VietNamNet Bridge - Rapid tourism development has put pressure on local infrastructure and environment in the UNESCO-protected town of Hoi An.

Scientists have been surprised by students’ creativity and practical ideas, including a non-Braille book reader for the visually impaired and a smart garbage can. 

Raising pigs in a three-storey building equipped with an elevator sounds more eccentric than scientific. Pig farmer Nguyen Trong Long, however, has proven the benefits of raising pigs in clean, modern and environmentally friendly conditions, 

 Apple Viet Nam LLC has launched a discounted replacement programme for iPhone’s expired battery from now until December 31 this year, reported the Viet Nam Competition Authority.

 The 2017 Golden Kite Awards’ organisation board received 117 cinematographic submissions in various categories, including featured film, TV series, documentary film, cartoon, scientific films and short films.

VinaCapital has invested $32.5 million in Ba Huan, a poultry egg producer, while Kido plans to join forces with a Thai partner to make bottled milk tea and herbal drinks. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to HCM City are well aware of the 20th century history of Independence Palace, now one of the city’s most popular tourist destinations. But most don’t know about its origins as Norodom Palace

 More the 2.4 million people visited the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in the first three months of 2018, up 13.6 percent year on year and realising 30.2 percent of the yearly target.

Robotics, high-tech treatment improves medical care in VN, Co-operatives, clean farming methods help farmers raise the bar, New health insurance appraising system to be operated Modified-release paracetamol products to be suspended

Prof Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, 74, former director of Tu Du Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City, was the first person in Vietnam to offer a fertility treatment in which embryos are introduced directly into the uterus,

 Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy has stressed the need for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to take the lead in promoting peace and security based on the UN Charter and international law – a prerequisite to sustainable development.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh visited the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, in early April at the invitation of the US Navy.

The Viet Nam Writers Association Award for the best translation work of 2017 went to translator Le Duc Man for the work Gore ot Uma (Wit Works Woe) from the Russian language by Aleksandr Griboedov (1795-1829).

 Tourism is proving to be fertile ground for Vietnam's ambitious startup community.

Investor caution advised in April, Price of Vietnamese fruit exports on upward trend, MIT not to recognize cryptocurrency as means of payment, Govt launches credit guarantee fund for SMEs

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2014, Vietnamese were the most economical consumers in South East Asia in a Nielsen survey. However, their spending habits have changed.  

Nguyen Huu Chinh, Chief Judge of the Ha Noi Supreme People’s Court, talks to Vietnam News Agency about the Government’s resolve to give due punishment to any person using their power for their own personal interest.

Dinh Trong Thang, director of the Department of Investment, under the Central Institute of Economic Management  talks about what the country should do to attract enterprises to invest in agriculture.

 Treading in Vietcombank’s footsteps, banks are stepping up efforts to buy back bad debts from state-owned Vietnam Asset Management Company to cushion the bad debt threat.

The local banking sector is regaining its place in the sun this year, as more banks are due to get listed on the stock exchanges, while others are undertaking capital raising rounds where more shares are on offer to potential investors.