Certain groups of farmers might as well find it agreeable when large volumes of farm produce are en route to China via the border trade, from rubber and pepper to cassava, from pork to fowls and eggs, and from shrimp and fish to sugar.

Reader Friendly (nhanbk2009@...com) wrote: “We have so many things need to improve but I think if I were foreign travelers, I would have chosen Vietnam because of stability and security”.

The interest rate race has cooled down when big commercial banks have lowered the deposit interest rates by 1-2.5 percent. However, when the worry about the overly high interest rates has been left, a new worry has arisen.

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VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC government has just asked the municipal Police Department to consider a plan to establish the tourist police bureau to protect tourists in the city, an official said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Gold Traders Association has urged the central bank to ease some of the proposed regulations in its draft decree on the operation of the gold jewelry business.

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Television has begun broadcast of several serials based on the lives of urban school students and their families during summer.

VietNamNet Bridge – A 1/500 scale blueprint for a 157ha golf course located in HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport has been approved by the People's Committee of Tan Binh District.

The number of people suffering from fatty liver disease is increasing, especially among young people, according to Assistant Professor Pham Thi Thu Ho, vice chairwoman of the Viet Nam Digestology Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – Dov S-S Simens, voted as "the US’ No1 Film Instructor" by the US National Association of Film Schools, began a three-day workshop for Vietnamese filmmakers in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday, June 26.

Jailed PMU18 chief in the dock again; Upgrade of border markers finished; Man, 23, arrested for intellectual property scam

More than one million jubilant New Yorkers lined on Fifth Avenue on Sunday for the city's annual Gay Pride Parade, celebrating the passage of an historic bill legalizing same-sex marriage signed into law Friday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – National head coach Falko Goetz promised a fresh Vietnamese football team for their 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Macau on Wednesday.

Germany got off to an expectedly good start in defense of their World Cup title on Sunday when they beat Canada 2-1 in their first group game.

A special envoy of high ranking Vietnamese officials led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son met with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo in Beijing on Saturday to convey the Vietnamese leaders' opinions

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Environment Protection Agency had a meeting on June 25 with authorities of 11 provinces located along Dong Nai River to discuss plans to curb the river pollution during the period 2015-2020. 

The Palestinian leadership on Sunday asserted that it will seek recognition of Palestinian statehood from the United Nations in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – The spate of failures among foreign coaches hired by Vietnamese clubs show that their approaches do not match local culture and players' needs, local experts say.

Doctor Giang Thanh Long from the University of National Economy said Vietnam must focus on rural development among other things if it wants to make the most of its working-age population.

VietNamNet Bridge –A music centre has been set up in Ha Noi to teach appreciation to audiences and get more people involved in the art.

VietNamNet Bridge – A high level meeting on sea and island strategy to 2020 was held in the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won two gold medals at the Southeast Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships which wrapped up yesterday, June 26, at Hai Duong's 2,000-seat gymnasium.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have warned that not only fresh water areas have been polluted, but sea water is also bearing a similar hard pressure.

VietNamNet Bridge –The Vietnamese and Lao ministries of Investment and Planning have signed a strategic co-operation agreement for 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though hacker attacks have increased at an alarming rate in recent times, few Vietnamese businesses have invested adequately in safeguarding corporate information, industry insiders lament.