With vast gardens of green coconut trees, Ben Tre Province is considered the “capital” of coconuts in Vietnam. For the local people, coconut trees have a special place in their cultural life as well as the economic development process.

The Vietnamese tourism authority, buoyed by the rapid growth in Russian tourist arrivals in the last two years, has drawn up an ambitious plan to treble the number of Russian visitors to the country to 300,000 in 2014 from the 2011 figure.

Domestic coffee businesses continue hit snags as farmers still speculate products and sell them based on rumours.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Minh Quang, including other senior officials, yesterday answered public questions about land use polices and the environmental effects of production on the Government website www.chinhphu.vn.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam always gives top priority to consolidating and strengthening special ties of friendship and comprehensive cooperation with Laos, considering the relationship an invaluable asset for future generations.

If still following the current urban development programs, HCM City will move in a rut just like Bangkok City’s flooding, experts warn.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau is the only place in southern Vietnam and Southeast Asia as a whole that hosts the greyhound racing events.

U22 team to battle Chinese Taipei; National boxing event to kick off; Eight teams set for championships; U19 footballers to join int'l friendly; First Men’s Futures Tournament wraps up; Minh ranks second at Australian Badminton Open

A series of events will take place this year to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries and the 2012 Year of Friendship, announced Indian Ambassador to Viet Nam Ranjit Rae.

The Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre on Thursday requested an official probe into the deaths of three wild elephants in the Central Highlands district of Ea Sup during the final week of March.

Some 30 foreign reporters from around the world are in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) capital to cover the country's satellite launch, the official news agency KCNA reported Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time in its 16-year history, the Golden Ball Award may be presented to a foreign-origin player – Brazilian-Vietnamese striker Huynh Kesley.

Cong Thanh Village in Binh Dinh Province is located amidst a forest of luxuriantly green coconut trees. The soil for cultivation is affected by alkalinity, so only sedge plants are suited to grow there.

The information that the US hedge fund Elliot Advisors decided to drop the lawsuit against Vinashin has set everybody’s curiosity agog. Why did the fund make such a decision after four months of intensively preparing for the case?

VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese choreographers who are working overseas will work together in a modern dance show entitled “Moc” on April 25-26 at the HCM City Opera House.

VietNamNet Bridge - With nearly 8,000 festivals of different kinds, Vietnam is known as a country of festivals.

Historical sites of Vietnam are always accompanied by an interesting story and Lam Kinh is no different.

Foreign companies take shortcuts into Vietnam; New fertiliser plant to grow rural output; Sun Wah turns VinaCapital’s second largest shareholder; Petrol stations shut for fuel fraud; Sharp decrease in apartment supply

Viet Nam's credit-expansion-led growth has ground to a halt, decelerating to 4 per cent in the first quarter from 5.9 per cent last year, an HSBC study said.

Vietnam’s economy is in difficult spot despite recent positive data. Foreign investors are still feeling less confident about investing in this country because of this unstable economy.

Seafood enterprises have faced a serious lack of production and business capital since early this year, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Leaving Highway 1A, taking a ferry boat at the Truong Giang River’s estuary, visitors will reach Tam Hai Commune. Apart from the estuary there are only the sea and a village locally known as the fishing village of Tam Hai.  

Foreign partners and strategic shareholders assume their own forms as the sharks which try to swallow smaller fish. Once successfully taking over Vietnamese enterprises, they would control the Vietnamese market.

Tax authorities this year would inspect 7,800 enterprises, particularly those suspected of transfer pricing, in an aim to avoid tax losses and ensure a fair business environment, a conference heard yesterday in HCM City.

Although Viet Nam's mobile phone market has been unable to maintain its previous high growth rate, smartphones continued to be popular last year as vendors launched low-cost models.