The daily lives of some 500 households have been disrupted and 600ha of protective forest lost due to landslides on the nearly 70km seashore of the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province in recent years, with climate change blamed for the landslides.

 An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 on the Richter scale was reported at the adjacent area between Quynh Nhai and Tua Chua districts in the north-western provinces of Dien Bien and Son La on September 24.

 The freshly-concluded fourth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme has contributed to building a peaceful border, said Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has exported its first consignment of 300 tons of chicken to Japan, described as a ‘historic milestone’ for the livestock industry.

Staff members of the Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in Hanoi biked on September 24 to show their support for the Hanoi Pride 2017, an event of the LGBTI community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The power of the social media has become increasingly obvious over the last few years, and wherever there is power, there is huge potential for it to be abused.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaving Ngoi Village, a beautiful and pristine village on the banks of Hoa Binh Lake, we were eager to discover Lung Van.

Vietnamese-Australian celebrity chef Luke Nguyen is overseeing the rebirth of the newly renovated Vietnam House in the heart of HCM City, offering a new twist on old favorites. Nguyen became famous at aged 23 

Teacher Ngo Manh Cuong, 60, was one of the few residents of Ha Noi’s outer district of Ung Hoa honoured for their virtues and contribution to society in the city last year.

 Fried fish has become a can’t miss dish for visitors to Hanoi. Among hundreds of fried fish restaurants in the capital, La Vong is the oldest and most famous, retaining its original taste over the past century.

VietNamNet Bridge - By the end of November 2016, Vietnam had 324 IZs, including 220 operating with an occupancy rate of 51 percent, according to MPI’s IZ Management Board Department.

With warnings about the ill effects of groundwater on users’ health and possible land subsidence due to overexploitation of water, 10 years ago HCM City authorities had adopted policies to reduce the use of groundwater.

It takes Doan Thi Xuyen, 31, three to four hours a day to climb up a trail leading to Ta Lu Dang kindergarten in a village in the northern mountainous Yen Bai Province to teach the local kids.

 The Kpan is a long wooden bench of the Ede people on which gong and drum performers sit. The Ede consider the Kpan a symbol of rich and powerful families.

 Vietnam, ASEAN cooperate in tourism development, PM allows Hà Nội to choose flyover investor, Vietnam-WB Group partnership framework focuses on inclusive growth, Hau Giang to experiment RoK bio-products on rice

 Vietnamese football fans, for the first time in the country, have a chance to meet German National Cup and football legend Joerg Heinrich during his visit to the country.

 Minister of Public Security To Lam received Special Ambassador for Japan-Vietnam Relationships Sugi Ryotaro and Turkish Ambassador Akif Ayhan in Hanoi on September 22.

The Japanese Ministry of Justice will continue comprehensive cooperation with Vietnam to help the Southeast Asian country perfect its legal system, Minister Yoko Kamikawa said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh highlighted Vietnam’s active and proactive international integration at the General Debate of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22.

Officials of many countries and international organisations have affirmed they consider Vietnam an important partner in Southeast Asia and Asia-the Pacific during bilateral meetings with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.