VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) has purchased nearly VND4 trillion (US$190.4 million) in bad debts from 10 credit institutions in the first quarter of this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Ngo Quy Duc is the third generation living in the 200-year-old house on Thuy Khue Street, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Tan Muoi, a 72-year-old artisan based in Hoi An, is producing bamboo bicycles to attract more tourists and make the town more eco-friendly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite confirming that velodrome cycling will be included in the upcoming Asian Games 18 in 2019, experts are still debating the set-up of a track in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese experimental composer Vu Nhat Tan has just returned from France, where he joined French artist Eddie Ladoire in a cine-concert project that involved playing electronic music as a soundtrack for Vietnamese film

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Do cha” is the traditional fish catching job of farmers in the Southwestern region. They use a tool called a cha to entice and catch large volumes of fish.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam not only covets the massive amounts of capital brought in by big foreign investors. It aims to many more things when trying to attract foreign invested mammoth projects.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travelers who have visited to the northern province of Ninh Binh should not miss Cuc Phuong National Park, apart from other popular venues such as Bai Dinh Pagoda, Tam Coc – Bich Dong, Trang An eco-tourist site

 VietNamNet Bridge - Duong Lam, in Son Tay town, Hanoi, Vietnam, is the first-recognized ancient village in Vietnam. The ancient village has a history of about 1,200 years with many houses dating back up to 400 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Positive growth was seen across the board in the first quarter of 2014, laying the foundation for the country to achieve its development goals this year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Contrary to popular Vietnamese imagination, Tran Van Lanh, a 11th grade student, looks hale and hearty after more than two months on a mostly vegetarian diet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A book featuring the entire collection of Nguyen Cao Thuong has hit bookshelves in an effort by a Thai collector, Tira Vanichtheeranon, to showcase important works by Vietnamese well-known artists.

 Rice traders report losses in 2013; Rubber price plunges on scant buying from China, M’sia; Consolidated bank SCB posts up profit; First registry firm launches IPO; Livestock export potential untapped

 VietNamNet Bridge – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the biggest importer of Vietnamese phone and phone accessories, with growth of over 100 per cent year-on-year since 2010.

Australian motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, who was born without limbs, will participate in Toa Sang Nghi Luc Viet, meaning bright Vietnamese Energy, a writing contest about disadvantaged people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has no lack of fabulously wealthy individuals. Some came by their fortunes the easy way – through inheritance. But far more fascinating are the self-made ones.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many parents have been opting for expensive imported products for their children as confidence in Vietnamese-made products wanes.

Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival 2014 marks the seventh time the event will take place on 10 – 12 Apr 2014. This year’s programme is packed with an assorted mix of international and Vietnamese artists focus on electronic pop music and creative DJing.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a candid assessment, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said several weeks ago that many of the 2,300 official visits abroad by Vietnamese delegations in 2013 were ineffective

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local people in Quang Ngai province have complained that gas from the Dung Quat Oil Refinery is polluting their air. But the refinery’s managers deny this.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2014 Asian Games (17th ASIAD) promises to be memorable for Vietnamese swimming as top swimmers Nguyen Thi Anh Vien and Hoang Quy Phuoc are prepared to do combat for top honours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Long, 24, has spent time making model motorbikes made from recyclables, and they work.

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Every March and April, flowers of bombax ceiba or cotton trees blossom along the Yen stream on the entrance to the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda, a famous Buddhism tourist site in Hanoi, creating phenomenal beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Puong Cave formed by the Nang River that flows under the limestone among the vertical cliffs of Lung Nham Limestone Mountain is where tourists should visit to trace vestiges of time and riddles of nature.