VietNamNet Bridge – A fair held every Saturday in Ha Noi has become a weekly destination for antique enthusiasts. While some people come as collectors, others visit the fair simply to touch and look at old items

 Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An have been ranked second, sixth and 12th respectively in the top 30 Asian cities based on price in the backpacker index for 2014, a database of travel costs around the world.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economist Pham Chi Lan tells the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that preferential treatment for foreign firms at the expense of Vietnamese enterprises will harm the nation in the long run

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fried chicken, hamburger and pizza are often the first choices of HCM City children when their parents ask them what they would like to eat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Moves to downsize the public sector is a move that deserves attention, labour expert Dr Nguyen Huu Dung tells the Khoa hoc and Doi song (Science and Life) newspaper.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Existing cable televisions have hurried to change their business strategies in anticipation that the big guy in the telecom sector, Viettel-- when joining the market, would try to scramble for clients with surprisingly low fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Plant Protection Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed to apply heavy-handed measures to prohibit the use of hazardous pesticides in agriculture production.

VietNamNet Bridge – During the Nha Trang Sea Festival held last June in coastal Khanh Hoa Province, bai choi games attracted crowds of both Vietnamese and foreigners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past three centuries, Ha Tien Town in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been a popular location for tourists attracted to its stunning landscapes and pilgrims to Sac Tu Tam Bao Pagoda.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional coracles made by an old fisherman in the central city of Da Nang are not only famous among locals, but have also made inroads into some foreign markets, such as Australia, Japan and the Philippines.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Kindergartens will be banned from teaching foreign languages, according to a Ministry of Education and Training document sent to all the provinces recently. 

 Black holes can release more energy into the galaxies they live in than previously thought, a new study said Thursday.

According to the World Gold Council, Vietnam ranks seventh in the world's total gold consumption in 2013. Fluctuation of the prices of the precious metal has drawn the attention from not only speculators but also people who keep it as a hedge.

 Hue to hold world food festival; Vietnamese artists scoop int’l photo prizes; Lunch Beat comes to Vietnam; Canadian singer/pianist performs at Boudoir Lounge; Tran Anh Hung to shoot French film; German photo book of HCMC hits shelves

 Vietnam dismisses bitcoin as legal currency; Lotte wants to further operations in Vietnam; IFC helps build more homes for mid-income earners in Vietnam; Cement firms remain stuck; Lower fees proposed for transport firms

 Conjoined twins successfully separated; Woman dies in Thai Nguyen fire; Border police seize ‘meth' haul; Future of Long Bien Bridge open to discussion; Tan Son Nhat international airport to be expanded

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is among the top 50 attractive tourist destinations globally, said the www.movehub.com - a website frequented by people who want to move abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge – An international study created by the Conference of Education Ministers of French-Speaking Countries reveals that Vietnamese primary education is good as students are equipped with basic skills and knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Super Cup champions Vissai Ninh Binh logged an emphatic 3-1 victory against South China in their first-ever Asian Football Confederation Cup's (AFC) Group G game on Wednesday in Hong Kong. 

The Technical Research Center of Finland VTT has developed a hyperspectral camera, which is capable to detect early stage of skin cancer, the Finnish Daily Helsingin Sanomat reported on Thursday.

Within eight hours, blood must be processed into safe products. Hundreds of employees of the Central Hematology and Blood Transfusion Institute have to work through the night to timely extract blood products for patients.

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first-ever private literature fund initiated by a Vietnamese writer was announced here on Tuesday, bearing the name of the Ha Noi-based writer Le Luu. 

How the creation of babies using sperm and eggs from three people will be regulated in the UK has been announced. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses would rather use the netherworld’s debt collection services rather than contact law enforcement agencies.