VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong, spoke to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about his ministry’s resolve to enforce law and order in the collection of toll fees.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  “Almost all farmers face difficulties getting bank loans as they struggle to put a security up for loans,” said Nguyen Dang Cuong, a farmer in Thuan Thanh District, northern Bac Ninh Province.

 Hoi village in Tan Le commune, Hung Ha district, Thai Binh province has been weaving mats for a long time.

VietNamNet Bridge - Green sticky rice is given by friends and family as an autumn gift in Hanoi. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Assoc Prof and PhD Nguyen Hoang Anh, vice director of the Institute for International Economics and Trade under the Ha Noi Foreign Trade University, speaks to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper

VietNamNet Bridge - Though growth in investment in the textile & garment sector has slowed down, it is still attractive in foreign investors’ eyes.

 Vietnam is facing increasingly big economic woes, according to a Government report delivered at a session in Hanoi last Friday of the National Assembly Economic Committee.

 Like many other ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, the K’ho live in stilt houses which are built harmoniously with nature.

 Nearly VND10 trillion was spent between 2011 and 2015 on science and technology development at the national level, yet most of the value of high-tech products and applications in Vietnam was generated by foreign-invested enterprises.

 The Vietnamese market remains attractive to long-term investors despite recent sell-offs. Peter Ryder, CEO of Indochina Capital, shared with VIR’s Nam Phuong his thoughts on the issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recently the State Bank of Viet Nam told credit institutions to restrict loans to real estate projects to reduce risks and credit concentration in a single sector.

 As one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, Vietnam has undertaken efforts to minimise risks from natural disasters and adapt to climate change, including issuing policies and developing infrastructure in recent years. 

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen agreed to facilitate business operations in the priority fields of agriculture, food processing, renewable energy, green growth and environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Illegal sand exploiters have been dredging the Da River bed day and night at the foot of Vietnam’s most important hydropower dam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gewandhaus Choir Leipzig will perform German folksongs in Ha Noi and HCM City.

 Outbreaks of cattle diseases have appeared in some areas across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Veterinary Department.

VietNamNet Bridge - With a visit to Hanoi’s Yen stream in the autumn, tourists will have a chance to admire a beautiful scene of purple water lilies blooming on the peaceful water.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Though the competitive electricity generation market still remains on paper, investors are now rushing to pour money into the sector.

 Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien of the National Assembly (NA) voiced concern that bad debt would escalate though the central bank has reassured that it is now at a safe level, less than 3% of total outstanding loans.

 The government of HCMC should change its urban planning concept towards a compact city to effectively deal with worsening traffic congestion, said the academic director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program.