As Uber has lost to Grab in Vietnam and has left the market, Vietnamese are taking advantage of a golden opportunity to jump into the ride-hailing market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you think you already know dishes like banh xeo, banh trang or nem nuong too well, Anan Saigon’s creative versions might surprise you. Plus, their unique location is a bonus. 

 Hoang Nhat Anh, 26, a stylist working in Hanoi, visited his girlfriend’s houses a few weeks ago for the first time.

Joint winner of the 2004 Nobel prize in Economics, Prof. Finn Kydland, speaks about the Vietnamese economy and growth on the sidelines of the 2018 Recontres du Vietnam.

 Forests are increasing around the world because of rising incomes and an improved sense of national wellbeing say researchers.

 Funerals are being held in Gaza for 58 people killed on Monday when Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian protesters, in the deadliest day of violence there since a war in 2014.

Party official welcomes visit by India’s Assam State Governor, Hanoi-Moscow ties important to Vietnam-Russia relations, PM pledges to create optimal conditions for Belgian businesses

 A railway section which runs across a densely-populated area in Hanoi has become a popular destination for foreign visitors. 

Hai Phong starts 2 key projects, Winners of Press Awards in Science and Technology honored, Master plan for development of Tam Chuc national tourism area approved, Agriculture minister asks for reduction of toxic pesticides

 Swedish telecom firm Comvik is willing to assist the Vietnamese Government in equitizing mobile network operator MobiFone, a representative of Comvik said when meeting Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on May 11.

On May 9 police in Sa Dec City accosted Nguyen Van Thu at a car wash in Ward 1 and seized notebooks with records of his loans, more than 400 deposit contracts and identity documents and 3,000 flyers

 The Government promulgated Decree No. 63/2018/ND-CP on investment in form of public-private partnership (PPP).

A group of Chinese tourists were asked to change their T-shirts after authorities in the central coastal city of Nha Trang complained they displayed the illicit ‘nine-dash line’ map.

Vietnam’s no. 1 tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, leapt 29 notches to 433rd position in the latest men’s world rankings as announced by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on May 14.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal authorities of Hanoi put plans in motion to control poultry and cattle slaughter activities by setting up modern industrial-scale houses last year. 

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on May 14 to honour 40 winner of the 2017 Vietnam Fund for Scientific and Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) Award, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

After winning bids to sell rice to Indonesia and the Philippines, Vietnamese exporters are attending a bid to sell rice to South Korea and preparing for another contract with the Philippines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued a new decree regulating the fines imposed for violations in the livestock breeds, feed and fishery products sectors.

The central coastal province of Phu Yen, a land of immense green grass fields scattered with yellow flowers and stunningly beautiful cliffs abutting the blue sea, is a highlight on the tourism map of Vietnam.

Three giant mobile operators halted payments via phone cards for domestic digital content and online games, creating inequality as foreign application stores.