Realty consulting firms forecast HCMC will see ample retail area supply in the next three years due to the presence of numerous new projects or near-completion ones in the city.

VietNamNet Bridge – Part of streets around the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in the capital city will be turned into pedestrian streets if a proposal is approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Environmental Crime Prevention and Fighting Police Department on Thursday discovered five factories in District 12 discharging untreated wastewater and emissions into the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tu Lac Village is spacious, and Tu Lac village’s residents are rich. However, it is a lonely village with too many people dead of cancer.

A priest in HCMC devotes himself to collecting antiques, especially lamps and books, with a view to realizing his hobby as well as promoting religion

With bold, unique ideas, Le Huyen Trang, a young girl in Hanoi has d stunning dresses from paper which look youthful, lovely and beautiful.

Both the Vietnamese and foreign sides put high hopes on the strategic cooperation between them. However, in many cases, the cooperation cannot bring the things they want.

VietNamNet Bridge – During scorching days, hundreds of people in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, central Vietnam, flocked to Cong Kep rivulet in Nam Dan district, Nghe An, to buy water.

Malaysia helps develop VN wind energy sector; Standard Chartered predicts 10.9 percent inflation this quarter; VietJetAir opens two new routes from Hanoi; Vietinbank issues international bonds; First-ever private firm receives ODA from Japan

As of April 17, statistics showed that stock prices of 80 loss-making enterprises had surged by 44% compared to earlier this year while those of the rest rose only 36%.

Sylvio Lamarche is a Canadian agriculturist. In 1994, he decided to take an occasional trip. His friend asked him to go to Vietnam and he agreed.

The traditional Tay wedding boasts some of the most fascinating and romantic of all the ethnic minority marriage customs.

 In the first four months of this year, nearly 18,000 businesses dissolved or suspended operations. However, the figure could rise higher as many businesses are hedging their bets on how to deal with difficulties.

A lot of Vietnamese brands have appeared on the domestic market in recent years. However, experts have warned that since the brands have been built up in a too simple way, they would not survive for a long time.

Below are photos of terrified ‘circus shows’ performed by drivers on Hanoi’s streets.

VietNamNet Bridge – The fresh breeze floating off the forest on Va Hill dispels the scorching heat of early summer. After travelling 50km by motorbike from the centre of Ha Noi under the unrelenting sun, I am glad to finally get to the Va Temple

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Viet Nam Food Association want to develop an internationally recognised brand for Vietnamese rice by choosing and cultivating several high quality varieties.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should use social media sites to advertise products and trademarks, according to a recent conference of information and technology journalists on the role of the internet in Viet Nam's economy.

While many young Vietnamese find the subject boring at school, they have been using sites like Facebook to learn history on their own.

VietNamNet Bridge – The race of primary school graduates for reputable secondary schools has got fiercer year after year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The high grade smart phones with high quality cameras have emerged as the biggest rival for compact camera series.

On-line retailing giant Amazon announced on Thursday that all seven Harry Potter eBooks will be added to its eBook lending library for owners of the company's Kindle devices starting June 19.

VietNamNet Bridge – The launching ceremony for a heritage tourism promotion project in central Viet Nam was held in Hoi An on Tuesday.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh has called on members of the Non-Aligned Movement to strengthen solidarity on the basis of the Bandung Principles, the United Nations Charter, and international law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hereafter are nice pictures of farmers in the southern province of Dong Thap.