The standard of living for residents in five communes along the Chay River in Yen Bai province in northwestern Vietnam has deteriorated as a cassava-processing plant has damaged crops and polluted water sources.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese dictionary for students that is riddled with errors has been added to the lookup list of the Vietnam National Library.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Video blogs (vlog) reflecting the maker's take on various social and cultural issues are now a popular draw among Vietnamese youth.

 Hai Au Aviation, the first private airline company to offer seaplane service for tourism in Viet Nam, is providing a new luxury tourism package that features Ha Long Bay.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic tobacco industry hopes that the Government can be more effective in fighting an impending surge in smuggling that causes losses amounting to trillions of dong to the State Budget.

While Facebook engineers believe that the sticker feature in the Comments section allows people to express opinions in a fun way, many Vietnamese netizens, with some exceptions, have found the new feature annoying.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whoever they are – a mountain kid, newlyweds or a miner - they all share a sunny smile.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Nguyen Le Ninh, a member of the Advisory Board on Science – Technology – Environment, talks to Dai Doan Ket newspaper about measures to cut motorbike exhaust fumes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The movement to build cemetery parks in Vietnam has been flourishing in recent years, with projects worth dozens or hundreds of million of US dollars. Below are the most typical projects.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set high goals when drafting the rice-production restructuring strategy, which Vietnamese farmers have found “unfeasible” and “unrealistic”.  

The 13 th National Assembly will convene its eighth session at the headquarters of the new NA House from October 20 onwards, marking the longest meeting this tenure so far with 35 working days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unconventional school in HCMCity offers classes in the arts while encouraging students to think creatively. Dinh Phuong Linh reports.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have warned that Vietnam could fall into the middle-income trap, and it is predicted that within several years it could even fall behind Laos and Cambodia in economic growth.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Beasts, pedicabs, motorcycles, and aircraft made of discarded components from motorcycles are special souvenirs sold on Le Loi Street in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American designer Tran Phuong My is among 28 designers to be nominated for the titles of Asia favorite designers at the 2nd Mercedes Benz Stylo Asia Fashion Week,

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was on a scorchingly hot day in May when five children bathing in the river of Cua Viet Town in Quang Tri Province drowned.

 Signs warning shoppers how much exercise they need to do to burn off calories in sugary drinks can encourage healthier choices, US research suggests.

 Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held separate meetings with his Philippine and Norwegian counterparts on the fringes of the 10 th Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan, Italy on October 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – Transportation project delays are a major problem, Tran Huu Minh, a lecturer from the University of Transport and an expert in project evaluation,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Health Ministry has issued a warning to residents of mountainous areas about the spread of the Tsutsugamushi disease, which has already infected 78 people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.