The housing market in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is heating up as lower inventories, strong demand and a spill over from foreign buyers relocating to Vietnam as a consequence of the nation’s buoyant economy lifting property values.

 Vietnamese all over the world have organised plentiful activities to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), their most important festival in a year.

Old Quarter exhibit recalls Hanoi's rich past; Chef club debuts in central city; Spring festival shines in Hanoi; Hanoi welcomes OVs returning home for TET; “What do you know about Vietnam” contest 2015

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met members of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association and the Russian Association of War Veterans with Vietnam Experiences in Moscow on November 24.

Doctors from the Ha Noi-based Bach Mai Hospital conducted a surgery on a man to replace artificial heart valve in new place for the very first time.

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014 report released by the United Nations Population Fund  in Vietnam and the Ministry of Health, reveals that having midwives at the bedside of each pregnant woman in the world can save millions of lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large numbers of Overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including students, marched in The Hague, the Netherlands, on July 12 condemning China’s provocative acts in the East Sea.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VFS) has released a statement, strongly protesting against China’s recent apprehension of six Vietnamese fishermen and their boat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Canada on May 31, mainly students, participated in a nonviolent march demonstrating their opposition to China’s illegal and brutal actions in the East Sea.

More than 10,700 traffic accidents have occurred nationwide so far this year, killing 3,928 people and injuring 10,556 others.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 2,000 Oversea Vietnamese and French people gathered in Trocadéro Square in Paris on May 16 evening to protest against China's illegal rig in Vietnam's water.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Community in Singapore has expressed their anger at China’s perverse act of positioning a drilling rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 VND80 bln presented to poor people across Vietnam; ADB helps improve Grade-II Cities' infrastructure; Action programme on land renovation issued; Hunting for highland peach trees; New Year get-togethers bring festive cheer to OVs