According to the Ministry of Health, 56 percent of hospitals in Vietnam do not have wastewater treatment systems while 70 percent of their current facilities do not even meet with national quality standards.

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce a letter to Vietnam from a reader, Thomas Mac Innes, from South Africa.

A lack of unanimity among ministries had deterred the development of Viet Nam's motor vehicle industry, said Ngo Van Tru, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's (MoIT) Heavy Industry Department.

A programme featuring Cham folk arts has been held every Saturday and Sunday at Po Sah Inu towers in Binh Thuan province since mid June in an attempt to attract more visitors to the locality.

Vietnamese parents and students now have many choices for the training courses on life skills. Well off families can send their children to overseas summer courses, while others can bring their children to domestic summer camps.

The restart of the State owned enterprises (SOEs) equitization process has been seen by experts as the golden opportunity for the merger and acquisition (M&A) market.

VietNamNet Bridge – VNG, VTC and FPT Online, the three biggest names on the online game market may be dislodged from their positions since a series of small distributors have appeared and reaped fruits.

The number of U.S. dollar millionaires in Vietnam as bright spots in the economy in last year’s first half increased by 33% from the previous year’s same period, but the dark side is that the rich-poor gap remains wide.

On December 24, 2011, Vietnam’s Xoan singing in Phu Tho was officially recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in need of urgent protection.

Leaders of eurozone economies agreed early Friday to use funds from a permanent rescue mechanism that will come into force next month to recapitalize troubled banks in the single-currency region.

VietNamNet Bridge – A man who has 22 children, a 105-year-old man has nearly 100 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a woman who had 17 children in 23 years are among the most special families in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Planting Japanese grass has become a lucrative job of farmers in Nam Dien commune in the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Vietnam says rejects Indian corn, soymeal, mulls ban; Shrimp exporters find the going tougher; Sea-resources project points way to future; Growers seek more land, capital; Auto industry faces multiple challenges

Drug trafficking ring leader jailed for life; Lawyers back AO victims; KOICA donates school training equipment; Container truck hits motorbike, kills rider

VietNamNet Bridge – The coastal province of Nam Dinh lies 100km south-west of Ha Noi, about two hours by car, and I'm relieved to reach my friend's home in Nghia Hung District, to enjoy the sea smell and escape the city heat.

VietNamNet Bridge – A senior police official has admitted that drug abuse and drug-related crime in northwestern provinces remain extremely complicated.

There is one piece of bad news and one piece of good news. The former one is the decrease in the newly registered foreign direct investment (FDI) capital, while the latter is the active sign in the capital disbursement.

VietNamNet Bridge – A food festival opened in the ancient capital city of Hue on June 28, introducing specialties of Vietnam, with the presence of officials from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and 11 provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – A woman in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, has caught a giant butterfly, with wingspan of up to 30cm.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 28 made a joint-statement on the bizarre skin disease in Ba To district of the central province of Quang Ngai.