VietNamNet Bridge – A private hydropower company in the north has filed a petition accusing Electric Power Trading Company (EPTC) of abusing its position as the only power buyer in the competitive power market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-French Professor Jean Tran Thanh Van is the third physician in Asia to be awarded the Tate Medal for his contribution to physics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poland has committed VND840 million (roughly US$40,000) in non-refundable aid to a project to refurbish King Tu Duc tomb of the Hue Relics complex.

 Amata calls for hi-tech incentives; Land allocated for key fruit plantations; Poor global demand hits major export staples; HCM City sets progress target for ring road; Shrimp firms cash in on higher demand and price

 VietNamNet Bridge – While some banks have obtained high credit growth in recent months, others are still struggling to boost lending to meet this year’s credit growth targets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A selection of motion pictures and documentaries spotlighting some of the country's most momentous occasions will be screened nationwide from August 17 to September 4.

VietNamNet Bridge – The economic crisis have delivered a hard blow to people in rural areas, with many families sending relatives to urban areas to look for better income while those who stay back are also facing severe poverty,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new draft decree from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) will see tighter supervision of the country's bourses, and the Viet Nam Securities Depository Centre (VSD).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese children’s ensemble Sol Art won the Audience Prize and a gold medal in the folklore category at the 2013 International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival and Competition, held in July in Wernigerode, Germany.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online hotel booking service is becoming a lucrative business for investors in the hospitality industry in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts yesterday, August 8, suggested that HCM City establish more safe food chains where quality control for essential items is maintained from the farm to the dining table.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mergers and acquisitions have been on the rise in Viet Nam since 2008 in terms of both value and number of deals despite the economic downturn,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The “Khu gia gia” Festival, which is also known as the Festival of June, is one of the foremost festivals of the Ha Nhi ethnic people living in mountainous areas in Bat Xat District, the northwestern province of Lao Cai.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many species of rare fish which were very expensive several year ago have appeared at popular markets thanks to artificial breeding.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many prostitution rings only serve "foreigners," which may be "the new way" of prostitution in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sydney FC of Australia will take part in the 21 International Football Tournament sponsored by Thanh Nien (Youth) newspaper, announced Tony Pignata, Executive Director, and Miro Vlastelica, Coach of Sydney FC.

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of Ma ethnic women in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong are sparing no efforts to pass down their traditional brocade weaving skills to descendants in the hope that this traditional profession will live on.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tourism map for the Central Highlands city of Da Lat is being completed to better serve visitors to the Lam Dong culture-festival week scheduled for late 2013 in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of big investors who once showed their strong determination to develop casino projects have become reluctant to fulfill their plan because they can see no big opportunity as thought before.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is drafting a Law on Employment which will help casual workers to develop their job skills, access employment and improve their standards of living.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cinema multiplexes are becoming a familiar site for Vietnamese people in urban areas but not so much in rural or suburban districts, as residents in these districts are thought not in favor of such luxury entertainment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has assigned the Ministry of Information and Communications to organize a press conference to announce Decree 72/2013/ND-CP on management, provision and use of Internet services

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities and people in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have been equipped with fundamental knowledge about climate change and its risks through an Oxfam-funded project.

 Five Vietnamese enterprises roll out co-branding card; Large investors favored on Phu Quoc; Footwear export orders up 10-15%; Vietnam, Japan cooperate in six key industries

VietNamNet Bridge – Travellers who love to discover the beauty of the northwestern mountains now have a new must-see destination when coming to the mountain resort town of Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province,