The tourism industry has developed robustly and it has tried to take advantage of Vietnamese landscape and cultural identity to serve tourists. However, unorganized and unfriendly exploitation has unintentionally killed “cultural beauties”.

Big mobile network operators have been rushing to lower the service fees in an effort to increase the number of 3G service subscribers, which remains modest over the last two years since the services were launched into the market.

Import-export and investment are the two most important issues that Government should focus on in the process of integrating into the world economy in the 2011-20 period, according to domestic economic experts.

VietNamNet Bridge – The San Khau Hoc Duong (School Stage) art project brought positive results over its 10 years of implementation, education and culture experts concluded at a meeting recently held in Ha Noi to evaluate the project.

It started with an image in a film: a young and seductive Jane March in a classical silk Chanel style dress traverses the rice paddies of the Mekong Delta and wanders the back streets of Cho Lon, Saigon’s Chinatown.

VietNamNet Bridge – A project to modernise offshore fishing vessels, which was expected to improve productivity and assure fishermen's safety, has been stalled after three years of implementation.

Twenty-three players have been called up for the national team to compete at the upcoming Southeast Asian Women's Football Championships in Laos.

A lot of big foreign retailers are making hectic preparations to expand their operation in Vietnam in order to obtain “bigger pieces of the cake” of the very lucrative market.

US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Francisco Sanchez has confirmed the growing importance of his country’s relations with Vietnam, at a National Day event in Washington, DC.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai is calling for a major shake-up of Vietnam’s inefficient steel industry.

Co-operation lifts rice profits; Key plant-breed plan to cost $8m; Critics doubt viability of housing saving fund; Private helicopter service opens in Vietnam; Vietnam export growth to slow in near future; Agro-forestry, fishery exports top $16bln  

The Bui Xuan Phai – Love for Ha Noi awards were yesterday presented to individuals and organisations who have made great contributions to the capital in the fields of culture, arts and society.

HCM City has kicked off the project to replace all the diesel run buses with green environment-friendly buses by 2015. However, in order to fulfill the plan, experts say it is necessary to offer incentives to green bus developers.

China is ready to remove obstacles and join efforts with Vietnam to step up friendly exchanges and deepen bilateral cooperation to keep bilateral relations on track.

VietNamNet Bridge – At the age of 8, little girl Ngo Thi Kim Thuy contracts oedema, gout, kidney and heart diseases. Dozens of kids in the tomb hamlet in Ward 15, District 8, HCM City also contract fatal diseases.

French poet Madeleine Riffaud, who has been honoured by France as a heroine, remains a strong friend of Vietnam despite her dioxin-related illness. She has always demonstrated a relentless enthusiasm and sentiment toward the Southeast Asian country.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) of the United States on Friday filed lawsuits against 17 financial institutions to recover losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for mortgage-backed securities.

The consumption price index (CPI) in September is expected to continue its decline at a rate of 0.8 per cent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Market Watch Team.

The National Day of Vietnam (Sept. 2) was celebrated imposingly at Vietnamese embassies abroad on Sept. 1 and 2.

As of the end of August, the number of telephone subscribers in Viet Nam is estimated at 128.8 million, a 4.3 per cent year-on-year increase.

Prosecutors in Bac Giang northern province will seek indictments against Luyen, who killed three people and injured a little girl at a jewelry shop in the province on August 24, and four others for their role in the crime.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister said there is an urgent need to upgrade the education quality in the country, focused on renewed and better curriculum and teaching methodologies to meet with international standards.

The Government will invest VND170 billion ($8.25 million) in developing key plant breeds, according to VietGAP (Vietnamese Good Agriculture Practices) standards.

Restructuring the banking sector is necessary to improve its safety and soundness but the work should be done with caution if it is to be effective, high-ranking financial official say.

About a 45 minute boat ride out into Nha Trang Bay sit the islands of Mun, Tam and Mot. In recent years, the area has become popular among fishing enthusiasts looking for a quiet, tranquil place to pursue their hobby.