HCM City and Ha Noi continue to lead Vietnamese localities in e-commerce, The Viet Nam E-commerce Association (Vecom) announced at the 2017 Viet Nam Online Business Forum in Ha Noi on Friday.

VietNamNet Bridge - As incomes have improved, consumers are now buying more high-street fashion products rather than Chinese or Vietnamese clothing. 

Bright blue lake in Hai Phong, green tea hill in Nghe An and eco-tourism site in M’Drak are cited as attractive travel destinations for this year.

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Viet Nam lost 1-2 to Singapore in the semi-finals of the 2017 Junior Davis Cup, Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournament yesterday, in New Delhi, India.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a history stretching back thousands of years, banh cuon (rolled cake) still proves to be a popular choice for diners in Viet Nam, and has even inspired some of the country’s renowned writers.

 Vietnam’s southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City introduced its tourism potential and products to Indian visitors at workshop in New Delhi on February 24.

The preference for sons over daughters may see Vietnam's gender imbalance pose huge problems for future generations.

 European firms optimistic about Vietnam’s business environment, Japanese bank buys into BIDV subsidiary, Complaints over expensive rice export licences, Rural areas new source of FMCG growth

 The Party inspection and supervision must be conducted regularly and thoroughly, ensuring openness and democracy, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has said. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on February 24 for Japanese and Thai Ambassadors to Vietnam, Umeda Kunio and Manopchai Vongphakdi. 

 The first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) went on in Nha Trang city on February 23 with 430 delegates participating in 11 activities of eight committees, working groups and forums.

 Delegates spoke highly of the theme and priorities set by the host Vietnam at the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Health Working Group in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa on February 24. 

 A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport (MoT) is visiting Geneva, Switzerland, from February 20-24 at the invitation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

 VietNamNet Bridge – We call it an qua or qua chieu – a snack between meals or afternoon snack.

 Vietnam has almost everything needed for franchises to really take off.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite tariff cuts and low import prices, Vietnamese still have to pay high prices to buy cars because of high taxes and fees.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) is trying to create jobs for hundreds of thousands of unemployed university graduates in a project to export laborers. 

 Change can sometimes seem to come slow to Hanoi, but over the past few years some places in the city have undergone complete transformations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who have a chance to visit Then Village in Thai Dao Commune in the northern province of Bac Giang’s Lang Giang District will be amazed to see the elderly and kids skillfully play violin.