VietNamNet Bridge – More than 800 households in Hoai Chau Bac in Hoai Nhon District of Binh Dinh Province continue to plant sedge and make sedge mats. This is the largest sedge mat making village in the central Vietnam.

 While many traditional art forms in Vietnam are facing difficulties in attracting audiences, water puppetry has remained popular among tourists.

 Traditional Vietnamese clothing used to reflect the wearer’s status within society and certain rules applied when it came to what to wear.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang Airport doesn’t have a striking design but it is highly appreciated for the quality of service and clean atmosphere, and the attitude of staff.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operate in the pivotal business fields of the national economy. Therefore, experts say, Vietnam needs to be careful when choosing new owners for the enterprises.

VietNamNet Bridge - Each cafe has a different style and unique characteristics that make them special to local residents and tourists in Da Nang.

 Rainforest Challenge (RFC) Vietnam 2015 kicked off in the southern province of Binh Duong on November 1, with 33 domestic and foreign teams participating. 

Though Vietnam’s ranking in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2016 report is up, the pace of its business climate improvement remains slower than in other regional countries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Phu Chi Dung, director of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Blood Transfusion and Haematology Institute, said that screening blood to have safe blood is the golden target in blood transfusion as the rate of blood transmitted diseases

 The love of one man for the craftsmanship of a traditional village located in the outskirts of Hue has yielded strong attention from tourists visiting the country’s former imperial capital city, who regard the ritual craft as art.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The overseas ownership of Vietnam was back in the headlines this past week with the release of a tourism report showing that the industry is finally seeing a glimmer of hope.

One sailor remained missing after the Vietnamese cargo vessel Hoang Phuc 18, which was carrying 17 people and hundreds of tonnes of cargo, sank on the Soai Rap river off the coast of HCM City on Friday evening.

The number of lakes in Ha Noi has decreased from 122 to 112 between 2010 and 2015, with 17 completely leveled and seven additional lakes added.

Viet Nam will keep a close watch on the process of the East Sea-related case filed by the Philippines and reserves the right to use all suitable and necessary peaceful measures to protect its rights and legal interests in the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have suggested that ODA (official development assistance) should be used to fund the support industry in Vietnam.  

Nearly half of Cambodian students have pursued a college or university degree in Vietnam, followed by 11 percent and 10.8 percent in agriculture and economics, respectively.

Urban parents complain that English classes, which cost a lot of money, do not help their children speak English.

The government has approved the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) plan to amend Decree 36/2014/ND-CP to resolve difficulties of management offices, enterprises and farmers in implementing the decree over the past one year.

The Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) said 10 percent of the country’s social activities will be posted on the internet by 2017.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined several tasks the city should focus on in the next five years to develop itself as a key economic region in the north and the country.