Private airlines winged with investment projects to fight for bigger market share

The Vietnamese aviation market has become more competitive with the joining of the two private airlines which threaten to narrow the market share being held by the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines.

HCM City aims to prevent further floods by 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Anti-Flooding Programme Management Centre has said it hopes to stop flooding in all 31 flood-prone areas in the city by the end of 2014.

Historic homes offer tranquil tourist retreat in Nha Trang

 VietNamNet Bridge – The coastal city of Nha Trang is located in Khanh Hoa Province in the south-central region of Viet Nam, 440km north-east of HCM City. 

Vietnamese-German Minister of Economics and Technology to visit Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany Philipp Rösler will pay an official visit to Vietnam next month, according to Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnamese children have “old head on young shoulders?”

A lot of Vietnamese parents complain that their children have problems when going to school because the bad learning environment.

Da Nang expects golden opportunity from EWEC

The East West Economic Corridor (EWEC) has been compared as the Silk Road in South East Asia. Da Nang, the city at the end of the corridor, has every reason to expect the golden opportunity to develop its economy.

Quarry turns out to be misfortune, not blessing

The mine explosions from the quarry being exploited by the Cao Bang Cement Joint Stock Company have become the obsession of local residents in Cao Bang Town.

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El Nino deprived farmers of labor fruits

Vietnam is suffering heavy losses due to increasingly severe droughts under the impacts of the El Nino phenomenon, as statistics show that in the first six months of 2012 natural disasters brought losses of over VND2 trillion.

VN needs to lure top scientists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Science and technology have been identified as the key drivers of economic restructure in Viet Nam, but the Government's policies have failed to attract young researchers.

Universities adopt new methodology

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more universities in Viet Nam are using a well-known teaching methodology to improve training quality and improve learning in the classroom.

Equitisation still on the back burner

 State-owned enterprises are again set to miss catching their annual equitisation wave.

HCM City bus to do tourist circuit

 A bus that will go to HCM City's major tourist attractions from the city centre will begin operating on September 15.

Fashion and Life August show

 VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Thanh Hang appeared as the vedette in several collections at the “Fashion and Life” August show in HCM City on August 23.

Vietnamese enterprises face the risk of takeover

Vietnamese enterprises have become the easy prey for foreign investors as they are getting cheaper than ever.

Hanoi vows to stop vendors’ overcharging

Hanoi has once again shown its determination to clear the vendors who solicit a welcome to foreign travelers and ask them to buy souvenirs, thus smearing the image of Hanoi’s tourism in the eyes of travelers.

More and more students drop out of general schools, have nowhere to go

More and more poor students stop going to school after their finish secondary education. Others continue studying at high schools, but they are thought to drop out sooner or later.

The beauty of Hoang Su Phi’s terraced fields

  VietNamNet Bridge - Hoang Su Phi’s terraced fields will be recognized as a national relic on September 16. On these days, terraced fields have turned yellow.

Timing helps travel faster in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic in the capital city has improved thanks to the adjustment of school and working hours earlier this year, according to a survey revealed Aug 23.

Gmail.vn users misled to Chinese website address

When accessing Gmail.vn, Vietnamese Internet users were so surprised when they were led to a website of Baidu, China’s biggest Internet service firm.

Stock market experienced quake, but will recover soon: analysts

Some individual investors have urged the State Securities Commission (SSC) to make an urgent intervention to stop the slide of the stock market. Meanwhile, experts believe that the market needs to perform its way.

Pop singer Duc Tuan to perform with top Philippine orchestra

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop singer Duc Tuan will perform in Manila in a concert on August 28 to celebrate Viet Nam's 67th Independence Day, which falls on September 2.

Hai Phong: people surround polluting ore factory

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of angry people pitched tents to besiege a molipden ore processing factory in the northern port city of Hai Phong. This factory cannot run because of the siege.

Quality drug stores still only found in VN's major cities

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 80 per cent of the country's pharmacies reach international standard, however, not all are evenly distributed, said Nguyen Tat Dat, head of the Drug Administration of Viet Nam's Trading Management Division.

PM welcomes US Jobs Council Leader

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Jeffrey Immelt, head of President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, in Hanoi on August 24.