Most tourists only know about the terrace fields in the Northwest region of Vietnam but this place is also famous for its four large rice fields. Topping the list is the Muong Thanh field with an area of over 140 km2, in Dien Bien province.

According to the World Bank Poverty Assessment 2012 report based on new standards, the poverty rate in Vietnam has fallen from 58 percent to 20.7 percent in the past twenty years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Non-performing loans totalled VND138.98 trillion (US$6 billion) by the end of July, accounting for 4.58 per cent of commercial banks' total loans, according to the latest data from the State Bank of Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three new records have been set at the National Star Marksmen Tournament in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Why are the Vietnamese debts so attractive to foreigners? The answer is that 70 percent of the debts have been mortgaged by real estate products.

 A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers have agreed to issue the Law on Public Investment to improve the efficiency of public investment in line with the country's socio-economic development plan, while also meeting the demand for economic restructuring.

 Laos honours VN repatriation mission; Prime Minister Dung arrives in France; Viet Nam elected chair of IAEA Board; Vietnam- a UN proactive and responsible member

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two bombs of about 500kg each were discovered exposed on the riverbank after floodwaters receded in the central province of Quang Tri.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under impacts of the super-storm Usagi, hundreds of houses and kiosks in the southern region have been damaged by tornadoes in the last two days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of September 23, a foreign man was crossing Bui Thi Xuan Road in HCM City when he was consecutively crashed into by two motorcycles.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appointed two Vice-Ministers of Science and Technology and Agriculture and Rural Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam on September 23 was elected President of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the period of 2013-2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction began on Thursday on Ha Noi's first's industrial waste-to-energy (WtE) facility at the Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex in Soc Son District with an expected completion by 2014.

Art Expo Malaysia 2013 took place from September 19 to 22 at the Matrade Exhibition and Conference Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Seven Vietnamese artists contributed 22 paintings to the event.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of houses and apartments in the old quarter of Hanoi have been put on sale, but few people have shown their interests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nestled between Dalat and Phan Thiet cities, about 60 kilometers from Bao Loc Township, the Da Mi area proudly offers two beautiful manmade lakes namely Ham Thuan Lake and Da Mi Lake.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disabled and non-disabled artists of Candoco contemporary dance company are set to perform in Vietnam for the first time on September 29 in Hanoi, and on October 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.

In March 2011, the Lam Dong provincial people’s committee instructed relevant branches to stop licensing more rubber projects to private enterprises. However, it had had suffered heavily for the projects already.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Admicro proves to be “as brave as a lion” when stating that it believes it is completely capable to cope with the giant Google in the field of mobile advertisement.

Under the draft plan of the Vietnamese comprehensive education renovation, Vietnam will still maintain the 12-year general education system, including the 9-year basic education for primary and secondary education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) and Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) will join hands to help restructure Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin).

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,000 ha of the southern Cuu Long Delta city of Soc Trang's mangrove coastal forest will be co-managed by local authorities and the Vo Thanh Van Hamlet coastal forest co-management group,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem and 16 international Grand Masters have registered to participate in the Spice Cup in the US from October 15-19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Customs Agency has imposed coercive measures force three foreign-invested companies to pay tax debts.