A collection of 82 doctoral laureate steles at Hanoi’s Van Mieu - Temple of Literature, which was the country’s first university, has been recognised as national treasure.

VietNamNet Bridge - In a market economy, work is measured by productivity and efficiency, not by professional degrees.

 Local authorities in the northern mountains of Ha Giang Province have recently installed billboards asking tourists not to give local children candies.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Keangnam Landmark 72, Lotte Center Hanoi and Bitexco Financial Tower are the tallest buildings in Vietnam, showing the high expectations of investors in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many scientific inventions still cannot be transferred and developed commercially because of a lack of intermediary organizations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Because of rapid urbanization, Hanoi needs a huge amount of names for new roads and streets but the bank of names, particularly the names of celebrities, has been exhausted.

 A total of 65 programmes and events will be held throughout the National Tourism Year 2016 titled “Exploring the southern land”, the organising board said a news conference in Hanoi on November 16. 

 Tours from/to France will still be running as scheduled following a series of deadly terror attacks across Paris on November 13, said Tran Thi Viet Huong, Deputy Director of PR Department at Vietravel, a major tour operator. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The facade of the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts became the surface for giant light paintings on Saturday evening, November 14, reflecting Vietnam - Germany the cultural exchange.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lonely Planet, the world’s popular travel guide book publisher, has listed Hanoi capital city and Ho Chi Minh City in the Top 10 best-value destinations for 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has lost about 72,000 square metres of lake over the last five years according to a recent report by the Centre for Environment and Community Research.

Mobilising all resources and pushing forward with comprehensive reform, industrialisation and modernisation will be the guiding principles for the next term from 2015 to 2020.

 HCM City’s leader welcomes Lao official, Hanoi, China’s Yunnan province forge cooperation, Vietnam boosts cooperation with Italy’s Cassino city, Hanoi Party Organisation’s 16th Congress expected with changes

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Wednesday, October 21t, the streets of Vietnam’s two largest cities - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City – were both covered by milky mist. 

  The Ha Noi Police Department will increase manpower along favoured routes to ensure traffic order and combat traffic congestion during rush hours, the director of the department said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that the increased number of high-rise building in recent years is exerting pressure on the capital's overloaded road infrastructure.

Restoring dangerously dilapidated French-style houses in Ha Noi isn't a simple task. And it's further convoluted by the amount of money that's needed and residents' lack of knowledge about how to preserve their history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities will soon carry out a VND90 billion (US$4.3 million) project to build an underground pedestrian passageway that would link the suburbs with the city centre.

VietNamNet Bridge - Surveys from several organizations have all concluded that Vietnam is among the most attractive destinations for investors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi has lowered the target for foreign direct investment (FDI) into industrial zones (IZs), at a time when foreign investors are continuing to flock to HCM City.