VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation (Samco) last week introduced a bus running on compressed natural gas (CNG) and other newly-manufactured buses.

Nha Trang never loses its appeal to tourists with its immense beaches and beautiful islands.

VietNamNet Bridge – A regulation in an amended draft of the land law requires stricter control over areas used for rice cultivation, and stirred up some discussion during a recent session at the National Assembly.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Thien Phuc, a boy just thirteen years of age, has received national acclaim after spending all of his saving money to buy one tonne of rice for the charity kitchen at the Da Nang Cancer Hospital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a foreigner coming to Hanoi for the first time, I have spent a day locating a bicycle shop and haggling about the price, but found it not easy to get one.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Duc Hieu won the Phan Chau Trinh Award last month for his contributions to promoting preservation of Muong culture in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's airfreight sector has great development potential, but it needs to beef up its ability to compete against foreign rivals in the domestic market, experts said at a conference in HCM City last week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Highlands is the majestic highland with vast mountains and forests. It is also famous for delicious cuisines with special flavors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts deemed it necessary to set up a national gold exchange to deal with the widening gap between local and global gold prices - and the preference for keeping gold and using the precious metal as payment.

Given that “the majority of Vietnamese enterprises fail to meet the official trade relations,” Mr. Wei Zi Shen, Trade Consul of the Chinese Consulate General in HCM City assured that border  trade is "the policy of China to help Vietnam".

VietNamNet Bridge – American singer Diane Witherspoon will bring classic jazz to life at Le Club with The Rhythm of Gentle Jazz every Tuesday to Sunday at 8:45 p.m. from May 1 until the end of July.

A pioneering method of reconstructive surgery by Vietnamese doctors has been recognised by a prestigious German foundation and one, Dr. Nguyen The Hoang, has won plaudits for his outstanding achievements in the field.

PM: Better conditions needed to attract investment; Petrol price down 310 dong a liter; Asset management company set for launch; WB approves credit for Da Nang's sustainable development

The State Bank of Vietnam has slashed the ceiling deposit interest rates several times in an effort to reduce the loan interest rates and increase the amount of capital to be pumped into the national economy.

From completely depending on imported vaccines, now Vietnam has four vaccine factories with modern machines and technology reaching international standards, equivalent to those of other countries in the region and the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 450 instances of illegal deforestation were discovered in the first three months of this year, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.

Offering world record breaking cable cars, wild forest trekking and a stunning nature reserve, Da Nang's Ba Na Hills caters for almost every taste.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty nine entries of “World heritages in your hands” art contest by UNESCO Office in Hanoi and Panasonic Vietnam will enter the final round which will be announced in June.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After leaving his village in central Thanh Hoa Province to earn a living as a construction worker in Ha Noi, Le Xuan Thuan, 35, started missing his house. It was large and comfortable – and stable.

More and more investors have expressed their willingness to set up huge oil refineries in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – More smuggled gold has been launched onto the local market due to the widening gap between local and global gold prices in recent times,

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's a shame to watch the most beautiful flower specimens wilt and fade. But for one man this is not a problem. He became a flower embalmer and nurtures the secret of keeping petals fresh for years.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ha Linh Thu will represent Vietnamese fashion designers at the J Spring Fashion Show, which will take place on the Seine River on May 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Filipino couple has been put on trial for fraud at the Hanoi People’s Court. Their victims were foreign visitors to Vietnam.