VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem and his teammates will take part in the 2013 Asian Chess Championships that will be held in Pasay, Philippines from May 17 to 27.

VietNamNet Bridge – Belgian jazz pianist Eric Legnini and other members of his band – French contrabass player Thomas Bramerie and drummer Agullhon and British vocalist Hugh Coltman – will perform at a free concert

VietNamNet Bridge – The local economy has yet to see signs of recovery as listed enterprises in various sectors continued to report disappointing business results in the first quarter of this year.

Ha Noi has revved its procedures for land-use rights and house ownership certificates, also known as "red books", to buyers of apartments.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first farm producing the famed weasel coffee in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has opened its doors.

VietNamNet Bridge – The mobile phone market has been one of the victims of Viet Nam's recent economic troubles, but canny companies have found a glimmer of hope amid the gloom by tapping into the rising demand for used phones.

VietNamNet Bridge – A landslide that affected part of the city's dyke system through Ha Noi's Thuong Tin District is raising public concerns about the safety across the entire dyke system as the rainy season approaches.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses have been on the tenterhooks, because they understand that the electricity price would increase in some days, following the petrol and coal price hikes.

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will delay an increase in the prices of the number of healthcare services that was scheduled for September.

Typically, in many countries around the world, the unemployment indicator is used to assess the health of the economy. If this rate is low, the economy is healthy and is creating more jobs. But it is different in Vietnam.

Agricultural products need protection after FTA; Vietnam keen on international aviation cooperation; Smuggled gold sneaking onto local market; Banks have money to lend - but few takers

VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of people have contracted human influenza type A/H1N1 in recent days, including whole families, but doctors are calling for public calm after establishing it is merely seasonal flu.

VietNamNet Bridge – Transactions of gold bars valued at VND300 million or more must be reported to the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) from June 30 this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 9,000 students from universities and colleges across the country are participating in a host of activities under the “Students with nation’s sea and islands 2013” program.

VietNamNet Bridge – Admitting to have illegally revoked land of two households, the Soc Trang City People's Committee will pay compensation nearly VND1.4 billion ($70,000) for two families.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With the photo "Storm", Nguyen Hoang Hiep won many awards in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA).

VietNamNet Bridge – Explosive bands from Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines and Viet Nam will take to the main stage for a full day of music at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations music festival next weekend.

VietNamNet Bridge - The launch of Vietnam’s earth observation satellite - VNREDSat 1 – has been postponed due to unfavorable weather conditions.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese-Canadian agriculture engineer named Nguyen Thanh Phong has used advanced technology to cultivate high yield fresh vegetables in Phu Thinh Commune in Tam Binh District in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long.

VietNamNet Bridge – A hattrick from Gaston Merlo powered SHB Da Nang to a comfortable 3-1 win over Maziya Sports and Recreation in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh was still placed 10th with 51,770 points in the latest men’s singles rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Chinese sturgeons have been carried across the border gates to the north of Vietnam, from which they are carried via air to the south and other localities nationwide. The smuggled imports have made Vietnamese producers suffer.

The female vice president of a district in Nghe An has been reprimanded for being drunk during parties, meetings and receptions. What do you think about the state that civil servants drink excessively, causing public discontent?

After prolonged drought, a week of continuous heavy rain coupled with strong winds damaged a large area of winter-spring rice in central provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge - After a series of overcharging cases against foreign tourists, Hanoi authorities will inspect several taxi firms that usually break the rules. The firms that repeat violations will have their license revoked.