A shortage of fresh water and severe saline intrusion has seriously affected agricultural cultivation in the Mekong Delta since mid-February.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Each day Vietnam has around 25 people killed on the road. Official statistics actually show that the first two months of the year saw 1,567 people dying in 4,115 traffic accidents.

VietNamNet Bridge – While travel firms are pleased about longer holidays, many manufacturing enterprises fear they will spoil their production plans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Promoting State-owned bodies' autonomy in the field of health care and education and pursuing market mechanisms does not mean that the poor are not cared for,

 VietNamNet Bridge – People will be able to send authorities information about forest safety with their mobile devices in six provinces, under a project launched yesterday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A garden of stone Buddhist prayers is being built on an area of 4,000m2 garden of the Phuoc Hau Pagoda in Vinh Long Province, southern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Monument of the Vietnamese Heroic Mother, the largest one in the country and the region, is expected to be revealed on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of liberation of Quang Nam Province (24/3/2015).

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 2014, the year of the horse on the lunar calendar, many individuals left their mark on the domestic stock market.

 The Government has set that VN's targets on the business environment will reach and exceed the average level of nations in the ASEAN-6 in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The power industry in Con Dao island district in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, aims to produce 11 million kWh of electricity in 2015, a yearly rise of 6 percent, to maximise local tourism.

According to the latest Economic Insight Report, Vietnam is taking significant steps towards a commodity production economy thanks to the impressive growth of labor productivity, which was estimated to be 184% in the period from 1991 to 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nghe Tinh residents don't need to know that vi giam folk songs have been granted World Heritage status to appreciate them. They still sing them every day, despite the modernisation wiping out the songs' original rural home.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Kim Long Village in central Quang Tri Province, which once made wine to export to France, is now a tourism attraction. And it still makes rice wine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite school boards' attempts to bring dropout students back to class, many have quit their studies in central Thua Thien - Hue Province to take jobs in Laos.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will witness an increase in the number of urban areas from the current 774 to 850 by the end of the year, and forecasts reaching 1,000 by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Vu Thi Trang hopes to get a high result at the Viet Nam International Challenger badminton tournament in Ha Noi next week.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many large businesses on the stock market own a huge amount of cash.

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the central province of Quang Nam are concerned about the salinity intrusion which could destroy hundreds of hectares of rice fields.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though painter Nguyen Lan Huong had already achieved fame for her oil and acrylic paintings, she wanted to try her hand at creating painting on pottery.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Flycams are becoming increasingly popular in Viet Nam, but its use requires considerable technical skills and knowledge, not to mention awareness of several "no fly" zones.