In traditional markets in Nam Tra My District, prized and valuable Ngoc Linh ginseng abounds. What eager customers don’t know is that the herb they buy might not be the real thing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City and Long An Province authorities need to co-ordinate closely to build the Ben Luc-Hiep Phuoc Section of Ring Road 4, 

A planned wood-pulp plant in Binh Son District would destroy 50ha of nipa palm forest, causing pollution, loss of biodiversity, and irrevocable damage to local lifestyles, biologists and residents warn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rail tracks located in the inner city have caused problems for Ha Noi’s traffic, however, this will be addressed in the future when city planning is completed.

With no more tears to cry, Lo Thi Xam’s only hope is that her two sons can “love their mother more”. The Thai ethnic lady, living in Phat Village, Long Sap Ward, lost her husband to a drug overdose nearly ten years ago. 

HCM City will not grant licences to high-rise construction projects on roads and in areas where planned infrastructure projects have not been completed in an effort to relieve congestion.

The tuong play Vo Dong So-Bach Thu Ha (Love Story of Vo Dong So and Bach Thu Ha), a production by scriptwriter Moc Quan, will be restaged in a new version 89 years after its first release.

A 18km bypass in southern Dong Nai Province is in serious disrepair with thousands of trucks and containers using it every day to avoid weighing and toll stations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s People’s Committee has asked the management boards of coach stations to ensure that tickets are not illegally overpriced during the National Independence holiday, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Test results at 38 central hospitals in Ha Noi have been mutually recognised since August 1, but the move seems to have done little to improve healthcare so far.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A scenic area in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa, Van Phong looks like a sleeping beauty on an endless sea.

Residents of central Thua Thien-Hue Province have set up tents to monitor illegal sand mining since local authorities have failed to stop miners from illegal dredging.

Ha Noi’s administration has yet to revoke any downtown land it gave to nine State agencies for their headquarters, despite the agencies moving into new digs in recent years.

Some 2,000 young women and female migrants in Ha Noi will be provided with information and consultation on housing, employment and study opportunities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New adventurous tours in the northern province of Ha Giang will open soon, giving tourists all the more reason to visit.

The northern port city of Hai Phong’s Department of Transport has planned to gather hundred of coaches at one station, which has met with opposition from the owners of the vehicles.

More than 1,200 healthcare managers will need new jobs when provincial centres for preventive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria and others are merged into one general Centre for Disease Control in each province, 

Photographer Duong Quoc Dinh has been known internationally for his nude photography since 2000. His work has won many awards including, gold medals and trophies at the 68th International Photographic Salon of Japan; 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won a bronze in sepak takraw on August 25 morning, the first medal on day 6 of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty works by late painter Luu Cong Nhan are on display at an exhibition called Net (Stroke) at the Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) in Ha Noi.