The sight of people crawling along Da Nang beach on their stomachs in the early morning draws the attention of passers-by. It is all part of the novel free exercise classes being run by 33-year-old Do Quang Anh to improve his community’s health. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Van Ba, who has lived on the Son Islet in the middle of the Hau (Rear) River for nearly 50 years, fears that he will have no choice to move to the mainland as erosion is destroying his farmland.

Before the mid-20th century, Non ba tam and other hats with big rims were common in the literature, photos and art from Northern Vietnam, however, since 1940 they have all but been replaced by the ubiquitous conical hat,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A longtime resident of Hang Chieu Street, 75-year-old Nguyen Van Loi has for many years maintained the daily habit of walking around the Old Quarters for exercise.

 VietNamNet Bridge – House address chaos in Ha Noi will be completely solved this year, according to a decision from municipal authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tewfic El-Sawy just published his first book of colour photographs, Hau Dong: The Spirit Mediums of Viet Nam, an outgrowth of his passionate interest in indigenous religions and cults.

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VietNamNet Bridge - The Southern Food Corporation, also known as Vinafood 2, one of two of Vietnam's largest rice exporters, has reported an accumulative loss of VND1 trillion. 

Here are some great images taken by amateur photographer Manh Hung of the quiet foggy rivers, peaceful rice fields, and other landscapes of the Central Highlands region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Opera director Nguyen Phi Phi Anh will soon launch his opera project titled Hope with 35 shows at the L’Espace on 24 Trang Tien Street.

Ministry proposes publicizing State budget reports, VNDirect Securities: Economic policies to be loosened, HCMC customs sees year’s tax target as obtainable, PVN to step up oil extraction, Housing stimulus package disbursement exceeds 86 percent

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government of Viet Nam continues to stress tourism’s key role in the country’s socio-economic development, and it hopes that sports and athletics will help play a big part in doubling the tourism industry’s future growth.

The HCM City authorities have set specific goals and decided to apply more serious measures in the action plan to reduce flooding in the 2016-2020 term with hopes of eliminating many ‘hot spots’. The plan is estimated to cost VND97.3 trillion.

 Hydropower-related incidents cause heavy losses

VietNamNet Bridge - The US has decided to impose new anti-dumping duties on Vietnam’s shrimp, five times higher than previous years and two to three times higher than duties imposed on Vietnam's competitors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Unlike any other kind of paper made of familiar materials, the paper created by Truong Tan Tho, Le Thanh Ha and Tran Quang Thang in Hoi An ancient town is unique as it is made of nipa.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been told that it will put a heavy burden on students by including multiple foreign languages in the curriculum at general schools.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Do Dinh Hong spoke to DTiNews about the forthcoming Ao Dai Festival which will be held on October 14-16 at Thang Long Citadel in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Tran Quoc Khanh speaks to the media about the ministry’s efforts in administrative reforms.

 Each locality in Vietnam has its own specialty that it is proud of. Visitors to Thai Binh province are always invited to eat Cay cake, which is made of glutinous rice well blended with fat and ginger.