Overseas Professor Tran Thanh Van, talks to the newspaper Tien Phong (Vanguard) about the country’s need to pay a high salary to people working in science and technology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new and privately owned Nui Nhan Tuong (classical drama) troupe has opened in Phu Yen Province’s Tuy Hoa City.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Thai Kim Lan gave birth to her only daughter in Germany, she always connects it to the food, customs and smells of the motherland. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – “It has been five years since our surgery, but I feel like it was recent. I remember the day when I was hospitalized. You, with your loving thick glasses, were the first person I met. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – School years throughout Viet Nam usually start with dry sermons by school principals and sombre school songs.

At the peak of the ‘mining fever’, Quy Hop District in the central province Nghe An had hundreds of sites operational. Now, due to high production costs and consumption difficulties, many mining companies have shut down

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods in early August in northern Viet Nam killed 27 people and washed away hundreds of homes, causing damage estimated at more than US$43 million.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Tien Dung, Minister- Chairman of the Government Office speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam newspaper about the Government’s resolve to change the State apparatus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reading books to the elderly, patients in hospitals, and the visually impaired has become a popular part-time job for young adults in HCM City.

Phi Anh De, 40, a mechanic of Mekong Delta province of Phu Yen’s Son Nguyen Commune, dropped out of school after primary school but has created cheap yet effective agricultural machines in his hometown

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those visiting the central province of Phu Yen never forget Ghenh Da Dia (Da Dia Reef), a masterpiece of nature that has become a symbol of the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though they both come from France, it was in Viet Nam that they met for the first time, as they worked to develop vocational training in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every commune or ward in HCM City will be allocated VND500 million (US$22,000) this year towards addressing a funding shortage for sorting waste before it is treated.

Le Thi Huong, born 1984, was among the 600 young university-educated intellectuals selected to serve as commune vice chairmen in the 64 poorest districts in the country.

Hi-tech agriculture has been riding a new wave of investment in recent years, with the Government viewing technology as key to restructuring the sector, achieving food security and improving produce quality.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Buffaloes struggled to beat hosts Cantho Catfish in the second match of the Viet Nam Basketball Association League on Thursday in Can Tho City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National hope Nguyen Tien Minh was bested in the Viet Nam Open badminton tournament by Daren Liew of Malaysia on Thursday in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blockbuster TV serial Nguoi Phan Xu (The Arbitrator) was crowned yesterday at the VTV Awards 2017 held in the capital city.

Tourism ministers of the five countries under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy, including Viet Nam, have agreed to cooperate more fully on responsible tourism, tourism marketing activities, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The online tax refund pilot project launched by General Department of Taxation early this year has been well received by taxpayers.