VietNamNet Bridge – It is fairly common that women are forbidden from going near shrimp farms in several southern provinces because they are believed to bring bad luck.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year, H, a HCM City resident, transferred a total of VND10 billion (US$437,800) to a man she’d met on a social media website.

All districts and communes in the capital city of Ha Noi will start campaigns this week to control the pervasive encroachment of cafes, beer joints and cars on sidewalks,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ministries and localities have been told not to buy cars this year unless otherwise dictated by a comprehensive review of the number of State-owned cars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Tay District of the central province of Quang Ngai has long been dubbed the "Land of Areca" for its seemingly endless hills covered with areca palms.

Nguyen Danh Huy, general director of the Private Public Partnership Investment Project Management Department, under the Ministry of Transport, speaks to Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper about the need to revise legal documents

Dr Ta Thi Tuyet Mai adds nutrients to milk to provide high-protein food to patients in the intensive care unit. Her innovation fetched her KOVA Prize. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The anomaly is obvious as soon as you arrive in any major city in Viet Nam: pavements are not primarily used by pedestrians.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s veterinary department has not found any trace of the banned substance salbutamol in samples collected from animal breeding farms and slaughterhouses during inspection in February.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Loc Thuy Commune in central Thua Thien-Hue Province are blocking garbage trucks from entering a local waste treatment plant, saying that it has severely polluted the neighbourhood.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nineteen young women have been selected to compete in the final round of the Miss Tourism Viet Nam 2017 pageant in HCM City from March 1-11.

HCM City will focus on reducing pollution in rural districts and communes, local authorities said at a conference held in the city on Thursday to review the National Target Programme for New Rural Areas 2016.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Thi Bao Tram remained top in the rankings with five points in the women’s category at the Zone 3-3 Chess Championships yesterday in the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many songs used as soundtracks in popular films have become hits on YouTube and social media sites, boosting the earnings of composers and singers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will inspect adherence to environment protection regulations at 520 production and business establishments, industrial, export processing and hi-tech zones.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Luyen of Viet Nam won a bronze medal at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An earthquake, measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale, hit the districts of Nam Tra My and Bac Tra My in the central province of Quang Nam on Wednesday, but no structural damage was reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tickets for the 2017 Da Nang International Fireworks Festival are available at seven trading centres and venues in the central city, HCM City, Ha Noi, Lao Cai and Quang Ninh provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts yesterday agreed in a conference in Ha Noi that there was a need for more public-private partnerships in education and training.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is one of several localities in the country that have successfully worked with central and municipal judicial agencies in the fight against corruption, a senior official has said.