VietNamNet Bridge – In early March, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) made public the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) 2011, which reveals some problems.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 2 to attend the 20th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdec Hunsen.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan on April 1.

Thirty-one people were confirmed killed and 12 others injured in a passenger plane crash in Russia's Siberian region early Monday, Russian emergency authorities said.

Competition Law question marks hang over VNPT’s VinaPhone and MobiFone merger plan.

After the public got amazed by the information about Google and Facebook alleged tax evasion, it has been shocked again by the news that Vietnam fails to control the cash flow which goes out of the Vietnamese territory, via credit cards.

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht pledged here Sunday to strengthen EU's business relations with ASEAN amid global financial crisis.

After slamming into the southern coast on April 1, tropical storm Pakhar weakened quickly and caused great property damage to the south-eastern region.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is the second Vietnamese swimmer to pass the Olympic B standard, which might allow her to take part in the London Games this summer.

It now seems to be the unlucky days for cement companies. A lot of factories have incurred big debts. Especially, the accounts payable by Vicem, the “eldest brother” in the industry, in 2012 would be 4700 billion dong.

Biking through Viet Nam's central coastal provinces on backroads is an interesting way to explore beautiful landscapes and traditional life during the summer holidays.

Some athletes did not return home after overseas training courses to become illegal workers. It is said that Vietnam’s sport is poor, Vietnamese athletes are poor. Yes, athletes are poor but are Vietnam’s sports really poor?

Attending parties through the night, being keen on gambling, “addicted to laptops” and earning money by serving as kept women--all have become the new lifestyles of a part of Vietnamese students nowadays.

VietNamNet Bridge – This is the time for mountain-ebony flowers (hoa ban), a symbol of Vietnam’s northwestern region but you can enjoy the beauty of hoa ban on Bac Son Road, Hanoi.

Dozens of people gather to play guitars and sing at Ly Thai To Square in downtown Ha Noi on Sunday afternoons.

Thai people in North Western Vietnam have a unique and delicious dish of fresh water fish indispensable at their traditional weddings.

VietNamNet Bridge – An engineer who is also a war invalid spent three years to manufacture a small helicopter in his garage, at the cost of VND200 million ($10,000).

The private firm Cong Ly Construction-Trading-Tourism Co. is seeking the HCMC government’s permission to develop a large-scale wind power project in the outlying district of Can Gio’s Can Thanh Town.

Thanh Hoa secured an impressive victory in round 12 of the national V-League by defeating Dong Thap 4-0 on their home turf yesterday.

The unbalanced distribution of pharmacists between urban and rural areas is hindering the development of the country's pharmaceutical industry, according to reports from medical departments.

Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded No 4 at the Australian Grand Prix Gold which will start tomorrow in Sydney.

After first touching a piano at the age of four, and nearly ten years later--Hoang Pham Tra Mi now owns a big collection of prizes from many international piano competitions. She is among the ten most outstanding young people of Vietnam in 2011.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) estimated that the number of internet users in Viet Nam declined by 500,000 this month to stand at 32.1 million.

Inflation dominated the discussion at the two-day Government meeting in Ha Noi over the weekend, but at the press conference immediately following, the hottest topic was extra fees for vehicles in congested cities.

More foreign capital has been poured into the stock market recently, which, in the eyes of analysts, could be seen as the sign showing foreign investors’ optimism about Vietnamese stocks.