The number of bookings for tours during the upcoming holiday celebrating Liberation Day and May Day, from April 29 to May 2, has risen by 15-25 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to tour operators.

District 5 in HCM City will honour its venerable goldsmithing tradition by converting Nhieu Tam and Nghia Thuc streets into a so-called jewellery street.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation’s education system could see a paradigm shift from knowledge acquisition to how students can use knowledge to solve problems.

Some 17 black spots where traffic accidents are common have been reported in HCM City. Of them, many are located on roads to sea ports and dry ports, causing serious traffic congestion and hindering the city’s development,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A throat affliction putting paid to her chosen vocation as a teacher, a young woman stumbles on to a new art form, courtesy some lotus flowers and a Buddhist spirit. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young entrepreneurs have come up with a creative way to have visitors to Hoi An City take part of its famous nipa palm forest home as souvenirs.

Nguyen Lan, Ha Noi’s former Chief Architect, speaks to the newspaper Kinh te & Do thi (Economic and Urban Affairs) about some of the measures needed to keep the capital clean and green.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the anvil for about a decade, Culture Ministry gets serious about transforming the Ha Noi Opera House and its environs, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous comedian Hoai Linh has reduced his audience to tears in the newly released film Da Co Hoai Lang (Night Drumbeats Cause Longing for Absent Husband) directed by Nguyen Quang Dung. 

Urban specialists have been suggesting since 2015 that Ha Noi number its streets, rather than name them. Currently, most streets are named after people who contributed to the cause of national development.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to urgently review and issue a list of industries that pose a high risk of polluting the environment.

The 6th Quang Nam Heritage Festival to be held in early June will be an opportunity for the central province to solicit investment for tourism development. 

With their limitations in terms of capital, management, technologies and brand building, Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need support to stay afloat amid the country’s global integration, 

The capital city’s prosecuting agency, Ha Noi People’s Procuracy, today anulled a decision taken the local police on April 15 relating to the arrest of a senior resident over a land-reclaimation protest.

Disadvantaged groups are not benefiting from the new Law on Forest and Development, experts said at a conference Wednesday in Ha Noi on amendments to the fifth draft of the Law on Forest and Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Garbage and wastewater pollution from factories is threatening the Lam River and its arms in the central province of Nghe An.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Stringent regulations regarding foreign loans are influencing the disbursement of loans committed by lending organisations to carry out projects in Viet Nam, 

Argentina’s U20 squad will play two friendly matches in Viet Nam next month, Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary Le Hoai Anh confirmed yesterday at a press briefing in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese representatives lost in the last qualifying round matches of the International U19 Football Championship in Nha Trang City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City faces a shortage of garbage collection stations, with empty pavements in public areas often used as makeshift stations.