VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women are advised to think carefully before taking intravenouis skin whitening injections, medical experts say.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is seeking solutions to prevent landslides in the Mekong Delta, after a landslide occurred on the Vam Co Lau Canal on Monday afternoon in An Giang Province, 

Despite several setbacks, investors pledged in February to put the capital city’s first elevated railway to trial operations in October. 

On Saturday, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage will hold an excursion to Lai Xa photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – I knew I would like Hung as soon as I saw his striped, rainbow-hued socks.

HCM City authorities on Tuesday destroyed nearly 22 tonnes of fake or substandard fertiliser without labels of origin worth VND300 million (US$13,000).

Two major Vietnamese contemporary artists, painter Le Thiet Cuong and sculptor Dinh Cong Dat, have teamed up to surprise art lovers with an interior décor collection.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s U20 were thrashed by Argentina U20 4-1 in a friendly in Thong Nhat Stadium tonight.

The outlook for Asia and the Pacific is the strongest in the world, but it is shrouded by challenges at home and abroad, according to the latest IMF report for the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six riders from Australia joined a 400km charity bike trip to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students in central Viet Nam. 

Lai Xa Village in Hoai Duc District on the western outskirts of Ha Noi will open a photography museum celebrating the art form’s early 20th century roots in the village.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Waste must be treated more effectively with advanced technology and categorised prior to treatment, 

Former Associated Press war photographer Huynh Cong Ut has donated a set of five photos of the American war in Viet Nam and a camera he used during the war to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Ha Noi.

Viet Nam’s Bach Mai Hospital, one of the leading hospital in the country, has enjoyed a successful trial run using a minimally invasive alternative to thyroid nodule open surgery.

A wide gender gap, improper legal framework and lack of self-confidence create major barriers for women, especially those from ethnic minority groups, to participate in political life in Viet Nam, 

A lightning strike killed three people in the central province of Quang Binh while they were working in an open cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.

Construction on a VND500 billion (US$22 million) flood-prevention project in HCM City’s District 7 is expected to start in the next quarter, according to the city’s Department of Transport.

The HCM City People’s Committee has told the Steering Centre of the Urban Flood Control Programme to go ahead and draw up plans to build a reservoir in the outlying district of Cu Chi to prevent flooding there.

Viet Nam has 32 golf courses nationwide, and 60 others are planned, but golf tourism has yet to take off due to poor connections among travel agencies and golf tour operators.

Trading pre-activating SIM cards is now punishable by a fine up to VND40 million (US$1,760), according to a decree on penalties in the telecommunications, information and technology sector.