VietNamNet Bridge – Families living near the country's largest lagoon have made a living from fishing for generations. Today, community-based tourism offers them the chance to earn more money and also preserve their resources.

Swapping butter for a sunflower spread may not lower heart risk, say British Heart Foundation researchers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rank seventh in the world in the amount of gold consumed, the third in Asia in the volume of beer drunk and it always is one of the biggest instant noodle consumers in Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though not yet legally recognized, surrogacy has become a special service in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign indirect investments must be transacted in Vietnamese dong, with related transactions being made through accounts in authorised banks, noted a new State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) circular.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health's Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals will complete production of an additional two million doses of measles vaccines over the next month to meet increasing demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has not paid appropriate attention to the underwater archaeology at the East Sea. The exploration projects in the area so far just aim to discover sunken ships or arms depots.

 First blind musician releases album and MV; Miss Vietnam International 2014; Vietnam Book Day to be observed nationwide; French singing duo debut in Hanoi; Workshop highlights Vietnamese literature in Paris; Truong Sa photo book published

 Prolonged drought damages farming production; A/H1N1 flu-infected cases on the rise; Gambling ring faces trial in Bac Ninh; Vietnam-Japan College to be established; Vietnam calls for int’l efforts against drugs

 VN's President commends Nikkei Group; SBV cuts interest rates; Can Tho ready for new air routes; Processing, manufacturing industry attract most FDI projects; SBV to spend VND8 trillion on rice; VND10 trillion for livestock farming revamp

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a Malaysia Airlines aircraft flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on March 8, it was feared that the plane might have crashed into the Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 36 per cent increase or US$22.34 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) was registered in 2013, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency's revised report noted.

 Gross domestic product in G20 countries is projected to grow by 2.8 percent in 2013, down from 2.9 percent in the previous year, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday.

 Women masters to compete in international championships; Viet Nam in Group A at Asian Volleyball Championship; HCM City hosts Asia U14 tennis champs; Top triathletes to race in Lang Co

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has allocated US$ 7.85 million in an effort to encourage artisans, amateur singers and young people in the northern province of Phu Tho to preserve xoan singing.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – The office-for-rent market has tumbled down with tenants having packed up and gone, landlords struggling to collect debts.

NA Chairman visits UN Office, OVs community; Vietnam presses for world peace at IPU’s session; Party Chief Trong conveys high hopes for Hue Province; PMs discuss missing jet

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang of Viet Nam yesterday told the Chairman of the Japan External Trade Organisation, Hiroyuki Ishige, he was delighted at a survey that showed up to 70 per cent of Japanese businesses in Viet Nam planned

 VietNamNet Bridge - The vivid images of teachers and students in Dien Bien crossing the stream to school in the flood season by getting into a plastic bag have captured public attention.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed parliament formally of Crimea's request to join the country, the first legislative step towards absorbing the peninsula.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many Russian shops, restaurants and service centers are opened in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province to serve Russian tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of March 16, passers were attracted by a group of jeeps carrying foreigners touring Hanoi’s street.

The Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi recently received four additional patients from Tuyen Quang province who were severely poisoned with mushrooms, bringing the total number to 14 people within a week, including two deaths.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saint Giong Temple will “expel” donated things that were not permitted by the cultural management bodies.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam’s People Army, said two rescue and one naval ships of China that joined the search for the Malaysian missing plane withdrew from Vietnam on March 16.