Water prices are to go up by 50 per cent from July 11, under the Ministry of Finance's Circular 88.

The Vietnamese version of the original American dance competition So You Think You Can Dance will be launched in big cities across the country next month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Canadian leaders have expressed their admiration for Vietnam’s efforts in boosting socio-economic development, stabilizing social welfare and reducing poverty.

Anyone going to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago should not miss seeing Truong Sa Lon (Big Spratly) Island, dubbed the “capital” of Truong Sa Island District of the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge – Having babies or trapping and consuming animals are characters of animals, but some species of plants in Vietnam also have these abilities and other special functions.

An entourage from Vietnam’s National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is on a six-day visit to Italy, from July 27 to June 2, to share best practice on dealing with voters’ complaints.

Hai Phong City once programmed to set up a range of parks and trees in the two districts of Hong Bang and An Duong. However, the green lung project remains on paper for the last many years.

Management of private kindergartens will be tightened when new regulations come into effect on August 2.

Wishing a new breath of fresh air, a lot of Vietnamese enterprises have put the command power into foreign managers.

The Saint Giong Festival has been evaluated by domestic and foreign researchers as the most unique among the 7,000 traditional folk festivals of Vietnam with special cultural and religious values.

HCM City Television's HTV9 channel has begun broadcasting a series featuring the lives of urban students.

VietNamNet Bridge – globalgrasshopper, a popular site for international tourists, has listed the top ten must-see destinations in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is worried that unlicensed foreign guides can cause long-run consequences for the tourism industry of Vietnam.

Floor price a lifebuoy for catfish growers; Low prices force farmers to sell paddy to duck breeders; Golden opportunity for local retailers; VinGroup completes international bond sale; Real estate debts at alarming rate

Vietnam is mapping out a pathway to a more developed supporting industry to enhance its competitive capacity.

Ex-Book-Change – Exchange Old Books; Free Concert with Music of Joy; Hanoi Love Stories and New Works Mini Concert; Exhibition of Tam Van Tran and Dewey Ambrosino; Modern Ballet “Dream Puzzles”; Screening of “Nos Jours Heureux”

VietNamNet Bridge – Te Lo village in the northern province of Vinh Phuc is known for its special job: demolishing broken-down motorbikes to collect parts. Many people have become rich thanks to this job. Let’s visit Te Lo through photos:

The “contractor-investor’s war,” where involved parties play dirty ruses leads to the lack of transparency in bidding and causes a big waste of resources.

VietNamNet Bridge – The ban of bathing in the sea out of the working hours (7am-5pm) has risen difficult for Vung Tau city’s tourism industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides traditional competitions for animals like cock fighting and buffalo fighting, dog racing, pig racing, cow racing and elephant racing have become new tourism products of some provinces in Vietnam.

According to the Ministry of Health, 56 percent of hospitals in Vietnam do not have wastewater treatment systems while 70 percent of their current facilities do not even meet with national quality standards.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce a letter to Vietnam from a reader, Thomas Mac Innes, from South Africa.

A lack of unanimity among ministries had deterred the development of Viet Nam's motor vehicle industry, said Ngo Van Tru, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's (MoIT) Heavy Industry Department.

A programme featuring Cham folk arts has been held every Saturday and Sunday at Po Sah Inu towers in Binh Thuan province since mid June in an attempt to attract more visitors to the locality.

Vietnamese parents and students now have many choices for the training courses on life skills. Well off families can send their children to overseas summer courses, while others can bring their children to domestic summer camps.