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.

A new law on tobacco harm-reduction that bans smoking in public places such as schools, hospitals and workplaces took effect on May 1. But it immediately has been violated publicly.

VietNamNet Bridge – Out of 440 universities and colleges in the country, 56 are for the performing arts and of these only 20 cover all aspects of the entertainment arts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Khau Vai Love Market Culture-Tourism Week kicked off on May 4 in Meo Vac District, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present George Frederic Handel's oratorio Messiah, one of the masterpieces of choral music, on May 8 and 9 at the Opera House.

Female sex workers get help to integrate into community; New ethnic affairs website launched; PM approves project to care for deprived children; Trafficked children returned to Vietnam

Exhausted after pulling five students to the riverbank safely, a 19-year-old boy drowned in the Lam River in central Nghe An Province on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – In recent times, Vietnam has come to be seen as an attractive destinations for retailing with increasing numbers of shopping centres opening in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local audiences will have a chance to watch two of the world’s time-honored classic plays, namely “Messiah” and “Gulliver's Travels”, in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City this month,

A meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Wildlife Consumption in Vietnam ” (WLC) project took place on May 3 in Hanoi to strengthen biodiversity conservation in the country.

PM welcomes senior Chinese official; Vietnam Navy buys Russian emergencies simulator; Vietnam, Japan promote defence cooperation; Deputy PM receives Czech Ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge – An infant and three teenagers have died and seven others are receiving medical treatment after eating corn cakes suspected of being mouldy in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang's Quan Ba District.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 300,000 people got infected with influenza virus in the first three months of 2013, according to Tran Dac Phu, Deputy Head of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.