A picture of over 70-year-old boat rower, Bui Thi Xong by French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle was published in the Los Angeles Times on December 1, 2014 and tabled with a caption "World's Most Beautiful Old Woman”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese art, fashion and music will be introduced at Vietnamese Cultural Days in Washington DC and New York City from August 8 to 12 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors have registered to develop railways, airports, seaports and highways, but developing infrastructure, a lucrative business field, only suits financially powerful investors.

 Nguyen Mau Vinh Quang and Tu Minh Tri are one of two Vietnamese pairs surviving at the ongoing ITF Junior Circuit tournament in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Riding elephants is an exciting part of a tour to the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After September 15, travel companies failing to re-register for their business operations as regulated will lose their licenses for outbound and inbound tours,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first International Festival of Light 2015 will take place on the occasion of the country’s 70th National Day, September 2 in the largest city in central Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's not just a question of how many tourists visit, but how tourism helps the economy, Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism head Nguyen Van Tuan tells Kinh Te & Do Thi.

 Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the city’s Department of Information & Communication in collaboration with International Data Group (IDG) Vietnam officially opened the National Conference on e-Government 2015 yesterday.

 Vingroup's agricultural firm VINECO signed investment deals worth VND1 trillion (US$45.7 million) with three foreign partners on July 21for high-tech agricultural production.

 Many securities companies performed weakly in the first half of the year, pulled down by lower brokerage and margin lending service revenues.

 The Ministry of Finance has officially made public the names of 600 companies that had accrued tax arrears till June end.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Young overseas Vietnamese will return to Viet Nam to compete in the Sao Mai Television Singing Competition from July 26 to August 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Life skills should be offered as a subject in Viet Nam's education curriculum to encourage a more well-rounded development of students, such was the takeaway at an education conference held yesterday

 On July 24 Vietnam celebrates the exploits of Pham Tuan- one of the nation’s greatest national heroes, who 35 years ago became the first Vietnamese to orbit the earth.

 Travelling to Vietnam is like opening a bejewelled box and treating yourself with different layers of delights one after another. Each city has its own unique characteristics that beckon domestic and foreign visitors to explore.

 Jae Ho Cho from the Republic of Korea and currently ranked No 6 in the world will play in the upcoming International Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Tournament in Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province.

 Doctors at hospitals in HCM City and Hue this week conducted six successful organ transplant operations, saving the lives of four people and restoring the sight of two severely visually-impaired patients.

The Sai Gon River, which provides water to millions of HCM City’s residents, has polluted not only untreated industrial waste water and domestic garbage but leachate from waste disposal areas as well.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average petrol import price in the last six months was 40 percent lower than that of the same period last year, but the retail price has decreased by 20 percent only.