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.

Coffee drinkers would be exceedingly astonished if they know that what they drink is not real coffee, but of the mixture of maize and other burnt grain powder.

Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Thanh Hai recently won the first prize for contemporary storytelling through photography at the World Press Photo Contest for her essay of 12 photos

VietNamNet Bridge - No where in Vietnam do people hear the word "money" as much as in Sa Pa, a tourist destination in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The final 12 contestants of the first season of Project Runway Vietnam were named at a ceremony on Wednesday in town as they enter the final round to be aired on VTV3 every Sunday starting from April 28.

The National Symphony Orchestra and prize-winning pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc will perform Tchaikovsky music under the baton of Japanese conductor Shinozaki Yasuo in Hanoi on April 4 and 5.

Japanese firms keen on support industry; Vietnamese giants eye Myanmar market; Banks see increase in outstanding loans; HCM City’s March CPI down 0.29 pct; First FDI highway project in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – In light of a Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) proposal to hike the pension age to avert social insurance fund from possible collapse,

VietNamNet Bridge – The official Viet Nam-France Year will be launched on April 9th, and the two countries will celebrate their long and eventful relationship by organising a wide range of public activities shedding light

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the current global economic turmoil, Viet Nam is expected to send 85,000 guest workers abroad in 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central coastal province of Quang Ngai will hold the traditional ceremonies to commemorate the sailors of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Flotilla on April 27-28 in Ly Son island district.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The problem of drink-driving, which some experts say could be a factor in as many as 40 per cent of traffic accidents, requires more drastic measures from traffic police,

Breaking into the house of the Director of the Finance Department of Kon Tum Province in Pleiku City, burglars took 63 taels of gold and a lot of valuable assets worth over VND3 billion ($150,000).

VietNamNet Bridge – Among the classy restaurants, cafes and speciality supermarkets of downtown HCM City's Le Thanh Ton Street a family run chicken noodle restaurant survives among the fierce competition.

A lot of drastic measures, administrative, economic, technical, would be taken to gradually reduce the number of motorbikes in circulation throughout the country.

The Vietnam Tennis Federation and the Tan Binh Import - Export Corporation will co-host three Men’s Futures tennis events in the southern province of Bac Lieu from March 25-31 and HCM City from April 1-14.

VietNamNet Bridge – Huynh Ngoc Hong Nhung, vice president of Can Tho Association of People with Disabilities, is desperate to create stable jobs for disabled people and is seeking local authorities’ support as she tries to improve

International artists Pablo, Noelia and Guillermo Claure from Argentina and South Korean duo Lee In-Kyoung and Park Jiwon will come to town to join the second Saigon Tango Blitz hosted by Ta Tango

The precocious summer this year with the sun turning up right in early March has led to the higher than expected electricity consumption.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will have a long summer and more storms than previous years, according to the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Centre (NCHMF).