The 5.3-magnitude quake that hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday morning has affected 71,200 residents, injuring 32 people, local authorities said Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors have distributed US$1.12 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Viet Nam during the first two months of 2014, up 6.7 per cent from one year ago,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people are studying for doctorates, or racing for professorships, not so much to obtain deeper knowledge in their fields, but just for a little extra job security.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Saturday afternoon, a raging fire with accompanying explosions in a parking lot on Ho Chi Minh City burned hundreds of motorbikes, bicycles and cars.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located at the southern gateway of Hanoi, Yen So Park in Hoang Mai District is compared to the city’s green lung. The park opens for free from April 4.

VietNamNet Bridge - Day turned into night in Quang Ninh, a double rainbow in Hanoi, colored clouds in Vinh Phuc – these are some of the strange phenomena that have been witnessed in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On July 1, overseas Vietnamese who have not registered to hold their Vietnamese citizenship will lose it. At present, only about 6,000 out of 4.5 million overseas Vietnamese have registered.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Yen is endowed with a lot of primitive landscapes and Ha Dam is one of the must-see destinations for tourists, especially those wishing to explore the beauty of nature.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Did Truong Chinh Road veer off its original plan to avoid intruding on the properties of some officials?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's consumer price index (CPI) in March dropped 0.44 per cent against the previous month, the lowest level recorded during the past decade.

For nearly half a century, the Muong people of this village in Hoa Binh Province have become accustomed to the image of a naked figure in their community. She is Ms. Dinh Thi Dong, 53, who never wears clothes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in 45 precincts in Da Nang City have used bicycles for their daily patrol following a programme that debuted in 2012,

 VietNamNet Bridge –Experts have stressed that well-prepared steps are necessary before Ha Noi can implement its pilot public bicycle rental services in downtown areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second annual ASEAN Music Festival will return to Hanoi on May 24 after its inaugural success last year.

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 VietNamNet Bridge –Amendments to the Real Estate Law should make the property sector more transparent, Pham Sy Liem, former Deputy Construction Minister tells the Dai doan ket (Great National Unity) Newspaper

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of households in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak are suffering from a severe shortage of water due to prolonged drought.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A severe organ donor shortage in Viet Nam means that few patients receive much-needed transplants.

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.