VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid urbanisation in Viet Nam has caused headaches for local governments to deal with the planning of cities, experts said at recent seminar.

VietNamNet Bridge - Behind the flashy success of IPP corporation, the largest trader of high-end fashion brands in Vietnam, are interesting stories about the business life of Jonathan Hanh Nguyen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Hong Nam speaks to Vietnam News Agency about a new law that will allow overseas Vietnamese and foreigners with local spouses or children to enter the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – International credit rating agencies yesterday (Oct 12) said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal was credit positive for participating sovereigns including Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Cua dinh” folk singing also called “nha to” folk singing in Quang Ninh Province has been recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Negligence and ignorance of fire safety regulations by both investors and residents at high-rise buildings have again come to the fore following the latest blaze in Ha Noi.

 According to the Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center of Vietnam and Pacific Asia region, a tropical low pressure zone has developed into a new typhoon from offshore of Pacific Ocean after entering East Sea.

 The Vietnam IT Outsourcing Conference 2015 (VNITO 2015), the biggest IT outsourcing conference of its kind, officially opened yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh and world’s renowned Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao have been invited to serve as judges at the final round of Miss Global 2015 pageant scheduled for October 22 in Manila, the Philippines.

Customers of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines can now enjoy high-end services when flying from Hanoi to Seoul, after the airline rolled out its new A350-900 aircraft for the route on October 15.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on October 16 presented the State President’s Friendship Medal to John S. Gunning, an energy expert from Ireland, for his contributions to Vietnam’s energy sector, especially in the 1980-1990 period.

 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Vo Van Tuan has praised recent army engineer cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.

 HCM City will use more than 2,100sq.m of land in the Tao Dan Park in District 1 to build the Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro route, often called Route No 2.

 About 48 people were treated for symptoms of food poisoning after they ate bread bought from a local bakery in Dong Hoi City in the central Quang Binh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thanh Quy, 22, a student of Thang Long University, works part-time job as a deliverywoman, locally called as "shipper" in Ha Noi, for a cell phone case shop in Ha Noi's Nguyen Hong Street.

 More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a 30% fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet suggests.

VietNamNet Bridge -  As the market recovery has become clearer, multinational groups and foreign investment funds have begun to inject money into real estate projects, mostly large ones. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight water towers of 30m high, built before 1975 by the US, have been abandoned in HCM City for many years. They are now a threat to the safety of neighboring people.

 A second nuclear reactor in Japan was brought back online Thursday at the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, southwestern Japan, as the government continues its drive to resume operations as many plants as possible,

At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.