Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Daily Mail recently published images about the busy, crowded streets of Vietnam. The photographs were taken by Tom Koene.

Viet Nam's Thai Son Nam won third place at the 2015 Asian Football Confederation Futsal Club Championship, as Bruno Garcia's side handed Iraq's NAFT Al Wasat a 7-3 defeat at the Naghse Jahan Stadium yesterday in Iran.

Four garments in the "fusion" fashion collection of two student designers, one from Viet Nam and the other from New Zealand, won first prize at the first-ever New Zealand-Viet Nam Fashion Collaboration and Show

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has sought the Government's permission to earmark VND300 billion (US$13.8 million) a year for dredging the Soai Rap River, which connects the city with the East Sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – Historic talks between Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and U.S. President Barack Obama and the official visit of the first serving British PM are among the top diplomatic activities in July.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Noise pollution from street eateries, public broadcasting speakers, and neighbourhood karaokes has made hundreds of HCM City residents feel as though they are being tortured in their homes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A big loss recently to Quang Ninh Coal in the V.League 1 gave Hoang Anh Gia Lai's coaching board something to worry about, though they still believe they have a chance to remain in the national premier league.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Mong ethnic man Chang A Ky has helped his villagers in applying technology to boost production and thus helping them escape hunger and poverty.

For Dutch poet Dick Gebuys, his first impression of Viet Nam was that it was a small, brave Asian country involved in a war with the US, nothing more. After more than 10 years visiting and working in Viet Nam, his mind has changed dramatically.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Ba Lu swore thousands of times that he "would not live under the same sky as the United States".

 VietNamNet Bridge – A music show gathering dozens of noted artists will be organised here tomorrow (August 9) to raise funds for victims of the recent flood in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To earn a living, people in Bay Nui of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang are willing to do a dangerous job: catching scorpions, millipedes, spiders and snakes.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has released a report showing that 70 percent of private businesses have not made profits for many months. 

 Bac Son Valley is a beautiful valley that deserves to be known as a green paradise on Earth. This valley is situated 250 miles south of Hanoi, and is an ideal place for agriculture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police are investigating the cause of the collapse of an illegal tin mine, which killed two miners in Lac Duong District, Lam Dong Province, the district People's Committee said.

Travel firms plan flights between Vietnam and Macau, HDBank offers $13m credit package to buy apartments, Vingroup affiliate to develop city's urban project, EU FTA to cut 99% of tariff lines, New road to Vung Ro Oil Refinery

 Julie Vola’s connection with Vietnam began when her great grandfather went to Vietnam to build a rail line across the Long Bien Bridge at the beginning of the French colonial era in Vietnam.

 In just the first half of this year, textile exports to markets joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) accounted for 70 per cent of the total export value and will grow substantially once the agreement is signed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two moms who love playing with their kids start teaching other parents why games are essential for their young ones' intellectual and social development. Minh Thu reports.