VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Tourism Association (HTA) and the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines has reached an agreement about the cooperation to ease the tour fees in a program to stimulate the demand.

Sua wood (dalbergia tonkinensis) is as precious and expensive as gold. A lot of people have been growing sua quietly for the last many years, and now they have multi-billion sua gardens.

Garment firms trying on locals for size; HCMC plans to develop renewable energy; Enterprises struggle with high inventory; Developers and buyers snub low-cost condos

VietNamNet Bridge – The mummy of Buddhist monk Nhu Tri, at Tieu temple in the northern province of Bac Ninh--is a spiritual symbol. But scientifically, people still question how the monk’s body has not decomposed over time?

The central city's information technology businesses earned VND3,200 billion (US$152 million) and an export turnover of $13.5 million last year, the director of the city's information and communication department, Pham Kim Son said yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The U19 Vietnam team was defeated by the host Palestine 0-2 in the opening match of the Al-Nakba International Football Tournament on May 14.  

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's most populated city has adopted a programme to save power and promote the use of renewable and environmentally friendly energies.

VietNamNet Bridge – Smart cards introduced on a trial basis earlier this year on two HCM City bus routes have failed to attract passengers' interest, transport authorities have admitted.

An Evening of Opera at LUNA – Programme 18; European Film Festival 2012; Hanoi Ensemble Concert Vol. 3; Concert with Success; Belly Dance Performance Night; Concert with Pierre Dutot and Dominique Skorny; CAMA Festival 6 Hits Hanoi

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of articles about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College  and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Starting from May 21, the secret trench in the five-star hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will open for tourists, nearly one year after it was discovered.

Vnews to launch daily broadcast on President Ho Chi Minh; Baby dies due to wrong ultrasound diagnoses;  HCM City vows to protect foreigners from criminals

VietNamNet Bridge – Two famous Spanish 12-string guitarists - López Vicente and Alfredo Lagos - will perform at the Hanoi Opera House on May 16 to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Spain Diplomatic relations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Ngoc Mai, 28, in the central province of Quang Nam, who suffered from a rare aging disease, has been ‘regenerated’ after over one month of free treatment in Taiwan.

Blaming referee Vo Minh Tri for the failure of Hai Phong FC in the game vs. Dong Thap FC last weekend, Hai Phong’s fans attacked the referee and his assistants on their way back to HCM City from Dong Thap on the evening of May 13.

A circular regulating that all passengers on boats or ferries must wear life jackets or life buoys during journeys has been released by the Ministry of Transport in an attempt to decrease the number of deaths

JP Morgan Chase announced the resignation of Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Ina Drew on Monday, the first management fallout after the bank's disastrous two billion U.S. dollar trading loss.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 70 sandy statues were created by hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign visitors on the beach of My Khe, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, in Da nang City on May 13.

UK band to perform in Hanoi, HCM City; Vietnam impresses visitors at Mexico’ culture fair; Vietnam joins Asia-Pacific heritage month in New York; Vinh Long Province to host ‘Southern Amateur Music Festival’ 

VietNamNet Bridge – Nine-year-old Dinh Quang Thang claps his hands to the rhythm of the children's song Loi Chao Buoi Sang (Good Morning) that his teacher sings to him. His face brightens as he hums along.

La Vang Church in Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province is not only for Catholic pilgrims, but also for tourists to admire the beautiful architecture and find some peace for their soul.

This year’s European food festival will take place at 6 p.m. on May 26 at the National Library of Vietnam, 31 Trang Thi Street in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

A press release recently issued by the Ministry of Transport stated categorically that only 8.9 per cent of the funding for its new modernisation and industrialisation expansion project will come from the State budget.

Markets continue to decline; VN, Russia eye $10b trade; Mobile phone, accessory exports hit new highs; Garment, textile sector urged to restructure; Da Nang to call for tourism investment; Eximbank takes control of Sacombank board

VietNamNet Bridge – One day in March, an SMS woke coffee grower Nguyen Van Phuc at 3am, telling him the London coffee price had just risen by 15 per cent.