of the Viet Nam Writers' Association Nguyen Quang Thieu.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During his recent working visit to the Philippines, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has made clear Vietnam’s stance on China’s illegal act in Vietnamese waters by saying: “Vietnam desires to have peace and friendship,

 While many Australian and US iPhone owners were hacked since the beginning of this week, Vietnamese iPhone owners did not seem to be in threat, experts reported.

 The southern Binh Duong Province is the only province in Viet Nam that has almost no poor or near-poor households, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) said local competent agencies have found higher-than-permitted insecticide residue rates in 17 batches of vegetables and fruits imported from China.

 S Korea-Mekong links grow; Credit growth hits 1.31%, raises doubts; Statistics show decline in FDI; The Gioi Di Dong files for public offering; Housing project offers special promotion; Vietnamese companies receive global recognition

 The Viet Nam Association for the Conservation of Nature and the Environment (VACNE) has recognised an ancient banyan tree on Son Tra Mountain as the first official Heritage Tree in the central city.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to half of the 300,000 businesses currently operating failed to pay social insurance premiums for their workers, according to the Viet Nam Social Insurance Collection Board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of storms affecting Vietnam in 2014 will be fewer than that of last year, but they will get stronger, according to Vo Van Hoa from the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The dramatic 3-1 win over Thailand in a tense final match on May 24 has secured the Vietnamese women’s team the championship trophy of the 2014 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese delegation to the United Nations has protested China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the East Sea at a UN meeting in New York from May 27-30,

The Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, said on Thursday that many countries had raised their voices in support of Viet Nam, but so far, no leader of any country had declared that China's actions were right.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international group of legal experts proposed that Vietnam stop the death penalty attached to nine crimes, prompting public debate on the issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Photos and videos of dragon and fairy engravings on pillars and wooden walls of Vietnamese communal temples from the 16th century to the early 19th century are being shown as part of an exhibit

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dairy producers have stepped up production of condensed milk following a slowdown in growth from 2009 to 2014.

 A Ukrainian TV prankster who allegedly hit Brad Pitt at a red carpet film premiere has been handed a restraining order to keep him away from the star.

 Google's Motorola Mobility has said it will close its Fort Worth, Texas factory after its Moto X smartphone failed to appeal to consumers.

 A police officer and two other people have been arrested after two teenage girls were gang-raped and left hanging from the branches of a mango tree in a northern Indian village, authorities said Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Government Decree No. 39/2014/ND-CP has been issued to regulate operation of financial companies and financial leasing companies. The Decree applies to financial companies and financial leasing companies established

China’s deployment of the oil rig to drill in Vietnam’s EEZ has once again ratcheted up tensions in the East Sea. This move is seen by many commentators as the latest example of Beijing’s increasingly assertive approach to its regional interests.

 Police on Thursday arrested Phan Anh Tuan of Ninh Binh football club, who allegedly participated in a shocking match-fixing scandal recently in the Asian Football Confederation Cup.