VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has given ‘in principle’ approval to Hai Duong Province’s building a new administrative center at a cost of up to VND2tril despite experts’ criticism over the growing trend of constructing

VietNamNet Bridge - Will the increasingly high investments by mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau bring opportunities or challenges?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yokdon National Park in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province is one of the largest nature reserves in Vietnam.

 Tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug has prevented mice developing dementia, a study shows.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The US-based International Living magazine early this year released the Annual Global Retirement Index 2015, ranking and rating the 25 best retirement havens in the world, which included Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The auto industry is necessary for Vietnam, but whether it can survive depends very much on domestic tax policy, especially after 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) at the end of quarter two but it might be delayed due to a slow restructuring of its debts and operations. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Two winners of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 and 2013 contest, Kha My Van and Mau Thuy will participate in a fashion week in Singapore on May 13-17. 

VietNamNet Bridge – An array of activities will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to observe the second Vietnam Book Day (April 21). 

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Sy Loi, vice chairperson of the NA Committee on Social Affairs, spoke to Voice of Viet Nam about changes to the Law on Social Insurance. 

 India will not charge duties on VN steel, Vissai to buy Song Lam 2 Cement Company, Ministry touts wealth of PPP transport projects, SCIC seeking to boost state capital divestiture efficiency, G-bond sales dip to two-year low

 Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg spoke to the Vietnamese press in Hanoi on April 16 during a three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

 Vietnam supports the expanded and increased role of the UN and multilateral security mechanisms in ensuring regional and global security, peace, and stability, said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Vo Van Tuan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The health ministry is finalising the amendment of the draft Civil Code, which is likely to acknowledge transgender people and their rights for the first time in Viet Nam. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese travellers using Turkish Airlines now have a unique opportunity to spend their transit time visiting Istanbul instead of simply lounging around waiting at the airport for their connecting flight. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Boxers and martial artists are getting ready for big fights at the Saigon Sports Club Boxing Championship in HCMC at 6 p.m. on April 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 14th Robocon Vietnam 2015 began last week with 90 teams from 24 colleges and universities nationwide taking part.

VietNamNet Bridge - With an automatic sprinkler combined with a new light system, HCM City’s first pedestrian street promises to be a new tourist attraction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Phu Quoc Tourism Investment and Development JSC, a subsidiary of Vingroup – Vietnam’s leading property developer - has been selected by Kien Giang Province as the developer of the Phu Quoc international passenger seaport.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 45 km north of Nha Trang City, Hon Khoi is the largest salt field in central Vietnam.