VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Binh has announced that henceforth the workings of civil servants will be monitored on CCTV camera to avoid them from wasting time lingering in coffee shops.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young musicians and producers are initiating new trends in Viet Nam's music industry with innovative products and fresh singing talent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Summer may be the best season to visit Thay Pagoda in Ha Noi. It's the time to admire the flamboyantly red flowers on the large gao trees in front of the 900-year-old building brighten up the blue sky.

VietNamNet Bridge – BRIT Award winners Guillemots will perform at HCMC Conservatory of Music on May 26 as part of European Days in Vietnam.

For over 30 years, because of a passion that unlike others, Huyen has not cut his nails, which are now 50cm long. Because of the long nails, the man rarely bathes or touches the water. He even covers his hands when he goes out in rain.

Six industries including consumer electrics/electronics, food processing, ship building, agriculture machinery, environment and energy saving, automobile/car part manufacturing have been defined as the six key industries.

Hai Phong Museum in coordination with the National History Museum, the heritage centre of Thang Long-Hanoi and Hai Phong’s antiques association hosted a major display of the Red River Delta’s civilisation in the city’s museum on May 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Market watch officials in the capital have, for the first time, uncovered widespread fraud committed by businesses selling battery-powered bicycles.

 U.S. researchers have developed a new tool to identify powerful antibodies capable of preventing infection by the virus of HIV that causes AIDS, an advance that could help speed HIV vaccine research.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new Decree drawn by the Ministry of Environment will take effect from July 1 in which industrial wastewater fee will hike by ten times, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 34,000 children between the ages of six and 18 participated in the largest referendum ever held in Vietnam to give their opinions and comments on amendments and supplements to the Law

VietNamNet Bridge –As she knits the final fabric flower onto her latest self-sewn dress, Cong Bich Ngoc cannot help but let the biggest smile stretch across her face.

The stuffy atmosphere can be breathed at the golf courses nowadays, which, like many other business sectors of the national economy, are experiencing the dark days of the economic recession.

Though mobile network operators still keep reluctant with the MNP process, MIC has decided that subscribers would be able to shift to other networks while keeping their phone numbers from January 1, 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 160 competitors will take part in the ninth International kite competition on the beach at the Victoria Hoi An Beach Resort and Spa on May 18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is one of the 10 countries worldwide that have made the greatest strides in saving the lives of newborns over the past two decades, Save the Children reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign retailers will have to do Economic Needs Test (ENT) on the basis of the population density of a district rather than a city or province when they want to open the second outlet onwards.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has ratified the 2013-2015 medium-term debt management programme in a bid to ensure the safety of public debt, according to the Vietnam Government Portal.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prof. Carl Thayer, a well-known expert on security in Southeast Asia has been to Vietnam many times to attend international conferences. But, perhaps, this is the first time he visited a small province like Quang Ngai.

 Water on the Moon and the Earth may originally come from the same place, according to a new analysis of moon rocks.

Gold management took center stage at a meeting between experts and National Assembly deputies in HCMC on Tuesday, with controversies arousing how to stabilize the market and to make the most of this huge asset at home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences in Viet Nam will soon be able to see live performances of Graduation Ball – a ballet performed for the first time in Sydney, Australia 73 years ago.

MOL to turn heads; Southern ports struggle in internecine battle; Gas-fired power plants to run on oil; Petrol prices expected to fall for fourth straight time; Mobile phone exports bring in largest turnover

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite Vietnam’s real estate downturn, the second home market is still considered a potential segment for many developers and investors.

 Doco wins road safety prize; Louis Vuitton offers designer bags made to order in capital; European food fest to hit Ha Noi; The Dodos prove indie rock is not extinct in VN