VietNamNet Bridge - There are three essential factors that affect the value of agricultural land: time for land allocation, restrictions on land conversion and the underdeveloped land market.

Analysts believe that banks would not be able to maintain the last year’s profit growth rate in 2012 due to the slow credit growth, bad debt rapid increase and lower revenue from non-credit services.

 The fight against tuberculosis is making progress but "the global burden" of the deadly disease remains enormous, the World Health Organization said in its annual report Wednesday.

 Seafood firms find bank guarantee fees costly; Korean firm eyes entertainment complex project; Sugar surplus threatens mills in Mekong Delta; Banks debts spur interest rate race; US tops list of importers   

VietNamNet Bridge – At 2 am, when nuns were sleeping, a crocodile weighing more than 70 kg crawled through a cup truss, and moved closely to the place where four children (adopted by the temple) were sleeping.

 VietNamNet Bridge - VPF said the draw of V-League 2013 would be held on November 3. Two months later, the first matches of the new football season will start.

VietNamNet Bridge – Closing its 6th plenum, which lasted for 15 days from October 1 to 15, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (PCC) discussed and decided many important issues.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poverty reduction is a priority policy for Vietnam to improve poor people’s living conditions, narrow the development gap and implement the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

 Bariatric surgery to help the obese shed weight also reduces risks of cardiovascular disease, according to a review published on Wednesday in the specialist journal Heart.

  Take a tour through Ha Noi's past; World's biggest beer festival comes to Ha Noi; Hang out with local Couchsurfing members; Restaurant celebrates Puccini's La Boheme; Megastar hosts Viet Nam – South Korea festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve Vietnamese martial artists will take part in the Asian Vovinam Championships at Kish Island, Iran, starting today. 

MPI has suggested proposing a state’s steering committee on FDI management, which will have the “super power” to deal with the problems which cannot be settled by ministries and branches.

Experts have every reason to believe that breweries are the most lucrative business field for any investors. Vietnam is a vast market where the demand remains always high, even in the economic crisis.

  New SOS children’s village for Binh Dinh; Thousands of Mekong homes linked to grid; Illegal medicine on sale near border; USAID gives $41m to fight climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has agreed in principle to allow the country's three telecom giants VNPT, Viettel and CMC TI, to participate in a US$450 million international project to lay a 10,000-km undersea internet cable,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem successfully held German rival Georg Meier to a draw in his sixth match in the US Spice Cup today, Oct 18.

  President meets voters in HCM City; Vietnamese delegations pay tributes to King Father Sihanouk; Vietnam-Russia Committee meets for 15th session;  Vietnam attends first Asia Cooperation Dialogue Summit

 VietNamNet Bridge – Remodeling traditional trade villages to serve tourists is an important part of developing the national tourism industry and promoting handicrafts,

The number of smartphones in use in the world has risen to over 1 billion, 16 years after they were first put into market, report from Strategy Analytics showed on Wednesday. 

Vietnamese engineering student Nguyen Trong Nghia has been named South Australia's International Student of the Year by StudyAdelaide, an official government website for international students studying in South Australia.  

A common scene at Viet Nam's two biggest airports – Noi Bai in Ha Noi and Tan Son Nhat in HCM City – are lines of young people in factory uniforms waiting for flights to South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Russia, Libya and Saudi Arabia,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singers should take the initiative in reminding event organisers to pay copyright fees for songs that they perform, Vietnamese music copyright chief has urged in a discussion held in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam beat Thailand 2-0 in their third match at the Thanh Nien (Youth) newspaper International U21 Football Championships at Pleiku Stadium in Gia Lai Province yesterday, Oct 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The One Pillar Pagoda, a historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, has been recognised by the Asian Records Organisation as having the most unique architecture on the continent,

VietNamNet Bridge – On a sun-kissed morning, a young couple ride a scooter together down a busy street while smiling at each other lovingly.