VietNamNet Bridge – Extreme racers in the Rainforest Challenge – Ha Long Vietnam Challenge 2013 will start their engines at the Quang Ninh Province’s Tuan Chau Tourism Resort from June 1-5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The volume of industrial solid wastes discharged daily is estimated at over 13,000 tons across Viet Nam.

A lot of expats in Vietnam have affirmed they will spend millions of dollars to buy houses here.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For many, the story of Cinderella is an archetypal tale of good triumphing over evil.

Steel consumption increase ‘shortlived'; Building material businesses on verge of bankruptcy; US$200 million shopping centre to take shape in Hanoi; Footwear businesses receive orders until Q3

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam will sell gold until banks no longer need the precious metal with the hope that the gap between local and global gold prices will narrow, stated a senior source from the central bank.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Families producing paper flowers in Hue's Thanh Tien handicraft village are operating at full capacity to satisfy the increasing demand for paper lotuses.

VietNamNet Bridge - The answer to the domination of foreign comic books in the Vietnamese market for the past over 10 years is mainly because Vietnam does not have a comic book industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The launch of the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Small Satellite (VNREDSat-1) will be delayed until late April.

In Vietnam, productivity growth in the rail transport sector is the lowest among the transport modes.

VietNamNet Bridge – During the past decade, the Vietnamese movie industry has witnessed considerable development with many private studios opening and audiences enjoying a more diverse range of films.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sisters Doan Thi Thanh Thuy and Doan Thi Huong Thao have a bold vision that they hope will blossom into reality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Together with two other common village symbols - the banyan tree and the well - a temple is essential to the spiritual life of almost all people in rural areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Early this year, Fitch Ratings affirmed Viet Nam's sovereign rating at B+ with a stable outlook. With Viet Nam determined to restructure the whole economy with a focus on the banking system,

Despite the predicted oversupply of hotels in the central region and the reported difficulties in tourism development, investors still have been strongly determined to develop more hotels in the sea cities in the region.

A lot of the beautiful landscapes which have been advertised as the “paradises” for tourists, in fact, are the “paradises of rubbish.”

Local education and training departments have noted the sharp increase in the number of the students registering to attend the exams to pedagogical schools.

Scientists have warned that the import of backward technologies would turn Vietnam into a technology landfill.

Having tasted bitterness in doing business with Chinese enterprises, Vietnamese say it’s not the time to make a break with Chinese.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese workers staying in South Korea beyond the expiry of their labour contracts is a major cause towards Viet Nam's failure to achieve its goal of sending 90,000 workers overseas.

Vietnam will not be able to rescue the real estate market if it only relies on the domestic resources. The government has been urged to allow foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam to increase the demand.

Q2 rice exports forecast to grow; FDI capital on rise in HCMC; Vietnam parboiled rice has price advantage; Bad debt in Vietnam reaches alarming rates; Air-con prices up 15% given ballooning demand

Ton Nu Thi Ninh served her country as Ambassador and Head of Mission to the European Union in Brussels, then as vice-chair of Viet Nam's 11th National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, and now as the Head of Tri Viet Institute.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is expected to offer tax exemption and reduction for expansion parts of foreign-invested projects as well as tenants in industrial zones in order to attract long-term and environment-friendly investors,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bus tickets will rise by nearly 30 per cent during Reunification Day and International Labour Day (April 30-May 1) holidays, said the Ha Noi Bus Station Management Company.