VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Tuyet Nhung, the mother of two junior high school students, is happy to recognise some changes in the behaviour of her sons in recent days.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Quang Nam provincial authorities have suggested allowing Viet A Bank to take over one of two gold mining companies belonging to Besra Group which owe large sums to the local taxation agency.

In 2014 Vietnam tourism industry welcomed 7.87 million visitors, up by 4% over the previous year. But its growth was still 10.6% lower than that of 2013 due to the situation in the East Sea. Here are a few figures about tourism in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Football Confederation U14 Girls' Regional Championship for the Southeast Asian Zone will begin on June 23 in Ha Noi.

Hanoi’s first urban rail route trains cost US$63 million, Vietnam promotes the use of compostable plastic bags, Food supply firm director fined for food poisoning, US Ambassador meets with Can Tho University students

 VietNamNet Bridge – These days, thousands of birds and storks are flocking to Vam Sat Ecological Tourist Center, making this natural site amidst Can Gio mangrove forests more exciting.

 Only 17 per cent of the capital's 2,200 bus stations have bus stop shelters, according to Luong Duc Thinh, vice director of Urban Transport Management Centre, Department of Transport.

An email address ending in “gmail” and a subject line referring to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s instructions has been sent to the email account of a newspaper reporter to steal information.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The family of Tran Mong Hung has driven the Asia Commercial JS Bank (ACB) through difficulties and the family is now ACB’s largest shareholder.

 French medical companies to tour Vietnam, Master plan on hi-tech industrial parks approved, Luxury apartment project sees high sales, Long Thanh airport construction necessary, ‘Pepper spray' hits coffee, rubber

VietNamNet Bridge - Much of Vietnam’s agricultural land has become contaminated because of the abuse of pesticides and fertilizers, and the cost to revive it could be high. 

 Viet Nam plans to reduce visa fees for foreigners entering the country, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai said.

The three largest Vietnamese mobile network operators have announced everything is ready to provide 4G services. Users’ expected spending on the services would account for 5 percent of monthly average income, or VND170,000 a month.

 Legendary war photographer Nick Ut put up five of his famous photos for auction, and sold them for VND540 million (US$26,000) last Monday night. ADVERTISING

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of students registering to attend state-owned high schools in 2015, not including schools for the gifted, was 10,000 higher than last year. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A plan to replace non-refundable financial aid with lending policies that can effectively run hunger elimination and poverty alleviation programmes for ethnic minorities is being prepared for submission to the Prime Minister,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) seeks to double bilateral trade to US$7 billion by 2015 and reach US$10 billion by 2020.

 HCM City's Education Department has ordered the city's primary schools to create favourable conditions for first grade enrolments.

 The central coastal province of Binh Thuan held a conference on June 10 to develop the Green Lotus Label, paving the way for sustainable tourism development in line with provincial strategies.

 Vietnamese athletes won four gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes on June 10 to prove their supremacy in gymnastics at the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.