VietNamNet Bridge - In the last 30 years, Vietnam has attracted massive amounts of FDI but has missed opportunities to develop supporting industries.

 Despite significant efforts to resolve bad debts over the course of 2017, commercial banks will likely carry a total VND60 trillion ($2.64 billion) of bad debts into 2018.

It takes nearly seven hours to travel from Muong Lay District to the Muong Nhe District Medical Station, where doctor Nguyen Van Hieu examines and treats local children and other residents.

 The central city of Danang is pinning high hopes on a US$1 billion hi-tech center named Danang Silicon at the Danang Hi-tech Park (DHTP) in Hoa Vang District. 

 Vietnam and Indonesia are standing to benefit the most in Southeast Asia from expanded industrial projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – I arrived in Pleiku on time when the coffee flowers are blossom with fragrance spreading across the central highlands city.

 SMEs benefit from State’s business support policies, Vietnam-EAEU trade deal pushes exports to Russia, Ninja Van officially launches in Viet Nam, EVN to withdraw from electrical equipment company

 A collection of plastic afloat in the Pacific Ocean is growing rapidly, according to a new scientific estimate.

With the desire to help minority children gain a brighter future, teachers have volunteered to leave their families for the remote Central Highlands Province of Kon Tum to work at the Mang Ri Boarding School,

 A bilingual Vietnamese – English picture book, entitled ‘Truong Sa – Noi Ta Den’ (Spratly Archipelago – Here We Come), was recently released in March by Nguyen My Tra, a journalist from the Voice of Vietnam.

Three sculpture clusters, which were created by a group of lecturers from the Vietnam Fine Arts University, have been installed to create highlights around the Hoan Kiem Lake during the days of spring. 

Kim Thai, 37, a Khmer man living in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, wears a broad-brim hat to walk the streets of Long Phu Town, selling lottery tickets to earn a living as he has for the past 13 years.

 The Vietnamese real estate market has been on a strong path to recovery since 2014. We have witnessed a strong breakthrough as many projects were offered for sale with good absorption in the market. 

The Republic of Korea (RoK) President’s wife Kim Jung Sook visited the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to learn about the culture of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups on the morning of March 23 as part of a three-day visit to Vietnam.

 Up to 14 people have been killed while 60 others have been injured in the apartment fire in HCM City early Friday according to the city's Department of Health.

 Vietnam Startup Wheel 2018 open to all contestants, Researcher puts 2018 economic growth at 6.83%, Vinamilk to spend half of profit on dividend, Major Swedish businesses to visit Hanoi in May

 HCM City seeks Japan’s investment for smart city projects, Programme raises students’ awareness of protecting water resources, Winners of writing contest on Vietnam-Cambodia ties awarded

 Recently, some persons from other localities came to Quang Phu Commune, K’Rông Nô District, in the Central Highlands province of Đak Nong to recruit Mong ethnic minority children to work illegally at HCM City.

 Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh won the first round of the Ciputra Hanoi-Nonex Sunrise Viet Nam International Challenge badminton tournament.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will organise the National FinTech Day in May.