VietNamNet Bridge – While businesses have to brace themselves up to overcome difficulties in the prolonged economic crisis, they are “harassed” by inspectors coming from various state agencies.

Located at a favourable position on the Trans-Asia Road, Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone is expected to become an international trade centre, promoting cooperation and development between Vietnam and Cambodia and Vietnam and other ASEAN countries.

Dang Le Nguyen Vu, called the “Coffee King,” who stated that he will begin conquering the US market in 2013 but still has not done anything to implement the plan so far, has been described by local newspapers as a “braggart.”

To preserve and promote the art of Chau van singing, the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi and Vietnam’s Chau van Singing Preservation Club recently organized a two-night Chau van singing performance, drawing much attention from the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Close your eyes and listen to the breath of Hanoi night, you will hear the whisper of streets.

 A veteran embroidery artisan from Hue, Le Van Kinh, has completed 25 embroidery works that depict a poem renowned for its philosophical message by zen master Man Giac (1052-1096).

 Treat animals the way you would wish to be treated. That's the message that young members of a dog and cat rescue group are trying to convey to people in the capital.

We want to call her “a folk culinary artisan” because she has made great contributions to glorifying Vietnamese culinary culture. Her name has become familiar to most people who love the traditional culinary culture of Vietnam.

In the run-up to the lunar new year, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh spoke with VIR’s Ngoc Linh about Vietnam’s economic development.

Just one year after the British ED&F stopped collecting cocoa in Vietnam and Japanese Mitsubishi “disappeared,” Puratos Grand-place has penetrated the Vietnamese market to become a big rival for Cargill.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every day, barefoot divers in HCM City, nicknamed ‘'otters'', dive to the bottom of the Sai Gon River flowing through the city in search of scrap metal.

The number of environment criminals is on the rise, while criminal prosecution cannot help deter them, according to Major General Nguyen Xuan Ly, Head of the Environment Crime Prevention Police Department.

  In 2013, the economy of Vietnam expanded by 5.42%, with one fifth of GDP contributed by foreign-invested companies. With pledges totalling $21.6 billion, foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2013 far exceeded the estimate of $13-14 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Tri is rightly thought of as somewhere which has horrific war memories from a time when the province was a bloody battlefield during the revolution wars.

A mini survey has found that 56 percent of online newspapers’ readers believe there is no need to change Vietnam’s time zone to GMT+8, while only 29 percent vote for the change.

 Chuong Village is located in Phương Trung Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi. It is famous for not only the traditional craft of making palm leaf conical hats and typical leaf selling markets, but also the village festival.

A ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the southwest border defense war victory was held recently to recognize the victory’s historical landmark and support from VN in the liberation of Cambodia from the Pol Pot genocidal regime.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Admiring sunrise on the Dai Lanh cape, swimming in the vast beach or catching snails at Ghenh Da Dia are amazing experience in the land of Phu Yen.

In Hanoi, it is very common to see young people sitting in a coffee shop or on the sidewalk. They can sit on plastic chairs to eat noodles or put their legs on a rattan-made chair to play with smartphones. But their faces are often sad...

 VietNamNet Bridge – Discovering the Northwest region in the season of peach, plum and apricot blossoms has become a unique tour that attracts travelers in spring.

 The project of raising ostriches has been carried out for nearly ten years in the sunny and windy land of Quang Binh Province and has brought big profits for the locals. It has proved to be a sound direction for economic development in the province.

There are many practices that are traditionally frowned upon during Tet, and if you believe, could even bring you bad luck in the new year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is entering its final rounds of negotiation. With such a game changing deal imminent, Vietnamese experts have been considering the impact to be felt by local businesses

 Located in the center of Thu Dau Mot Commune in Binh Duong Province, two old houses of the Tran Family that have existed for over 100 years have kept intact the cultural and architectural values.