Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged relevant ministries, agencies and localities to take drastic measures to cope with potential flooding from a tropical depression that is developing close to coastal areas.

At 81, Japanese sculptor Katsumi Mukai shows no signs of stopping, continuing to work on big tree trunks to create giant sculptures. Viet Nam’s beautiful landscapes are an endless inspiration, he says. 

Female archaeologist Nguyen Thi Hau, deputy general secretary of the Viet Nam History Association, has introduced her latest book on urbanisation and heritage preservation in HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The town is agog with gossip and discussions about the KhaiSilk imbroglio, which has shocked the nation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City People’s Committee Chairman, Nguyen Thanh Phong, has asked the police investigation office to investigate and prosecute illegal sand mining cases in the Can Gio sea area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in central Quang Binh Province are facing a dilemma as their paddy fields have been affected by salty water following the typhoon Doksuri last September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 10th Viet Nam Hockey Festival is scheduled to start at the Viet Nam Hockey Centre in Ben Luc Town, Long An Province on November 4-5.

The HCM City Department of Transport has ordered all app-based taxi service providers in the city to halt expansion while waiting for a ministry review of the city’s pilot app-based taxi project, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The University of Economics HCM City (UEH) has announced financial rewards to promote academic research and international publications.

An art space has been launched on the east side of the Rong bridge in Tran Hung Dao Street as part of the city’s street art programme in hosting the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit

A collection of Russian poems on the Soviet Union’s patriotic war from 1941-1945 entitled Wait for Me has been translated into Vietnamese to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution (1917-2017).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nom da trau and nhot xanh cuon bap cai wrapped in cabbage, are unique and tasty specialties of the ethnic Thai group in the northwestern province of Son La.

Many Hanoians have high praise for the automatic selling machines - also called vending machines - that have operated in some central districts for a year, including around Hoan Kiem Lake and Giang Vo Lake.

Residents in the Mekong Delta Province of Tien Giang are worried that the construction of a fruit park will alter the currents of the Tien and Cai Be rivers and intensify landslides on Cai Lay District’s Tan Phong Islet.

By 2025 about 95 per cent of the Vietnamese population will be covered by the national health insurance, according to a target set by a resolution of the 6th Plenum of Communist Party of Viet Nam, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam spanked Myanmar 3-0 to set up a semi-final showdown with Malaysia at the ongoing Southeast Asian Futsal HDBank Cup in Ha Noi yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ancient Binh Dinh ceramics were found to be influenced by both Vietnamese and Cham artisans.

VietNamNet Bridge – In September, a group of  16 young and talented artists and students began a journey across the nation to bring art closer to different community groups through a project titled Gieo (Sowing). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Carl Thayer, emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales and an expert on Southeast Asia, talks to Vietnam News Agency ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Nam jumped to the top of the V.League rankings after beating nine-man SHB Da Nang 2-0 in their round 23 match yesterday.