The project on allocating forests to hundreds of enterprises to manage and protect to forestland in five Central Highlands provinces has failed. Forests have been lost and land has been illegally appropriated.

 Like other villages in Vietnam, people of Dam village, also known as Bich Tri hamlet, Ha Nam province, mainly live on agricultural production. 

 There seemed to be a collective gasp of horror as the news spread recently of a mother and her new-born dying as she tried to give birth at home.

 Hai Huong, 66, owns a small grocery store in an alley off Huynh Dinh Hai Street in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District. The shop has helped her run her family for the last 20-odd years.  

Vietnam’s finance and banking sector has attracted quite a number of foreigners to leading roles over the years. This trend is expected to continue.

 Vietnamese, Thai legislative bodies bolster relations, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hails 2017 outstanding youths, Vietnam enhances agricultural cooperation with EU, Belgium, NA Chairwoman meets Indonesian Lower House Speaker in Geneva 

Vietnam-Japan culture exchange opened in Hai Phong, Vietnam through eyes of European painters, Association contributes to France-Vietnam relationship, Mekong Delta asked to improve waterway connectivity

 Thousands of Hanoians and tourists flock to the Ly Thai To Flower Park in the capital city to enjoy the beauty of the famous cherry blossoms brought from Japan during the 2018 Japan Cultural Exchange Festival.

 Localities across Vietnam switched off their lights for one hour on the evening of March 24 in response to the global Earth Hour campaign.

Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao won their mixed doubles final match against Russian opponents on March 25, to earn the host country’s only gold medal in this year’s event.

 Citizens in HCM City are flocking to buy fire safety equipment after at least 13 people were killed in an apartment fire last week.

 Many young Vietnamese are willing to spend the higher incomes they now earn rather than save.

 Hanoi has been chosen as the forecast support center for weather phenomena for countries in Southeast Asia by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

 Dat Tham Beach on Con Dao Island has been listed as one of the top ten eco-friendly beaches in Southeast Asia by the UK’s The Independent newspaper.

 At least 64 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo.

PV Power, the second largest electricity producer of Vietnam, may replace PetroVietnam as the investor of Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants located in Ong Keo Industrial Zone in Dong Nai.

 While signalling a breakthrough improvement in the local logistics service market, Vietnam’s new regulations have raised concerns over e-commerce among EU investors.

 Online intellectual property infringements related to industrial design are worrying investors, including those from the US, forcing state agencies to set forth an adequate legal mechanism to handle the situation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Encouraged and supported by the government and local authorities, the startup movement in Hanoi has not developed well despite numerous business ideas.

An exhibition called “Truong Sa’s vitality-Colors of the Youth” has been organized to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Youth Month.