VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic people living in Tu Ne – a rural commune of Tan Lac District in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, have launched an impassioned project to turn their picturesque land into a tourism hotspot.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When the volunteers of Hope Club started selling vegetarian meals for VND5,000, they could barely keep up with demand. Can the cheap food convince other students to abandon meat?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Decree 181/2013/ND-CP, effective from January 1, 2014, will impose stricter controls on the advertising of products and services that may have a direct impact on health and the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province has coffee, but enjoying coffee here, you will feel the characteristic taste of the majestic Central Highlands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Du ke, a style of musical theatre created by Khmer people in southern Viet Nam in the early 1920s, is returning to the stage in its native region thanks to a handful of dedicated troupes.

 Man burned when motorbikes collide; Province allocates VND15.5 billion to relocate residents; Boats seized for stealing sand in southern province; Illegal loggers caught in Ha Giang; HCM City hospital offers free health checks

 HCM City’s 2011-2013 remittance nears US$14 billion; Lazada announces strong investment in e-commerce; Fuel imports keep falling on lower demand, Seasonal labor demand for Tet drops sharply

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

The National Assembly on November 26, 2013 adopted the Law on Tendering, which is expected to encourage a more competitive environment for government bid packages. Le Net and Thai Huynh Ngoc Kim Ngan at LNT & Partners take some highlights.

 A student at a Colorado school shot and wounded two students, one seriously, before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.

Dozens of police officers of Son Tay district in the central province of Quang Ngai were mobilized to escort people home after they received cash compensation from the Dakdrinh hydropower project, to protect from being mobbed by merchants.

 Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has offered SE Asian countries almost $20bn in aid and loans, in what is being seen as an effort to combat Chinese expansion.

 The White House on Tuesdaypromised to publicize every detail of the investigation of thealleged killing of two dozens of Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marineslast November.

 About 75 detainees have been staging a new wave of hunger strike since last weekend in the prison of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. media reported Tuesday.

 Da Nang Guitar Concert to celebrate New Year; Students publish calendar of endangered primates; Viet Nam to observe Argentina Culture Week; Japanese Cultural Festival to welcome New Year 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – The maximum fines for food safety and hygiene violations of individuals is up to VND100 million ($5,000) and VND200 million ($10,000) for institutions instead of VND15 million ($750) as previously.

 Vietnamese sculpture is joining the flow of regional and international fine art. The trend has been reflected at the on-going fifth National Sculpture Exhibition in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japan and South Korea are the two biggest foreign direct investors in Vietnam. However, they have been following the different ways to develop investment projects and do business in Vietnam.

2013 marked an important milestone in Vietnam-US relations with the establishment of the comprehensive partnership that reflected accurately the healthy, wide-ranging growth of the ties, from politics to economics, trade and science-technology.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will seek the Government’s approval for a scheme to create funds for tourism promotion by charging hotels US$1 for one-night stay of each international visitor.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to forge closer links between the business communities of both countries, saying it would further strengthen bilateral relations.

 Vietnamese wrestlers have earned a total of 9 gold medals from competitions in Myanmar over the past few days, one more gold medal than the set target.

 The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has demanded death penalty for two former executives of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) who went on trial on December 12.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chiem Hoa District of northern Tuyen Quang Province is home to 18 ethnic groups, each with their own special cultures. Among these, arguably the most memorable is Hat then singing – a traditional oratorio of the Tay people.  

VietNamNet Bridge – “Site clearance is a continuing problem which discourages foreign investors in Vietnam,” said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.