Binh Dinh looks to make fisheries key growth sector; City sets target of achieving high export turnover, PM okays restructuring plan for Vinatex, Vinacomin

Nguyen Khac Phuc, a scriptwriter and film producer and commentator, talks about his recent movie and thoughts about Vietnamese contemporary literature.

Ha Noi will spend VND34.1 billion (US$1.6 million) on new technology to carry out organ transplants.

At secondary schools in Mo Duc District in the coastal province of Quang Ngai, teachers lecture every year about Viet Nam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago.

Famed for her irresistable voice and mastering of French love songs, Dong Lan has become a household name since dazzling in The Voice. She talks about her future plans.

Experts are calling on the Government to devalue the Vietnamese dong by three to four per cent against the US dollar, saying this adjustment would provide much-needed relief to export firms.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Images of the graceful ao dai on the streets of Saigon over the past half century ago has been archived by the famous magazine Life of the USA.

 More than 80 people from Viet Nam and around the world gathered together on their bicycles last Saturday in the name of a good cause.

Issuing local authorities bonds proves to be the only solution for localities now to cover the local budget deficit. However, this may be a big threat, according to experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge - With two strange horns on the head, this species of snakes reminds people of the legendary image of Satan.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation paid official visits to Belgium, the European Union (EU), Italy and the UK from January 17-24, 2013.

VietNamNet Bridge - Almost 17 years have passed from the day Patrick came to Vietnam when he was a second-year student. Now he has an Australia-Vietnam family with two children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Temperatures of around 10 degrees Celsius and continuous rain at nights has made Ha Noi a desolate and quiet place in recent weeks.

Vietnamese street food not only attracts local people, but is also well-known internationally and is often served in five star hotels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Central Khanh Hoa Province’s Nha Trang City will host a four-day sea festival featuring various events from June 8 to 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both domestic and foreign firms have called for lifting restrictions on advertising and promotional spending to mitigate the economic gloom.

In Asian culture, dragons are considered sacred animals, which have extraordinary powers and are the symbols of luck and good omens.

For a long time, Kim Son District in Ninh Binh Province has been well known for growing sedge plants and the craft of making sedge handicraft products which are exported to over 20 countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Dong Thap province has refused to host the Rice Festival 2014, reasoning of budget difficulty and the Party’s instruction on practice thrift in organizing festivals.

Having been blighted in the past by pollution, disease-ridden water and other health hazards, poor households in Ha Tinh are being given a new lease of life thanks to a pioneering eco-village project.

Photographer An Le, 24, a Vietnamese native who has been living in the USA since he was 15, pipped over 500 contestants worldwide to become the winner of the New Exposure Contest.

Every morning, people living around the lake of Nam Dong in Hanoi hear a free symphony of hundreds of birds. Strangers are surprised, thinking that they lost in a bird park in the capital city.

Although the Vietnam Food Association has repeatedly regulated floor prices for export rice to prevent a price slide and protect the domestic market, this policy is ignored by many food traders.

In October this year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will have to submit a report on the hydropower master plan, naming the projects subject to cancellation, those forced to make adjustments and those allowed to continue.

Being inferior to foreign manufacturers, domestic enterprises have been trying every measure which can bring money to them.