VietNamNet Bridge – While veterinary staff working at the grassroots level of communes are considered as playing a key role in control of diseases among cattle and poultry, there are very few support policies for these workers.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last five months, the public has been captured by many cases related to the wildlife in Vietnam. Because of greedy and lack of knowledge of related people, many rare animals of Vietnam were killed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 20km of the Bai Chay Tourist Wharf to the south of Ha Long Bay is the wild and charming Cua Van fishing village.

Nation attracts US$8.03 bln in FDI; Gaming industry revenue expected to soar; US firm wants to develop restaurant chain in Vietnam; Travelers to be banned from carrying gold bars; Good signs for farm product exports

 Vietnam will allow Russia to set up a ship maintenance base at its port of Cam Ranh – a former Soviet naval base, but this is definitely not a military base, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said Friday during his official visit to Russia.

 While state-owned studios drag their feet in putting out new films, private producers have been much more aggressive in grasping market share and catering to the tastes of audiences.

Only a few wells are seen in rural villages but they remain unique in terms of cultural value like bayan trees and communal yards.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked mobile-phone users in Ha Noi not to use signal boosters to enhance voice quality and other attachments.

Instead of waiting for the instructions from the watchdog agency, securities companies have been reshuffling their organizations themselves, which has helped them make profit again in the first half of 2012 after a long period of taking loss.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will make up for its losses resulting from electricity trading and exchange rate discrepancies by hiking power prices from now until 2015, said EVN deputy general director Dinh Quang Tri.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of July 24, a young man was hit by a bus and died on the spot when he was climbing over the separation line to cross Kim Ma road in Hanoi. This fatal way of crossing over roads is very popular in Hanoi.

Sales of low quality Chinese chicken in Vietnam remains uncontrolled, posing a threat to the domestic husbandry industry.  

More than 460,000 international tourists visited Viet Nam in July, up 12 per cent over June but down by 8 per cent compared with the same month last year, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of rare and precious wild animals died after they were rescued by rescue workers, which has raised big worries about the delay and the lack of professional skills of the rescue teams.

 Norway will continue to help Vietnam build up its capacity for mitigating and adapting to geo-disasters in the 2012-2015 period following the success of a programme conducted between 2008-2011.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The laptops using the processors of the previous generations have become very cheap after Intel launched the latest generation of processor Core i3 onto the market.

Female students were asked to gather her hair into a bun. An examinee was asked to wear one more shirt. One student wrongly remembered the exam days. All of these were the odd things occurring at the latest university entrance exams.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Kate Moss and late movie star Marylin Monroe took impressive pictures with Vietnamese non la (leaf hat).

The Government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to advance VND30 trillion of the fiscal year 2013 to accelerate the progress of the public investment projects likely to be completed early. 

National Tourism Year 2013 themed ‘Red River Civilization’ will kick off in the northern city of Hai Phong on May 11.

While many workers in other business fields have become redundant or seen the salaries cut because their businesses are facing big difficulties, banking officers have been safe and sound and unhurt by the economic downturn.

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will display cute and charming toys created by twelvetone and designed by Takashi Tsunoda at design exhibition ‘The World of Interior Toy’ from August 12 to September 9 at the center. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's Cau khi or monkey bridges are listed among the world's scariest bridges by website TravelandLeisure.com.

The Ministry of Agriculture  and Rural Development on July 25 held a meeting in Hanoi to discuss tightening of management in slaughterhouses in North Vietnam to ensure better food safety and hygiene.

Nix waste plan heads for the bin; Auto importers looking for a big pick me up; Int’l airports built only to serve domestic flights; Foreign banks asked to clarify credit plans; HCM City’s trade surplus hits US$1 billion in 7 months