With a passion for physics, a Dong Nai-based group of students have invented an affordable robot-wheelchair, in a bid to ease the struggle disabled people have with movements and maneuverers, having been inspired by the wheelchair

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials are deeply concerned about the “serious degradation” of water quality in the Dong Nai River basin.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven writers, poets and a translator have won Viet Nam Literature Association Awards for the year 2016.

The Aviation Airport Corporation of Viet Nam has started collecting feedback from the local community in HCM City regarding the architectural plan of Long Thanh International Airport’s passenger terminal from January 12 to 23, 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tan Son Nhat Airport Authority announced it will increase the number of night flights to meet high demand during Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh An Village in Binh Lang Commune in Tan Tru District in the Mekong Delta province of Long An has been known for its tradition of making drums for over 100 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economist Luong Hoai Nam tells the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about the urgent trade-offs between private transport and public transport and offers the way forward to curbing traffic congestion in major cities.

As Vietnam’s tourism is strongly developing, with a rise in tax revenue. However, are foreign online hotel booking services subject to tax in Vietnam? Fred Burke and Nguyen Thanh Vinh from law firm Baker & McKenzie delves into this issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “What would you do if you were a high court mandarin during the Nguyen Dynasty?”

 VietNamNet Bridge – To mark the onset of the New Year, Minister and Government Office Chief Mai Tien Dung speaks to the media about the government’s resolve to work by the principles of "integrity, actions and development".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under the influence of climate change and overexploitation, the amount of coral reefs worldwide, including in Phu Quoc District in the southern province of Kien Giang, have reduced significantly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to new data, Viet Nam’s richest citizens can earn roughly 5,000 times more money in an hour than the poorest Vietnamese spend in a day.

VietNamNet Bridge – Having succeeded at printing photography on stones and leaves, Le Nguyen Vy started working with sea shells – a tough material for photo printing – and pioneered the art of printing photographs on shells in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thanh Thuy, dubbed ‘Queen of Startups’ by BBC and included in the "Forbes 30 Under 30" list, was diagnosed with lung cancer last September. She shares her stories and life experiences through a private blog

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is drafting a decree on compulsory social insurance for occupational accidents and diseases, in which the insurance rate is proposed at 0.5% of a company’s total payroll fund,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fifth-grader Huynh Ngoc Thao has learned how to grow plants in an unconventional way by watering, tending and harvesting organic vegetables in a greenhouse on her school’s rooftop in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s demand for water is skyrocketing while water resources are being depleted, certain river basins are being overexploited and competition for water resources is soaring.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Environmentalists have underscored the importance of finding ways to store and share water resources in the Mekong Delta as climate change is inflicting huge damage on the arable delta.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Central Steering Committee of the National Target Programs has expressed its determination to achieve the poverty reduction target set by the National Assembly for 2016-2020,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a routine unchanged for decades if not centuries, a working day is well under way in a fishing village as the sun rises over the Quy Nhon Beach in Binh Dinh Province.