Foreign tourists to Vietnam are willing to pay more for local food, resorts, and interesting places that offer new cultural experiences, a recent survey by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has found.

Binh Duong Province-based TBS Group has marked a turning point for the Vietnamese fashion handbag industry with the export of the first domestically-made luxury lifestyle handbag shipment to the US.

Cash payments will make up less than 11 per cent of all transactions in Viet Nam by the end of 2015, down from the current 14 per cent, according to a Government plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung earlier this week.

Fitch Ratings cut the credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other euro zone nations on Friday, saying they lack financing flexibility in the face of the region's debt crisis.

2012 is the year of the dragon and all Vietnamese have high hopes for the best.

A new wave of Eastern European airliners offering services connecting Vietnam to their countries has emerged, said Do Xuan Quang, CEO of airline dealer Vector Aviation.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced that labourers’ average salary reached VND3.84 million (USD182.54) per month in 2011.

Hang Ma, or Ghost Cave, is located in the highlands, Coc Village, Nam Xuan Commune, Quan Hoa District. It is sandwiched between the two imposing mountains of Pha Phung and Pha Hang.

Sixteen of the 18 Vietnamese survivors from the South Korean fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 that caught fire in Antarctic waters on January 11 returned to Vietnam this noon.

Lung Tao Commune in the rocky northern plateau of Dong Van is home to 3,400 ethnic Mong people. Despite rapid changes going on in the world around them, they are holding on to their age-old traditions and customs.

According to legend, the wrestling festival in Sinh village, in Phu Mau Commune, Phu Vang District, Thua Thien-Hue Province has existed for over 500 years. It is considered the greatest and oldest martial arts festival in the South.

The aviation market in Vietnam is going to be ruled by a new legal framework which stipulates stricter, but more flexible regulations which allow to ease difficulties for the airlines.

The security agencies have discovered three individuals in HCM City who sold personal information of other people. However, in fact, the personal information market has been bustling for a long time.

The water waste recycled under a filtration technology developed by the HCM City University of Technology can be used to flush toilets, water plants, extinguish fire, water roads, and re-landscape the city.

Despite a lot of difficulties, a lot of Vietnamese students still go to school on thorny roads. Local newspapers have reviewed moving stories about the students in 2011.

Tens of thousands of people from all regions of the country have flocked to the Quang Trung Museum in Phu Phong Town, Tay Son District, central Binh Dinh Province to join a festival marking the 223rd anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory.

VietNamNet Bridge – Since November 2011, classical music masterpieces have come closer to music lovers in weekend performances in front of the Music Publishing House office on Ly Thai To Street in Hanoi, every Saturday and Sunday.

Apple overtook Google's Android to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2011, thanks to strong demand for its latest iPhone model, said a study released on Wednesday.

The World Bank said on Wednesday it was making 27 billion U.S. dollars in funding available for countries of emerging Europe and Central Asia to help them weather the euro zone crisis.

VietNamNet Bridge – Paintball is a new game in HCM City but it has quickly become a favorite  weekend hobby of many young people, especially office employees.

It is time to hammer out appropriate policies and institutions to restructure the economy, cultivate intensive growth, strengthen social security and protect the environment

Agricultural exports will face a lot of difficulties next year due to the ongoing global financial crisis and economic downturn, experts say.

Cloud computing technology solution providers have predicted that Viet Nam's information technology industry will witness a sudden change in the awareness and application of the technology in the businesses sector and Government in 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – This Tet holiday season an interesting array of Vietnamese films has been lined up for audiences, having great cinematic content as well as a joyful comedy that audiences are sure to enjoy.

Water level in the Hong River, which flows through the provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc and Hanoi has dropped to its lowest level in a hundred years, as recorded on Jan. 25.