VietNamNet Bridge – Despite having a 1,000-km long network of canals and rivers, HCM City has developed its waterway tourism slowly in recent years, with only a few tours now operating. 

 Tran Thi Thu Ngan overcame 38 other candidates to be crowned the first Miss Vietnam Global Heritage 2016 in the finale of the pageant at FLC Samson Beach & Golf Resort in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on August 7.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is the muse of many writers, musicians, and photographers ... with its ancient and peaceful beauty.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Centre of Heritage Preservation and the museum of the central province of Quang Tri has recently announced in a press conference the results of excavations in the Nguyen Lords’ chief town.

 Global warming could release radioactive waste stored in an abandoned Cold War-era U.S. military camp deep under Greenland's ice caps if a thaw continues to spread in coming decades,

VietNamNet Bridge – Just a day after the first dangerous sinkhole, big enough to “swallow” a bus, was found on Truong Sa Street in the city’s Phu Nhuan District, another deep hole appeared 50 metres away from the original location. 

VietNamNet Bridge - “The world is trying to run away from the yen, but Vietnam seems to go in the opposite direction,” Le Xuan Nghia, member of the National Finance & Monetary Advisory Council, said. 

 Michael Phelps was on course to win the 23rd Olympic swimming medal of his career after being named in the U.S. 4x100 meters freestyle relay team on Sunday.

 Major press outlets and news agencies around the world have run articles showing their surprise and admiration for Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, who secured Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Olympics arena on August 8 (Vietnamese time).

 Vietnam ranked sixth in the medal tally of the Rio 2016 Olympics on the first day, August 6 (local time), after marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the historic gold medal. 

 World number one Novak Djokovic was dumped out of Rio Games in the first round on Sunday by Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, who also defeated him in the bronze medal match at the London Olympics.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has shared Hanoi voters’ view that the National Assembly (NA) must push forward with reforming its activities, including lawmaking, supervision, decision-making and diplomacy. 

With their solidarity, the ten small and medium Southeast Asian countries have done what many countries in the world desire to do but are unable to achieve, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Despite ups and down, the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand has progressed over the past 40 years with strongly developing people-to-people exchanges. 

The proportion of consumers in Vietnam who put their spare cash into savings is the highest globally (76 percent), followed in Southeast Asia by Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 30km from the center of Hanoi in the outskirt district of Thanh Oai lies Tri Le village, a famous hamlet that makes the iconic Vietnamese traditional palm leaf hats such as Non or conical hats,

VietNamNet Bridge – The High School for Gifted Students of Bac Ninh School is praised as a paradise for any student as it is the most modern school in Vietnam and the second best school in Southeast Asia today.

 Ministry announces three consecutive days off on National Day, VN to consolidate dyke systems in the north, Hospital struggles to deal with polluting waste, Doctors perform hybrid cardiovascular surgery

VietNamNet Bridge - In the context of global oversupply and unstable oil prices, oil & gas exports must not be seen as the lifebuoy for the Vietnamese economy.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will  control credit growth and direct capital to areas of priority from now to the year end towards safety and effectiveness, said Governor of SBV Le Minh Hung.