Vietnamese handicraft, cuisine and distinctive culture received great acclaim from visitors to the 6th Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Festival, which opened in New York, the US, on May 25.

The Hanoi Department of Health is stepping up measures to prevent the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus from entering the country via Noi Bai International Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge - Catching insects used to be an "elegant" hobby of urban kids but, for a variety of reasons that diversion has largely disappeared.

The Government is expected to publish a list of prohibited and conditional business sectors to facilitate implementation of the Enterprise Law whose amendments and supplements will be passed at the ongoing NA session.

 Vietnam hopes Thailand will stabilise situation soon; Prime Minister inspects NA building project progress; Vietnam, Armenia enhance friendship and cooperation; China’s ships prevent Vietnamese vessels from performing duties

 The government is preparing necessary filings to bring China to the International Arbitration Court if China does not withdraw its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

 Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Vietnam in late June or early July to boost cooperation in ensuring maritime security in the East Sea and East China Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign franchising will continue to boom in Vietnam as firms eye ways to enter the market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send five male and four female weightlifting athletes to compete in the upcoming 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 25 million of the 36 million Internet users in Vietnam have Facebook accounts, according to a Danish market research agency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s recent unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea does not apply to Vietnamese waters, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional medicine practitioners can help save rhinos by emphasising that rhino horn cannot cure cancer and offering alternative remedies, including various herbs,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starting June 1, electric bike owners will be required to register their vehicles and get license plates, according to Major Pham Quang Huy, an official from the Ministry of Public Security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “FDI-driven economy” is the phrase used by many economists at recent business forums, meaning that foreign direct investment (FDI) is the major motive power for the national economy.

 Many participants at a recent Ha Noi seminar on the performing arts were not satisfied with a master plan to develop the entertainment industry.

 Facebook is to release a new feature on its mobile app that "listens" to your music and TV shows.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At dusk, we take a boat to the mangrove forests of Thung Nham Bird Park and wait for the flocks to return to their nests after a hard working day.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Harvard MBA graduate Do Thi Thuy Hang has travelled to nearly 30 countries and worked for many American financial organisations, including Lehman Brothers and Barclay Capital.

 VietNamNet would like to introduce the second part of our talks with Dr. Ngo Huu Phuoc, Head of the International Law Faculty of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Localities nationwide are intensifying efforts to create a healthy climate for and speed up the pace of investment.

 In a recent article published on Russia’s RIA Novosti, political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev presented a number of wrong arguments and revealed his prejudice about Vietnam-China relations and the East Sea situation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A club of the ethnic minority community in the northern province of Tuyen Quang is preserving sinh ca folk songs as "treasures" for the next generations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese war veteran has sent an open letter to Chinese First Lady, Peng Liyuan, asking for her due attention to the rising tension between Vietnam and China over the East Sea issues.

Vietnam woos foreign agricultural investors; Firms seek Gov’t aid to reduce reliance on China materials; Pepper exports red-hot this year; Government moves to top up foreign reserves

 A tablet computer capable of taking 3D images is set to be put into production by Google, according to reports.