VietNamNet Bridge – Lauded as the land of the rising middle class, with surging spending power and plenty of room for retail banking growth, Vietnamese local banks will likely continue to be merge and acquisition targets of foreign investors

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 59-year-old man in Lam Dong Province is called “the magnet man” because his body can attract metal and glass. He can also touch a 220V power line without getting a shock.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The planning and investment ministry is finalising a draft decree for building an adequate, transparent and consistent legal framework for the implementation of the 2014 Investment Law.

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple’s iPhones are no longer considered luxury smartphones, having become more affordable for middle-income earners.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed the Government has been cautious in public debts management via stabilising the macro economy and improving the investment environment as he took the floor at the Q&A session. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Gia Dinh canal is well known in HCM City as the ‘dead canal’ or ‘black water canal’.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This summer morning, on a pavement near a lake in Ha Noi, a male dancer, nearly 80 years old, stands with his 70-year-old female partner.

 The increasing number of giant US companies pouring money into Vietnam recently is likely to make the country the leading investor in Vietnam in the near future, reported Dau tu online.

The gold medal in men’s football at the Southeast Asian Games remains elusive for Vietnam after the national squad, having an impressive run in the group stage, was contained by Myanma. 

VietNamNet Bridge - What economists have warned about is coming true: registered steel projects have not been implemented as promised.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s intellectual standard has unexpectedly become a hot topic of discussion on education forums.

Nguyen Thi Huyen completed her hattrick at the Singapore SEA Games, winning her third gold medal June 12.

The American-Viet Nam War meant loss and pain for both civilians and soldiers on all sides. The lens of wartime photojournalists captured war's effects on US forces, as well as south and north Vietnamese soldiers.

Viet Nam's gross domestic product growth is forecast to reach 6 per cent this year, gradually increasing to 6.5 per cent in 2017, according to the World Bank.

More than 17,920 cars were sold in Viet Nam in May, which were fewer than the month before, but still higher than the same period last year.

Farmers in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong have reaped large profit since they turned their coffee acreage into baby cauliflower farms.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of thousands of storks perched on bamboo trees can be seen on Stork Island in the northern province of Hai Duong.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has proposed to Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao a number of measures to expand the partnership between Viet Nam and China in the future.

The Ministry of Education's projects and the Ministry of Science and Technology's efforts to develop a science and technology market were on centre stage during yesterday's National Assembly (NA) Q&A session.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised that Viet Nam hoped to increase co-operation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while receiving IMF Deputy Managing Director Mitsuhiro Furusawa in Ha Noi June 12.