More investment in high-tech agriculture is needed to produce high-quality exports with greater added value that can compete globally, speakers said at a conference held on October 19 in HCM City.

Nguyen Van Tan, deputy director general of the Office for Population-Family Planning, under the Ministry of Health talks to Zing.vn about urbanisation, maintaining population growth and the dramatic gender imbalance ...

Seven sculptors and ten painters from Spain, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Viet Nam have been living and working together for an entire month. On October 28, they will open their studio at Flamingo Dai Lai Resort

Eleven ethnic-minority households in the Hoang Su Phi District of Ha Giang Province are operating an experimental home-stay service as part of a project to improve the livelihood of ethnic minorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Watching 31-year-old Ngo Sy Dat work hard on his farm in Bac Giang Province, it is hard to imagine that he was a member of the national boxing team not too long ago.

Professor Nguyen Huu Khien, former Deputy Director of the National Academy of Public Administration, talks to Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam about the constantly unbalanced State budget.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 400 delegates will gather in HCM City for the 21st annual conference of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA), which opens today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Author Magdalena Bolalek released the book Polish Culinary Paths yesterday in Ha Noi under the sponsorship of Polish Embassy in Viet Nam.

Estonian designer Xenia Joots who owns the Yaly Couture brand will display his newest fashion collection at a fashion show to welcome the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting in the ancient town.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is developing an integrated database and early warning system for diseases related to climate change, 

Residents in four central provinces have received Government compensation of more than VND6.1 trillion for the April 2016 mass fish kill in which 70 tonnes of fish died, affecting the livelihoods of 260,000 people, 

Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang – among the most popular tourist destinations in Viet Nam – is being threatened by environmental pollution caused by rubbish dumps, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Anh Thu was defeated 13-21, 9-21 by Aurum Oktavia of Indonesia in the women’s singles category at the Badminton World Federation Junior Championships yesterday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rain was coming down harder and harder, but Gao kept moving around Bao Loc Lake in the central Highlands province of Lam Dong, picking up needles left by drug users. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for lecturers doing research at universities in Viet Nam.

The Government should consider international practices to re-define its public debt in the revised Law on Public Debt Management that is scheduled for submission to the National Assembly late this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Third-year university student Duong Huyen in Ha Noi has never been inappropriately touched by a stranger, but she has seen it happen.

Any gourmet worth his salt knows that side-dishes are crucial value additions to most meals, and some of them are so tasty that they are as important, if not more so, than the main dish.

Although pleased to know his house will be relocated from the filthy slum along the Doi Canal in HCM City’s District 8, Huynh Van Quy is worried he won’t be able to afford a new home.

Tip-toeing through the door after a phone call at midnight, Cuong used to run from his house. His mother would try to follow him, calling his name and crying in vain. He was bent on getting his fix.