Hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year in 2017 is the centre of Vietnam’s external activities, demonstrating the country’s desire to contribute to APEC and regional development, said President Tran Dai Quang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Some provinces have been praised as pioneers in the movement to build a new countryside, but they are big debtors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When he married his cousin some 20 years ago, Hoang Van Thuong of the Tay ethnic minority in Ha Giang Province did not know how badly his marriage would affect his child.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are competing in Group B of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation’s Beach Football Championship. Other teams making up the group are reigning champions Iran and Chinese Taipei.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A play depicting family problems, written by Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, one of Viet Nam’s leading female scriptwriters, will be presented in California next weekend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang has been named among the Top 10 Holiday Destinations in Asia by Smart Travel Asia – an online tourism magazine for Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Cong Vinh’s 50th goal for the national team secured a 2-1 win for Viet Nam over hosts Myanmar in the ASEAN Football Federation’s Group B second match yesterday in Yangon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bags of sugar made in Thailand are piled along Viet Nam’s border, ready to be carried across by boats to waiting Vietnamese motorbike drivers.

VietNamNet Bridge - The attractive profits from leasing and property price increases attract investors to buy apartments for lease. The trend has been growing in the last two years.

 Myanmar is largely unprepared for an outbreak of Zika, experts say, with the health ministry slashing anti-virus measures due to lack of funds, overworked doctors skipping check-ups

VietNamNet Bridge - The B-52 Victory museum illustrates the victory of Hanoi people over the US B-52 air raid in late December 1972. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities plan to relocate people living in 20,000 houses in slums along canals and rivers by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only about 65 per cent of rural households in Viet Nam have standard toilets,

 Chinese importers survey An Giang’s rice market, Airlines talk facilitating transport, Wood consumption to rise by 10%, Vietnamese banks urged to go digital, TPP leaders promise efforts to implement deal

 Viet Nam is unlikely to meet the 10 per cent export growth target for this year, said Minister of Industry and Trade, Tran Tuan Anh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One October day, one of Ha Noi’s air monitoring stations showed that air pollution had reached dangerous levels.

 Amidst Hanoi’s urban buzz, members of the Viet Village Heritage Club have found peace of mind, contemplating Vietnam’s traditional aspects.

 Rhino horn smuggling case busted in HCM City, Vietnamese expats in Malaysia updated with East Sea issue, Deputy PM vows to support IFRC’s operations in Vietnam, More than 3,000 applicants set for Korean language exams

 Arguing over politics is a Thanksgiving Day tradition, but Donald Trump's presidential election adds a new twist to any bickering at next week's holiday dinner table: What the new U.S. government could mean for your stock portfolio.

When Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh denied there were special group interests in licensing the Ca Na steel complex project, the ministry’s website showed information that indicated support for large-scale steel projects.