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VietNamNet Bridge – Testing of the Truong Sa mini-submarine has been suspended for an indefinite period, as Thai Binh provincial authorities have rejected the inventor’s request to conduct his experiments in the local waters.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Land Law seeks to redress unequal land distribution for development projects, Nguyen Manh Hien, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, tells the Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper.

The central city had 210,000 tourists on two days – the country's reunification day on April 30 and May Day, the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – During his trip across the country, American photographer Chris Goldberg missed no opportunity to consume Vietnam’s great dishes – through not just his palate, but also his lens.

Japanese businesses are planning to import shrimp from India and Indonesia instead of Viet Nam, due to the excessively high levels of oxytetracycline (OTC) in Vietnamese shrimp.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Isolated from the outside world, this burial ground for elephant hunters in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak is wild and mysterious.

 VietNamNet Bridge - BBC News recently introduced photos on Vietnam’s changes by Justin Mott, an American photographer working in Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s golden age of 5-star hotels, in 2007-2008, is over. However, the business sector is still deserving of investment.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the meeting of the Southeast Asia Sports Council held in Singapore on Monday, Singapore, the host country of the 28th Southeast Asian Games, announced 36 sports events with 402 sets of medals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixty years ago, an empire was collapsing, a nation was being forged, and soldiers were dying in their thousands. The battle of Dien Bien Phu was monumental in bringing about a change, not only in Viet Nam,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past few days the Vietnamese entertainment industry has been abuzz over claims by certain artists that they have been cursed with black magic.

 More than 377,000 people in the Mekong Delta face a fresh-water shortage because of saline water intrusion in the area as a result of a long and severe drought.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is unclear how many new administration centers will be built, but it is clear that the projects will gobble up multi-billions of dong.

The Prime Minister approved the Ministry of Finance's proposal on applying a price ceiling on milk products for children.

Physics Professor Dam Thanh Son, from the US-based Chicago University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NSA), according to an announcement by the academy on April 29.

The National Traditional Boat Boating Tournament will kick off on May 5, on the Con Son Lake of the Con Son-Kiep Bac Tourism Site in Chi Linh Commune, Hai Duong Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As several travel companies struggle to come up with new ideas for tours, many are discouraged to see copycat companies take their ideas almost immediately.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's leading expert on metal erosion and protection, who has played a key role in protecting the national electricity network, has chosen not to rest on his laurels.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the summer heat, salt makers in Pho Thanh Commune in the central province of Quang Ngai work very hard in the field to produce the famous salt branded Sa Huynh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic market is on the threshold of international integration and faces opportunities and challenges, Ha Noi Supermarket Association President Vu Vinh Phu, told Hai quan (Customs) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Retired Japanese teacher Nishimura Yoichi will release his 1,000-page book, The Prayer for Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange, this September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) believes that now is the right time to kick off its plan on teaching science subjects in English at general schools, despite a series of hurdles.

 Singaporean investors invited to Phu Quoc; WB Group member aids financial access in Vietnam;

Of the more than 500,000 operating enterprises in Vietnam, up to 95-96% are small and super-small ones. If household-scaled businesses are added to the statistics, the percentage of small, super-small and micro-enterprises may account for 99.9%.