A Memorandum of Understanding has been agreed to between Vietnam and Australia on issuing a combined holiday and work visa to citizens from both countries.

Since the 18th Southeast Asian Games in 1995 when Vietnam made the men’s football final for the first time since its reintegration into the largest regional sporting arena, Vietnam’s national football team have beaten Thailand just twice

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, spoke to Viet Nam News Agency about changes in the organisation of high school graduation and college entrance exams for 2016.

An IT application called “Virtual Assistant for Vietnamese” (VAV) developed by the MDN-Team from the University of Engineering and Technology of the Vietnam National University in Hanoi has been gaining popularity among smartphone users.

VietNamNet Bridge – The San Chay ethnic minority in northeastern Bac Giang Province have preserved their wedding customs with cultural characteristics that have survived the test of time.  

 Phu Quoc island district in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is set to become a special economic zone and the locality’s growth driver between 2016-2020.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nem Cho Huyen (Cho Huyen pork roll) has a one-of-a-kind flavour that reflects the distinctive culinary culture of the central province of Binh Dinh. 

 Health issues affecting school students have been on the rise in Vietnam recently, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine.

Intellectual resources, especially overseas Vietnamese, will be mobilized through policies that guarantee not only material interests but also related rights, from intellectual property to the patent, the invention created in Vietnam.

 Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) is planning an expansion in equipment manufacturing, adding to its current three main operations namely infrastructure, mobile network and media services.

 Some of Viet Nam's most popular folk tales can now be read in English in a book set to be published in Viet Nam.

 Hanoi’s first urban railway running from Cat Linh to Ha Dong will be inaugurated in late December this year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several foreign businesses are attentive to recent developments and want to shift their investments into Viet Nam as they see big opportunities of big Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Free Trade Agreements

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "Kong: Skull Island" film crew arrived in Vietnam on February 18 to shoot some scenes in Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay and Son Doong Cave.

A “selfie” photo featuring Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other ASEAN leaders at the US-ASEAN Summit in California posted on the Facebook page of the Singaporean PM attracts special attention of the online community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four police officers in Quang Ninh province have been suspended from work for clarifying their responsibilities in a special case: a female prisoner under death penalty is pregnant.

 President Truong Tan Sang underlined the continuing need to protect the country’s sovereignty during his visit to Lang Son City Cemetery, a message underlined by pupils on Phu Quoc Island.

 Greed and mob mentality have created problems with overcrowding at local pagodas and festivals during spring in recent years, according to cultural experts.

 In recent years, Vietnam has been recognized internationally as one of the world’s top 10 software outsourcing countries and recognized by UNESCO as one of four nations producing vaccine to treat Rota virus.

 Vietnamese track-and-field athletes are trying to secure berths for the Brazil Olympics via the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships that began in Doha, Qatar, on February 19.