Wood-product industry faces stricter regulations on exports

VietNamNet Bridge – The forestry sector this year faces serious challenges because of newly issued regulations from key markets like the US and EU on wood products,

Vietnam to have Sea Queen

VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time, Vietnam will organize a beauty contest to looking for faces to promote marine tourism.

Vietnam plans to strengthen post-licensing control to heighten FDI quality

Vietnam believes that it’s now the right time to shift from the pre-licensing to post-licensing inspection over foreign invested projects to improve the foreign direct investment (FDI) quality.

Senior citizen preserves village history

VietNamNet Bridge –A village in the north dates back 2000 years but evidence and customs of its past have mostly disappeared. What's left is being steadfastly collected and promoted by an elderly, self-taught historian.

North-South train times may be slashed

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Ha Noi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

Vietnam’s educational technology produces many bad products

Despite the big budgets and the heavy investment, Vietnam’s education still churns out many error products.

Mobile network operators told to “live together” with OTT

Mobile network operators have been told to get adapted to the OTT-age instead of trying to eliminate it.

HCM City needs 27,000 more hotel rooms

HCMC will need around 27,000 more hotel rooms, with around 6,700 rooms meeting three- to five-star standards, to accommodate some seven million international tourists and 24 million domestic ones in 2020.

Pagoda bells in Vietnamese Buddhist culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – The image of the pagoda and the sound of pagoda bells have become familiar to Vietnamese people, helping them feel relaxed and calm.

Social housing loans step in right direction

 Viet Nam News reporters Bich Huong and Nguyen Ngoc get opinions on a draft circular of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) about lending to low-income house renter

Urban areas getting dirtier

Transport causes 60-70 percent of the pollution in urban areas and this is one of the most influencing factors to the air quality in the areas.

Vietnam’s tourism does not depend on dog meat

After VietNamNet published the story about dog meat, we have received a lot of opinions from readers. Part of them disagreed with the French visitor and part of them agreed with him. Below are the opinions of the first group.

Asian tycoons conquer Vietnamese high end hotel market

The luxury hotel market segment remains scorching hot amid the frozen real estate market.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/4

Foreign investor decree clarified; Fuel hike to drive up fares; Businesses turn to black market for capital; Socio-economic picture in first quarter; Vietnam turns sci-tech into key driving force

Heat disrupts life in southern areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in the southeastern and central regions are flocking to hospitals and parks as a heat wave disrupts normal lives.

Facebook unveils Android software suite

 Facebook on Thursday unveiled a new mobile software suite which makes the social network the "home" of Android smartphones.

Daniel Gazon brings his magic to town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Daniel Gazon will take the baton at a symphony concert of HCMC Ballet and Symphony Orchestra Opera (HBSO) at HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister agrees to remove parent names on ID cards

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministry of Public Security to cancel the issuance of new ID cards with the parent names of the card holders.

National park land used as collateral for forest protection project funding

 VietNamNet Bridge – It has recently become public that the director of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park used the park as collateral for a loan to develop a forest protection project.

The A O Show in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – The title says it all. The A O Show, which translates phonetically as the Ahhh! Ohhh! Show, is being touted as the first variety performance of its kind in HCM City.

Trom trees offer barren breakthrough

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trom trees help cover bare land and hills in dry areas and are an important source of income for Vietnamese farmers.

Airlines compete to take over the air routes left by Air Mekong

Right after Jetstar Pacific announced the opening of the HCM City – Buon Ma Thuot and the Buon Ma Thuot – Vinh City air routes in late March 2013, VietJet Air has also planned to provide the flights on the routes in the next month.

Community stirred up by recruitment of 2nd Vietnamese astronaut

VietNamNet Bridge – The information on recruiting the second Vietnamese astronaut appeared in early April and it is being doubted by the online community as the trick of the April fool.

New business numbers fall in first quarter

VietNamNet Bridge – A total of 15,707 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VND79.39 trillion were established in the first quarter of the year,

Young performers take up the baton for traditional folk art

VietNamNet Bridge – In the bustle of the night market on Hang Dao-Dong Xuan streets at the weekend, singer Le Xuan Quynh loses herself in a xam song (folk song for blind beggars) on a stage by the entrance.