1153 places nationwide have been found as getting polluted due to the plant protection chemical residues. The chemical storehouses scattered in different provinces have seriously degraded because of no treatment.

Unlike previous years, the labor markets in Hanoi remain quiet, though Tet comes in just three months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha Trang's sun, sand and sea lured me away from other inland attractions when I came to the central coastal city for my honeymoon a couple of years ago.

According to the Resolution that was approved by the National Assembly (NA) on November 23, the process of collecting people's opinions on the amended Constitution will start from January 2013 and will last for three months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged the Government to raise salaries for teachers, as half of 500 teachers recently surveyed do not want to continue their career because of low pay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The smartphone market in Viet Nam is expected to take off in the next few months thanks to an increasing number of users and a drop in prices, according to experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will establish a large system of biodiversity conservation areas in order to preserve endangered animal and plant species and ecosystems,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike other young directors, John Trinh chose his first film with a sensitive and controversial topic: "Agent Orange: 30 years later".

Wellcome has officially left Vietnam after paying back the retail premises to Dong Hung Company, the owner of Citimart chain. However, Vietnam remains a very attractive market to foreign retailers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One man has spent over 20 years of his life taking care of Al Noor, the only mosque in northern Vietnam. His name is Doan Hong Cuong, 58, and he lives at 12 Hang Luoc Street, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport companies expressed concern that a planned road-use fee will place an undue burden on car owners, who already have to pay about ten different taxes and fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's the age-old question: What toy do you buy for the child who has everything? Thankfully for hard-pushed parents, the new age answer is simple and affordable: None, you rent one instead.

VietNamNet Bridge - From a Nephiete gemstone block of 4.5 tons, artisans carved the statue of Emperor Tran Nhan Tong, who is praised as the most perspicacious king in the Vietnamese history.

 Before major religions were present in Vietnam, the people had developed their own beliefs. As well as worshiping their ancestors, famous craftsmen and heroes who fought off foreign invaders, they worship the Four Immortals,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Holding a ty ba (traditional four-stringed guitar) delicately in his hands like an angel with a harp, Swedish artist Stefan Ostersjo slowly turns his body in an elegant female fashion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism contributes around five percent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), but the industry is lagging far behind in this field and has hardly invested soundly in it to make any significant difference.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Diabetes is a silent killer that is stalking Viet Nam, with an estimated 60 per cent of patients with the disease unaware that they have it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two controversial planned hydroelectricity projects in Cat Tien National Park have been unmasked as violating Vietnam’s legal regulations.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government will use more sets of indicators to assess people's satisfaction with the administration, said the director of the Public Administration Reform Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite Vietnam spending billions of dollars on education annually, the quality of the country’s education remains far from expectations, one educator has said.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – More foreign investment is needed for high-tech production, services and research in HCM City through to the end of 2015.

It’s now the right time to find the way to rescue the huge assets which have been lost day by day, and save the crew members who have been trapped in both Vietnam and foreign countries.

After VietNamNet reported about the high number of cancer cases around Thach Khe iron mine, Ha Tinh province, the local authorities investigated. However, their data is much low compared with the previous information provided by the local people.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the Resolution 19-NQ/TW on continuing renovation of land policies in a bid to create background for Viet Nam to become a basically modern-oriented industrial country by 2020. 

VietNamNet Bridge - So you are thinking of what to do on your next holiday to Vietnam? Try Halong Bay cruising.