VietNamNet Bridge – By a quirk of fate during a tramp around District 2, I found myself in a weird world full of dozens of tuong nha mo like human beings in varied nuances in a space filled with antiques

The Department of Health of Quang Tri Province has asked clinics and health stations to stop using the hepatitis B vaccine that is in the same batch with the vaccine related to the death of three infants in Huong Hoa district.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s International Travel Expo (ITE) HCMC will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7 from September 12 to14, attracting some 300 foreign tour operators.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Viet Pride 2013 programme will be held at the Ha Noi Goethe Institute with film screenings, discussions and talk shows on homosexuality from August 2-4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Deputy Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Do Quy Doan, has asked State administration agencies to provide the media with more accurate and comprehensive information.

VietNamNet Bridge – The management board of Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau Cape) National Park and the southernmost province of Ca Mau’s local authorities have devised a long-term plan to conserve biodiversity in the mangrove swamp ecosystem.

VietNamNet Bridge – The son of a high-flying electricity director, Nguyen Phuc Cuong was born to work in the power industry. But despite his dad's connections, it is the 30-year-old's hard work that has propelled him to US success

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 4 per cent of container truck operators in the northern port city of Hai Phong have permits to transport goods by container trucks, according to the Ministry of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Huu Canh has never touched a camera, simply because "how can you use a camera if you can't see?" That reality is now a thing of the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ba Lua A Archipelago off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang Province is gaining popularity with tourists due to its primitive charm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese branded goods market is believed to be controlled by the four “big guys.” Johnathan Hanh Nguyen proves to be the biggest trader who controls 70 percent of the market.

The country managing partner of Ernst & Young Vietnam Limited said a number of Vietnamese companies have prepared well for listing their shares on international stock markets and are now waiting for signals of markets around the globe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Apart from their ugliness, the tangled mess of overhead power lines, phone and television cables in Ha Noi continues to pose a threat to city residents.

 First Mazda tourism cars exported to Laos; Local exporters concerned about falling rice prices in Thailand; Firms eager to invest in retail industry; Singapore becomes Vietnam’s 6th largest trade partner

VietNamNet Bridge – A rare book about An Nam was given to the Hue Royal Antiques Museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue yesterday, by an overseas Vietnamese couple, Bui Thi Cam Ha and Le Thai.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Transport Department wants the municipal People's Committee to set up 190 taxi ranks at shopping centres, hotels, and hospitals throughout the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a recent meeting on food safety, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that Rau Ngot, a popular vegetable in Vietnam, is unsafe for consumption because of high levels of pesticide residues.

Ca tru singer Pham Thi Hue just finished a three-month trip to introduce Ca tru to students in the city of Cleveland (Ohio, USA). During her free time, she joined a world-music band. She is now in Taiwan to teach traditional music of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution from a porcelain factory has raised concerns among residents in the northern province of Phu Tho's Phu Tho Town.

VietNamNet Bridge – The musical talents of Viet Nam's most promising young violinist will enchant the nation's opera houses as the Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) begins its national tour on July 30.

Nearly 140 doucments in Nom and Chinese scripts of the Le and Nguyen Dynasties have just been discovered in an ancient temple in Thach Tri Commune, Thach Ha district of the central province of Ha Tinh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi will build two steel frame car-lots on the streets of Nguyen Cong Hoan and Tran Nhat Duat with a total cost of nearly VND122 billion ($6 million) to keep 312 cars this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the economy continues to struggle in its downward trend, companies become even more serious about competition and copyright regulations seem to be tighter.

With special love for Vietnam, two Korean men are making a trans-Vietnam journey to explore culture, tradition, customs and the beauty of all regions to promote good images of Vietnamese people to international friends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Movie critics predict that two of the seven documentary films produced by young, amateur filmmakers in Ha Noi will win the Golden Lotus Bud award this year.