Wandering around crowded streets in Hanoi, you cannot miss the simple but unique xích lô (cyclo) which has been a familiar means of transportation for almost a century and become an indispensable part of the character of Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of Vietnamese antiques from the 18th to 19th centuries and hundreds of Cham cultural items are exhibited at the Chu Lai Museum in the central province of Quang Nam.

The central city of Da Nang will subsidise the cost of motorbike helmets for residents as a measure to curb traffic accident injuries and fatalities, the chairman of the municipal People's Committee, Van Huu Chien, said yesterday.

HCMC is studying to manufacture 300 buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) to replace diesel-fueled buses which have now been degraded.

“In the Vang Ma Chai area, teaching is as difficult as flying to the sky, but with the teachers’ extraordinary energy, education has taken root and developed,” said the Deputy Director of the Education and Training Department of Lai Chau Province.

Believing that the underground water is getting depleted, Hanoi authorities now think of exploiting the surface water by building the Song Duong surface water plant. However, how to arrange capital for the plant remains answered.

Cyber crime in Vietnam had become more sophisticated with many IT networks being targeted, said the director of the IT department at the Ministry of Public Security, Nguyen Viet The.

The Ministry of Finance is exploring measures to make the most of land unused or inefficiently used by State-owned enterprises in a bid to generate revenues for the State budget.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc, a 21-year-old from the central city of Da Nang, became the first Vietnamese track and field athlete to secure a berth at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Jetstar Group is offering cheap flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to regional countries from April 2 to 5.

Representatives from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Vietnam Women’s Museum have met in Hanoi to seek cooperative opportunities with travel agencies to attract international visitors to museums.

The government--in an effort to attract investment to the agricultural production, offers a lot of incentives to the investors in the sector. However, many businesses said they cannot enjoy the incentives.

While many nha ruong owners in the city of Hue are becoming tired of preserving their traditional houses without financial support, collectors are snapping up the wooden houses for billions of dong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several types of fees on personal cars will be applied in the near future. The new fees have become big concerns of car users.

On March 30 the People’s Court in the northern port city of Hai Phong handed out prison sentences to nine former executives of the National Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin). 

Viet Nam and China acknowledged recent positive developments in bilateral relations, especially those made after Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to China last October and Vice President Xi Jinping's trip to Viet Nam last December.

VietNamNet Bridge – Secretary General of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Hoang Vinh Giang has submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Vietnam’s plan to host the Asian Games 18 (ASIAD 2019).

Considering himself a “countryman,” Mr. Nguyen Su, 55, has been living with and has been exerting efforts to maintain the soul of Hoi An ancient town for 30 years. Many of his “strange” decisions have brought about unexpected successes.

Foreign firms drive export growth; Garment sector faces rough road ahead; Banks unable to save insolvent businesses; Shipping costs to decrease; Many agriculture firms in the red; Mini-apartment owners face legal hurdles     

A research team for the annual M&A Vietnam Forum, to take place in June with Vietnam Investment Review (VIR) the organiser, puts Vietnam’s foreign-related M&A activities and prospects in 2012 under the microscope.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s famous fashion designer Cong Tri has launched his latest collection for summer 2012, which is very colorful and sexy.

The recent moves taken recently by the State Bank of Vietnam and the market performance, all show that the interest rate reductions would take place soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the latest survey of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), Vietnam has nearly 2.6 million of poor households, over 1.5 million others that approach the poverty threshold.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is a growing tendency that university students get married when they still have to go to school.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology will conduct a nationwide inspection of gasoline quality from June to August.