VietNamNet Bridge – A photo collection featuring eight Vietnamese artists wearing gas masks is circulating on social media websites YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. The photos depict the effects of pollution on daily life,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three Vietnamese shooters will compete at the 2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Brazil to be held on April 15-24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two people died and two others were hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning in the northern province of Yen Bai, the provincial People’s Committee reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archeologists announced that prehistoric people living in Viet Nam knew how to use hand-axes 700-800 thousand years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National futsal coach Bruno Garcia has called up 20 players for friendly matches in Japan to prepare for the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 final round.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Tac, literally translated as “Pirate” archipelago, 30 km from Ha Tien township, is a new tourist attraction in Kien Giang Province. The pristine natural landscapes of this place are amazingly beautiful.

By July 2017, the Government will have changed the way it allocates official development assistance loans. Instead of receiving an ODA allotment, local-level administrations will have to borrow the loans from the government

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has announced that it will pump an estimated VND11.61 trillion (US$505 million) into 84 projects in an attempt to reduce floods over the next five years.

The US Government will continue to provide disaster relief grants to help Viet Nam respond to the severe drought and saltwater intrusion affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the southern provinces and Central Highlands,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over a century after Paul Doumer, former governor general of French Indochina, wrote his memoir on the Indochinese, his book continues to attract Vietnamese and foreign experts among the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a hiatus of several years, talented writer Doan Thach Bien has written two books, both of which were released in HCM City this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thua Thien-Hue Province is known for a variety of delicious cakes. Among those cakes is banh goi, a type of dumpling wrapped in dong leaves. This traditional cake has distinctive flavors of Hue’s authentic cuisine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last three years, many local people living on To Ngoc Van Street (Tay Ho District) have come to know a smiling chef with blond hair, who loves talking to them about Vietnamese gastronomy.

For many Vietnamese families, chicken is a favourite dish. However, at roughly VND140,000-160,000 per kilo, which is rather high compared to pork at about VND100,000 per kilo, housewives can hardly choose it

Organic gardening is a traditional, healthy style of farming known to most Vietnamese people for centuries. However, the old style is fading in the modern day, as farmers keep rushing with rapid changes of habit of consumers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quy Island is as dazzling and sparkling as its name, which in Vietnamese means wealth and honour. It is one of the many rising stars among the islands of Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s never too late to learn something new. Though Vu Thi Suu is now 92 years old, she spends much of her time perfecting her English skills.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local and international experts at a four-day workshop brainstormed solutions on creating a secure water supply in HCM City and the Mekong Delta region amid the impact of climate change and rising sea levels.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thang Long University - one of Hanoi’s universities - is equipped with modern infrastructure facilities in Vietnam.

The images from a video clip of two young girls falling on the road and screaming in pain for help after being attacked with acid by two male strangers on March 30 in HCM City’s Go Vap District has caused panic over the past week.