Ly Son island district, covering a 10 square kilometer area, comprises the main island-Cu Lao Re-and the little island-Cu Lao Bo Bai.

One of the world most popular architecture websites - the Archdaily - has recently showcased a house in Tu Lien Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.

Dong Cao plateau, around 150km north of Hanoi has been a popular camping site of young people who come to enjoy its pristine beauty with a huge carpet of green grass, cool weather and fresh air.

 Hanoi will make public all the projects relating to tree planting and relocating in the area according to the city's chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

 The popular tourism destination of Phu Quoc Island is facing increasing environmental pollution.

 Located 30 km east of Hanoi, Nom Pagoda in Hung Yen Province has the largest collection of terracotta statues in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Very few privately run clinics in Vietnam can make a profit, and after several years of operation, many have shut down.

Thousands of sanitation workers in the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City are finding their work particularly unrewarding, now more than ever, as they have been working practically without pay 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The news that reputed public schools in Hanoi will increase their tuition fees further in the next academic year has many parents worried.

 Airbnb has listed Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City among the top 10 best cities for solo travellers. 

 Compensation for residents affected by last year’s marine environmental incident in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue has been mostly completed.

 Vietnam grandmaster Le Quang Liem has earned a draw with Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine at the ongoing Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Medical experts are warning against what they see as an anti-vaccine campaign that is being waged on social media.

All fuel pumps at petrol stations in HCM City will be sealed from September 2017 to prevent tampering of their meters by the stations and ensure they fully pay taxes.

 The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has reduced its prime interest rates and the cap on short-term loan rates as from July 10 to serve demand for capital in some economic sectors. 

 Viet Nam developed 70,900 national domain names (.vn) in the first quarter of this year, equivalent to 393 domain names per day.

 A derivatives market, which will start operations in August, is expected to draw more capital to the Vietnamese securities market for the rest of this year, experts told a seminar in HCM City last Saturday.

Recently government bonds have seen strong foreign buying despite the facts that the dollar is expected to continue appreciating due to the US’s plan to raise interest rates a few more times in the near future.

 Speakers from Viet Nam and abroad attended the July 7-8 conference to share their experience in building a national startup ecosystem and encourage Vietnamese startup businesses to develop. 

 Small and home-based business owners who use the Facebook platform to sell products and have revenue of more than VND100 million (US$4,500) per year will be taxed at five per cent.