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%.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Cong Tri is one of 100 well-known contemporary designers who have been invited to Italy to attend a large fashion exhibition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Below are pictures of Hanoi’s most modern residential centers as Ciputra, Times City, Royal City and Ecopark from a height of 200m.

 The second leg of the 2014 V-League started last weekend with six 14th-round matches; one of which witnessed Hung Vuong An Giang’s first victory of the season. Let us review the five main highlights in this round of play.

 French engineering company Alstom is considering a $16.9bn (£10bn) offer from US firm General Electric (GE) for its energy business.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Competition in the vegetable oil market has gotten stiffer, hurting many domestic manufacturers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi currently has 8,150 hotel rooms and there will be an additional 700 available on the market this year, according to Savills Vietnam’s quarter-one report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The message that Humans of Hanoi seek to convey is straightforward: Every individual has a story worth telling.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 100 gram box of sturgeon caviar is priced at $100 (more than VND2 million), while 100 grams of high-grade weasel coffee are sold for VND6.4 million.