VietNamNet Bridge – Painter Van Phuc started using aluminium waste materials like empty beer or juice cans to produce chisel paintings a decade ago, and the slow but highly prized art form has grown in popularity since.

The number of Vietnamese workers employed overseas in 2015 reached a record of more than 115,980, bringing the total number to more than 500,000, Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, director of the WTO Centre, under the VCCI, spoke to the newspaper Hai Quan (Customs) on the need to use protectionism in international trade. 

 Despite the increase in blood-donation drives and awareness efforts, only 60% of Viet Nam's demand for potentially life-saving blood is being met. Gia Loc reports.

 In just over a month, the waste treatment factory of Phu Ha Environment Ltd., Company has disrupted the lives of locals in this central province's Ky Anh District.

 Vietnam should consider nuclear power production to ensure national energy security, according to a Russian expert.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 1,000 monkeys are being bred in a semi-wild environment on an island in Quang Ninh province to serve medical research and production of vaccines.

VietNamNet Bridge - Land prices not only depend on position, but also on urban development plans. 

One of the measurements of development in Vietnam, as in any country, is the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) say economists, because it represents a long-term commitment by foreign companies to the economy.

Tet, the first festival in a lunar year, is of great importance to the Vietnamese and people in some other Asian countries.

Many young Vietnamese people dread Tet due to nosy parents and relatives or patronising neighbours asking intrusive questions about their careers or love lives.

Calendar year 2016 marks 30 years of carrying out the DoiMoi process for stronger national development evidenced by the fact that Vietnam has risen as a middle-income country with an average annual economic growth rate of more than 6% .

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued a circular on off-road car racing in Vietnam, including special regulations for the sport.

"Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people in Tet holidays.

The National Assembly (NA) has completed an agenda with important issues in its 13th tenure thanks to the spirit of solidarity, democracy and real-renovation, the brainpower, and the high sense of responsibility of deputies .

The evening has set, and Tran HuuPhuoc sits in front of his house to sing baichoi, a traditional music genre, after a hard day's work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese people generally do not talk about sex protection publicly, but that didn't stop a group of students in the central Da Nang City from creating a machine that dispenses condoms free of charge in a bid

Many people are heading home to unite with their families after a hard working year.

Dong Thap have paid more than VND5 billion (US$222,000) to recruit striker Udo Fortune for one year.

The central city hosted the first tourist arrivals at Da Nang International Airport on Tet (Lunar New Year) on February 8.