The number of people living in poor districts who have taken up offers to work abroad remains very low.

The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Vietnamese citizens not to travel to Syria or regions in its vicinity until stability is re-established in this Middle East nation.

Vietnam’s national football team continued standing at the top place of the Southeast Asian region, ranking 103rd in the FIFA World Rankings in April, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is compiling the amended Environment Protection Tax Law. From July, every liter of petrol will be charged an additional VND1,000 in environmental tax.

VietNamNet Bridge - Telephone numbers, emails and addresses of millions of Vietnamese Facebookers can be bought easily.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located in the northern province of Lai Chau, the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, dubbed the “Roof of Indochina”, has always posed challenges to travellers.

 Hoa Lam Corporation sells LIM II Tower for $61.4 million, Saigon Co.op to open 50 more convenience stores, Vietnam’s sticky rice price takes sudden nosedive, Ministry deals with loss-making mining project in Laos

 Farmers cash in on intercropping, Ties between apartment management boards and residents to be tightened, Lack of policies hinders digital signatures, HCM City eyes 3 transport projects

VietNamNet Bridge - As the stock market has bounced back, state-owned corporations are speeding up divestment from banks, but the process has been slower than anticipated. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – After years of working hard, three young film actresses of HCM City are making their mark and leading a new generation that is inspiring audiences.

 Savills Vietnam releases latest quarterly report on April 11.

VietNamNet Bridge - The domestic coffee market in the past was controlled by big players Trung Nguyen, Nestcafe and Vinacafe. But now the competition is stiff, with the presence of many strong brands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Will Frith, born in the US to an American father and Vietnamese mother, a visit to Vietnam in 2004 ignited a passion for coffee that would change his life.

Local women in a small town in Soc Trang Province are working together to escape poverty. A special interest free loan from a local collective bank is responsible for bringing hope into the lives of these disadvantaged farmers. 

 Almost all eight of the founders of Modern Tech used to take part in or were leaders of multi-level business companies working with cryptocurrency.

 Increasing investment in training skilled employees, modernising technology and manufacturing lines, and improving the management capacity of CEOs are the three major factors to increasing labour productivity in Vietnam.

 Approximately 12-13 typhoons and tropical depressions are forecast to form on the East Sea area in 2018, with five to six typhoons that will directly affect Vietnam.

 Huynh Tan Vinh, head of Da Nang City Tourism Association, speaks to Lao dong Cuoi tuan (Labour Weekend) newspaper about the recent governmental inspection of construction projects on Son Tra Peninsula.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), together with travel firms and hotels, will run two large-scale marketing campaigns in four Chinese and five European cities in April and June. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public hospitals are facing a “brain drain” with many doctors and pharmacists moving to private health facilities attracted by their high salaries.