The Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence will send 76 servicemen to Turkey by February 12 night to assist the country in recovery efforts following the devastating earthquake.

Many beaches in the central city of Danang have been badly damaged after the recent flooding.

The Tra Su cajeput forest covers over 800 hectares in Tinh Bien District, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, just 150km from Ho Chi Minh City

A weak legal framework and economic pressures are barriers to the management effectiveness of MPAs (marine protected areas).

Miners have exploited ore from the earth and left without fulfilling land rehabilitation as required by Vietnamese law.

A report from the General Department of Customs found that ore and minerals that Vietnam exports to China are much cheaper than exports to other markets.

VietNamNet Bridge - China buys 85 percent of Vietnam’s total mineral exports, but the price of exports to the market is 60 percent of the average export price.

Thousands of households in the Thach Khe iron mining area in Thach Ha district of Ha Tinh province have endured tough lives for the last 10 years. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Tien Loc, president of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), talks with Nhan Dan Cuoi Tuan Newspaper about creating a good business environment in Viet Nam.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Food wastage is an epidemic that concerns the world not just because it contributes to greenhouse gases, but because it affects the natural resources and bio-diversity of a country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From June 15, individuals and organisations will be required to sort waste at the source before it is collected.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has set its sights for the nation’s economy to expand at a quicker 6.2% GDP rate for 2015 as strong exports continue to drive growth and it tries to invigorate them to offset weak domestic demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Certain hydropower plant developers might have thought that staying beyond safety limits is not a dear price they have to pay when developing power projects anywhere they want.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Le Dong has been a part of the nation's oil and gas industry since its inception and played a major role in its development. "I am a drop of the country's oil and gas reserves," he said.

VietNamNet Bridge – A demand to improve management of natural resources to stop its depletion and degradation was made at a seminar on boosting transparency in natural resources management, in Ha Noi last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called “U-shaped” line China has drawn by itself in the East Sea as well as its recent moves are the main causes of the complicated and tense situation in the region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s illegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf has attracted public attention in and outside the country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly will increase its budget oversight activities to ensure that the country's financial resources are being used in a transparent and proper manner,