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

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drafting a new Government decree with an aim to help the Government better manage the use of official development assistance (ODA) loans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Hoi An City will cooperate with German organization Interkultur, the world’s leading organizer of international choir competitions and festivals, to hold the 4th Vietnam International Choir Competition

 6,000 smuggled cigarette packs seized in Phu Quoc, Woman dies as truck plunges into abyss, HCM City authorities uncover fake beer racket, Over 6,000 Vietnamese suffer Hemophilia, Private hospitals complain of unfair treatment in Vietnam

Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March, Work starts on Vietnamese-invested complex in Vientiane, HCM City Expo 2015 to be held in Myanmar, Vietcombank lends money to Chinese-invested business, Vietnam imports more cattle feed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Keith Pogson, senior officer of banking and financial services of Ernst&Young Asia Pacific, spoke with the media last week in Vietnam about the banking situation in the country.

  Major art&entertainment events in Vietnam's big cities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Vietnam Tourism Association sat down together on Wednesday to devise promotional programs as a measure to curb a further decline in international visitors

 The central province of Quang Binh and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) have agreed to broadcast live a program on Son Doong and En caves on Good Morning America in May.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a specific scent to attract insects and a strange shape, carnivorous plants are becoming popular in Saigon.

 Vietnam will have to remove import tariffs on most farm goods in 2018 and apply a tax rate of as low as 5% to the rest in line with the free trade agreements (FTAs) in which the country is a signatory.

VTV9 to broadcast reality-talk show, Writing forum opens in HCM City, Vietnamese students host cultural event in Russia, Da Nang prepares to have a blast, Vietnam attends multicultural festival in Egypt

 Vietnam has set a goal to reach the top five ASEAN aviation markets by 2020 under a project to restructure the local aviation sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many incinerators in Viet Nam are discharging high amount of dioxins into the environment, according to a new research.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that after swallowing a number of Vietnamese companies, Thai billionaires will take the next steps to turn Vietnam into their production bases from which Thai products will be distributed globally.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tourism Year 2015 has been recently kicked off in the central province of Thanh Hoa under the theme “Connecting World Heritage Sites” striving to maximise the value of Vietnam’s heritages,

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietjet recently unveiled its plans to launch direct flights connecting Vietnam with China. The announcement was made at a ceremony held in Beijing during the official visit to China by Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong

Five fishermen rescued off coast of Da Nang, Food firm found guilty of unhygienic practise, Police catch animal traders, Hanoi to rescue residents from risk of sewage floods, Marine police seize 135,000 tonnes of oil

 Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the White House in a bid to become the first woman US president.

 The Belgian Beer Festival will be organised for the first time late this month in HCM City, following its first appearance in Ha Noi last year.