VN second only to Thailand as most popular destination; Riverside resort in Hue offers garden-style relaxation; Information and help centre opens in Da Nang

Despite the bans released by the Hanoi Education and Training Department, toxic and anti-education toys still have been brought to general schools.

Government bonds have been selling well since the beginning of the year. This remains a favorite investment channel for big institutions and foreign investors in 2013.

HCMC’s government on Tuesday told Saigon Hi-Tech Park management board to mobilize private capital sources and loans for the second phase of the park instead of using the State budget only.

Shrimp industry beset by problems; Resolution outlines SBV tasks; Dong Nai drafts master plan; Disagreement on power price hikes proposed by EVN; State Bank offers low interest rate for housing

More foreign insurers have come to Vietnam in recent years. Joining forces with domestic partners in doing business is the way many of them have chosen to penetrate the local market.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has criticized 37 provinces, including big cities like Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, for the high increase of dead victims of traffic accidents in the last two months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Film director Doan Huy Giao took seven years to build his own museum – the first such private institution in central Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – To celebrate the 70th birthday of artist Pham Luc, 70 paintings of the senior artist, which are collected by Dr. Nguyen Si Dung, are now on display at the exhibition "Connect two centuries" in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – When Nguyen Van Thuan, an associate professor in the Department of Animal Biotechnology of Konkuk University, Seoul, posted a heartfelt article in a popular online newspaper about his intention to return home

If the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) only does the simple work of depositing the state’s money at banks for profit, it would be better for it to get dissolved.

Vietnamese French jazz artist Nguyen Le says that one of his most important plans this year is to complete a new version of the album "Dark side of the moon" of the Pink Floyd.

The market for functional foods is in chaos. These products are advertised as wonderful remedies that can cure all kinds of diseases, even cancer. The price is also “sky high”. Many people have become victims of false advertisement.

VietNamNet Bridge – Unpublished colour illustrations of Luc Van Tien, an epic poem by Nguyen Dinh Chieu written in nom in the 1850s, are on display until April 6 as part of a new exhibition

VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Nam officially opened the My Son community tourism village near the World Heritage Site of the same name on March 14.

Making comment on the draft amendments to the Constitution, social organizations proposed to establish the National Commission on Human Rights, as a constitutional institution next to the Constitutional Council and the State Audit Agency.

Since the lunar New Year, many people have become victims of mobile phone spam with sexual contents. This is not the first time mobile subscribers complaining with their service providers about spam.

Gender inequality remains a huge problem in the field of employment in Viet Nam, with a pay divide between men and women growing and experts warning that there is continued discrimination against women in recruitment and benefit policies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people in Dong Nai Province have been spending sleepless nights protecting their gardens from erosion as a result of illegal sand exploitation.  

Artists who spent a major part of their life drawing wars, comrades, underground meetings of party cells, resistance heroes and the daily lives of soldiers and volunteer youngsters have left a legacy for the nation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A latest survey showed that the rate of childless couples in the country has gone up by 8 percent or a total of one million Vietnamese couples.

The first rays of hope have been flashed on the automobile market, but the demand remains weak in the economic downturn. Therefore, selling cars in lots remains the top choice for automobile manufacturers.

International experts have warned that the bad debts, worth hundreds of trillions of dong would still be the big challenge for the Vietnam’s national economy for at least several years.

Cashew exports likely to fall; Mekong Expo 2013 to open in Can Tho; ADB, EIB fund HCMC’s metro line; Vietnam, Austria strengthen business links; Ukraine inspects Vietnamese seafood processors

VietNamNet Bridge – Analysis provided by the 2012 provincial competitive index (PCI) has revealed a sharp decline in economic governance across the country, leading to calls for local authorities to hasten reform.