It is just another day in the Vietnamese countryside. A mother lulls her baby to sleep, a boy plays the flute while sitting on a buffalo's back, men and women sing as they harvest rice in the fields and a woman takes a boat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Charlie Nguyen is set to surprise cinema audiences once again with his next choice of project, which is being billed as Viet Nam's first road trip comedy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Do Minh Nhan will present 30 watercolour paintings of UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Sites in the ASEAN-Viet Nam Heritage Space Programme at the Hoi An Sculpture Garden from June 22-26.

VietNamNet Bridge – The VN Index has increased by 25 percent so far this year, turning Vietnam into the fastest growing market in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association for Preservation of Nature and Environment has recognized the Gua tree of nearly 160 years old in Can Tho city, as the heritage tree of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Born in Van Quan District in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, considered the birthplace of then folk singing, Hoang Trong Thai has loved the melodies since she was young.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French artist Gerald Gorridge will come back to Ha Noi in November with a new exhibition of cartoons featuring portraits of Vietnamese and French people.

They are the leading brains who not only have influences to their businesses’ development, but also to the development of the country and the regional economies.

A lot of tourism sites, introduced as eco-tourism areas, have been set up recently to satisfy the travelers’ demand for mixing themselves with the nature.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Documentary Film Festival in Vietnam celebrates its fifth anniversary with a fantastic line-up in Hanoi and HCMC this June.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State agencies at central and local levels spent nearly VND2.76 trillion buying around 2,391 automobiles last year, according to a government report.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to heighten the average stature of men and women at the age of 18 to 168.5cm and 157.5cm respectively by the year 2030, according to a 20-year national programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – A public debt crisis would hit Vietnam by 2020 if the present way of public spending did not change, according to a report by the Economic Committee of the National Assembly.

The initial success in the software industry gives an important reason to Vietnam to continue making heavy investment in developing software products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bai Tu Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is expected to stun holiday-makers as various tours to explore the beautiful bay will be launched this summer.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent news of children drowning in several provinces in the Central Highland has highlighted the seriousness of the problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Champs-Élysées Symphony Orchestra will perform a special concert at the Hanoi Opera House on June 15 under the baton of renowned conductor Philippe Herreweghe.

VietNamNet Bridge – Small merchants have been sitting idle, while manufacturers have to scale down the production, saying that they have never seen such a low purchasing power before.

Nearly 3,000 foreign-invested enterprises missing the deadline for renewing their investment certificates may escape shutdown as a proposal to annul the re-registration requirement for FIEs has gathered support.

VietNamNet Bridge – Holding a burning cigarette in his stained lips, Nguyen Minh Khang, breathes in deeply. Taking the cigarette out, he rounds his lips to shape smoke into rings running to each other. He closes his eyes and enjoys the moment.

From July 1, the Department of Interior of Da Nang will begin implementing the model of evaluating the performance of public servants online, after gaining good results in the pilot period.

 Petition filed against steel dumping; Binh Dinh to set up advisory group for oil refinery plan; SOEs pose threats for domestic economy; Authorities consider policy for property insurance contracts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many recent Vietnamese films have focused on exploiting violent scenes with many of them being warned by state management agencies to tone down their explicitness.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It may take Vietnam a decade to resolve the bad debt issue that is crippling the banking system, says an economic report.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed to stop 338 hydropower projects after checking the 1,200 planned projects.