Investors in Vietnam are entitled to receive basic rights as decreed by the government, including:  Autonomy in investment/business:

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unable to access the city’s tap-water resources, Ho Chi Minh City’s suburbanites must use water from wells they dig themselves. But the underground water is getting seriously polluted.

 Two Vietnamese trademarks enjoy US protection certificate; Ho Chi Minh City announces socio-economic overall plan; Real estate sector ranks second in FDI attraction; Rice exports earn high revenue; VND25 billion for promotion programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have reported that experiments in making steel from red sludge, a by-product of producing aluminium, offers a solution to environmental problems in the bauxite-alumina project in the Central Highlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ongoing campaign of examining the cargos of trucks rolling on the nation’s highways has forced drivers to reduce their volumes of goods for each trip, leading to a two-fold increase in transport costs.

 Rise in measles diagnoses not yet called epidemic; Student faces Facebook page probe; Unsealed container blamed for deadly kiln explosion; Plastic surgery death to be re-investigated; 14 year old girl infected with bizarre skin disease

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Ha Noi hosts concert fusing Malian and Vietnamese music; Popular singers face in new show; Photo contest to debut on Facebook; US band brings music into Hue hospital; Vietnamese blockbusters to be shown in RoK

 About 15 percent of Vietnam’s population have mental disorders, a forum in Hanoi heard on April 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Believing that it is better to tighten supply to help reduce inventories, the Ministry of Construction (MIC) is planning to not grant more licenses to housing projects.

 Users can make online transactions safely in Viet Nam without worrying about OpenSSL , said Viet Nam's leading security company Bkav.

Vietcombank, one of the nation's biggest banks, is expected to ask its stakeholders at the meeting next week about a merger with a credit institution whose name remains a secret, Ban Viet Securities revealed on Friday.

 NA Standing Committee starts 27th session; Vietnam, Australia boost judicial bond; PM lays out ambitious plans for central city; Vietnam, China’s Guangdong province seek to beef up trade ties; Vietnam, Russia work together to fight corruption

 The Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force made its debut on April 15 in the central city of Da Nang in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 Viet Nam has paid a great deal of attention to improving the environment for sustainable development and investment, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh declared at a business forum in London yesterday.

 A book street will be organized in Ngo Quyen and Dinh Le Street, Hanoi on April 19 in the framework of the Vietnam’s Book Day, announced the Ministry of Information and Communication.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Sunday morning, a fisherman from Ly Son Island, in Quang Ngai Province, towed a 12-meter long dead whale from Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands to Ly Son for burial.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Sunday morning, seven students in the northern province of Lai Chau were swept away while crossing the Nam Mu River on their way to school. Six children were rescued and one went missing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sound of gongs and drums, accompanied by the seductive dances of a street festival, roused the quiet streets of Hue City on Sunday.

For a variety of reasons, many Vietnamese computer users, both institutional and individual, have not taken any action to protect their computers from security holes since April 8, when Microsoft ended its support for the Windows XP operating system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – General school teachers have admitted that literature lessons do not appeal to their students.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Early this year, there were approximately 700,000 registered enterprises in Vietnam. Just over 400,000 of them are operating now.

 A delegation from the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Hu Chunhua, Politburo member and Secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee is on a working visit to Vietnam from April 13-17.

 Carnival Halong 2014 will take place on April 30 in Halong City with many outstanding festivities and splendid fireworks displays. 

 Gone are the days when a low sugar and low fat diet was enough to be considered as "healthy."