VietNamNet Bridge – The lending interest rates offered by many commercial banks have reduced to below the deposit interest rates. However, businesses don’t intend to borrow money at this moment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks have laid off thousands of workers because of the bad business performance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will soon start work on a US$150 million research institute where scientists could earn three times more than the current State-regulated salary.

 HCM City’s foreign-currency credits tumble; Vietnam eyes labour cooperation with Middle East, North Africa; BIDV receives Asia Risk award; Mekong Delta looks towards green economy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Thuan (not real his name) of District 8 quit his job, and nearly everything else in his life, after his 13-year-old daughter died in a motorbike accident last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Inspectors from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment had uncovered land use and management violations across more than 190,450ha nationwide, the ministry said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) encourages foreign credit institutions to contribute capital and purchase shares of Vietnamese credit institutions while continuing to evaluate and identify some weak banks to take on restructuring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi People’s Committee is close to completing a project to expand pedestrian streets in the capital’s Old Quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge – While guardian lion sculptures are frequently associated with China, Viet Nam also boasts many such masterpieces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first nine months of this year, an average of 34 people contracted HIV each day, according to recent statistics from the Ministry of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The styles of Vietnamese long dress, or ao dai, have gone through a number of changes over different periods, and it is still survives today, marking Vietnamese traditions.

Three students of the HCM City Architecture University Dao Y Kha, Cao Dang Khoa and Ton That Phu Tri have created a “biological wastebasket” for farmers, helping them make the most of the dragon fruit plants waste to protect the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hai Phong has shot to fame as the nation’s most famous bonsai artist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has finalised its updated schedule for U23 Vietnam national football squad, heading for SEA Games 23 in Myanmar, reported the CPV online newspaper.

The National Assembly on November 16 elected additional members to join the NA Standing Committee and also voted people to fill the roles of Vice Chairman of the NA Council of Ethnic Affairs and Vice Head of several other committees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Indian, Chinese and Pakistani low cost medicine products have been flooding the Vietnamese market, while Vietnamese brands have been unfavorable in the Vietnamese market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man in central Quang Nam Province has spent the last 20 years collecting and preserving old and unique houses from across the country, gathering them on his land.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Award-winning Nguyen Thi Khanh Thuong's journey as a cancer crusader began when she herself was diagnosed with breast cancer weeks before her wedding on Vietnamese Women's Day last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - When it comes to the Huong pagoda, people often refer to Yen Stream crowded with boats and pilgrims, boisterous voices but the scenery is different here in the fall.

 SSC seeks extension for draft decree on derivatives market; Exports to Malaysia up in first nine months; Vietnam, EC step up support of SMEs; Goods prices set for pre-Tet stability; PM opens up to world credit ratings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Teenager swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in eight events at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There seems to be another Hanoi yet to be impacted by the years-long property market recession. For many observers, it is inexplicable why the old quarters of the capital city largely remain intact,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four Cabinet members will be questioned at the sixth meeting of the 13th National Assembly (NA), according to Head of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No technical standards, no driver's licence, no number plates or related papers, no need to buy insurance and speeds of up to 50km per hour.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A war veteran in the northern province of Vinh Phuc has dedicated his life to collecting war memorabilia.