VietNamNet Bridge – Classical musicians are struggling to earn a living in Vietnam and the situation is discouraging parents from letting their children study music.  

 EU and IMF officials struck a last-minute deal with Cyprus early Monday to resurrect a bailout for the island -- but one banking chain goes to the wall and major clients, who include many Russians, will take a giant hit.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Nguyen Anh Tri, Director of the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Committee, said the organization plans a campaign to criss-cross the country asking for people to donate blood.

VietNamNet Bridge – Computer retailers are suffering from a high volume of unsold products due to the economic woes and the strong competition from tablets and smartphones despite the positive market growth achieved in the previous quarter.

VietNamNet Bridge - There are rumors about the great features of the wine soaked poppy; some people grew opium at home as medical herbs.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon does not have many large parks and gardens, which leaves those yearning for a bit of ‘green’ to invigorate the senses, with a scarcity of choices in which to indulge this craving.

VietNamNet Bridge – What principles of international law were broken by China with its behavior towards a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the waters of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from departments and bureaus of education and training on March 14 held a press brief in Hanoi on the high-profile issue of poor quality reference books.

The ships of the Vietnam Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) that have anchored abroad for a long time are expected to be sold out in June to cover debts and pay the salaries for the crews.

Around 2,400 households along a stretch of the Serepok River in southern Dak Nong Province's Tam Thang Commune are suffering from a foul smell caused by waste water being dumped into the river by local factories.

Seafood industry faces slow export growth; Province to scrap industrial clusters; $8 million animal feed factory opens; Banks favour Government bonds; Fund sells off stake in mobile retailer

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s population has shown increasingly clear signs of rapid aging, Pham Thang, director of the Central Hospital for Geriatrics, said at a seminar in HCM City last week.

The Central Highlands in general, Dak Lak province in particular, is facing the toughest drought in years. Ponds and lakes are dried to the bottom; fields are chapped; thousands of hectares of crops are being withered by thirst.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced the 2012 Provincial Competitiveness Index after conducting a survey among thousands of enterprises for their views abut the governance at the provincial level.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many participants being well into their 80s, a group of former teachers in Da Nang still retain their thirst for knowledge and meet regularly in a classroom to educate each other on their specialist topics.

The investor and the rich Vietnamese once dreamed of having a Vegas in Vietnam by developing the Ho Tram resort project. However, the “Ho Tram dream” has been become far away as MGM has decided to quit the project.

Hanoi takes the lead among provinces and cities in Vietnam for the number of red books (land use right certificates) for houses and plots of land in stock.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than a million people from all sections of society are currently unemployed, many in the wake of the economic downturn, while graduates are being forced to take manual labour. Is there any hope for the future?

Archaeologists have discovered typical techniques applied in building the Dai La Citadel in the 8th century at an excavation site at the junction of Dao Tan-Nguyen Khanh Toan in downtown Ha Noi.

Finance leasing companies have been operating in a risky legal framework where they can easily lose capital because of bad debs and incur losses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the peak time in the Tet holiday, many travel firms in HCMC have offered steep discounts to attract domestic tourists, especially those taking tours by air to central and northern Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The editing and censorship of children's textbooks has come under recent scrutiny after certain 'mistakes' were caught in their content.

Hanoians’ habit of going to pavement food shops have been tormenting themselves. The coal stoves at the food shops have created so many smoky streets in the capital city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around a third of Vietnamese youth today have misconceptions about proper use of condoms and consider their use an improper conduct,

VNG, Line and some other content service providers affirmed that they have suggested operation projects with the big mobile network operators in Vietnam, but they have not got any replies from the operators.