VietNamNet Bridge – On a Saturday morning in September, a special first day of school took place in a small room at HCM City’s Tumour Hospital.

 Many Vietnamese firms have received capital from foreign funds, which have contributed to increasing their competitiveness significantly.

 Despite early concerns about its feasibility, non-profit education is gaining ground in Vietnam with both foreign and domestic investors flocking to the burgeoning sector.

 Taking a boat trip on Na Hang lake in Tuyen Quang province amid the cool breeze in late autumn is a sound choice to get out of the city at the weekend.

When Ly Thu Trang set foot on Con Dao Island, the first thing she saw was a coconut tree, its trunk bent over on the white sandy beach. It’s exactly like the scenes she often sees on postcards. Now it appears in front of her eyes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tra My has just published her fourth book. Over the past two years, My has typed up her thoughts about life and interviews with inspirational figures, using only one finger.

Besides popular tourism spots like Trang An, Tam Coc or Bai Dinh pagoda, Hang Mua (or Mua Cave) is a place that tourists should not miss when visiting the pituresque land of Ninh Binh.

Cocaine transported to Vietnam via express services seized, Vietnam, Japan promote medical academic exchange, Experts share int’l experience in gastroenterology, Plane passenger arrested for carrying firearms illegally

Beauty of Vietnamese seas, islands introduced in Russia, Khmer ethnic culture festival shines in Kien Giang, Int’l exhibition in Hue features over 80 artworks, ASEAN photo, documentary exhibition opens in Hoa Binh

Party economic commission head receives Japanese SMBC leader, HCM City’s official receives Australian delegation,  Defence Minister receives Chief of Army Staff of India, Public Security Minister active in UK

 Vietnam’s sport sector has had an outstanding 2018 and the country is starting to pay more attention to developing talented athletes.

 Vietnam’s listed companies lag behind firms in most world regions in terms of working capital performance, the latest study of auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vietnam has revealed.

 Outstanding contemporary paintings by Vietnamese and Hungarian artists are being showcased at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on November 23. 

BIDV, one of Vietnam’s largest banks, is issuing 603 million shares to the foreign strategic investor KEB Hana Bank from South Korea. If the deal succeeds, KEB Hana Bank would hold 17.6 percent of shares in BIDV. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With silver and golden leaves carved on dó (poonah) paper, artist Nguyen The Hung has breathed new life into his oil on canvas paintings in the collection ‘Land of Lost Wanderers’.

VietNamNet Bridge – Born and bred in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, Nghiem Dai Thuan – one of Vietnam’s 63 outstanding farmers this year – is familiar with coconuts.

 The Vietnamese government’s bold moves to fast-track the ­divestment of state-owned enterprises is opening more opportunities for foreign ­investors, but more needs to be done to shake up the ­languid process.

 It is not easy being a teacher, but teaching and caring for students with disabilities is even more difficult as it requires not only special classroom skills but also distinctive characteristics.

 A Vietnamese young man has left Google to instead return to Vietnam to create software aimed at preventing cheating in exams.

 Despite using traditional lacquer, celebrated Vietnamese painter Nguyen Quoc Huy chose a difficult way, in which he transformed the weakness of lacquer techniques into his strength.