A serious accident while sculpting a statue killed the desire to create in sculptor Le Cong Thanh, but the despondent man's trips to beer parlours changed all that. 

  It is a common thing to fix an electric fan, but when it comes to revive an old fan which stands among the first electric fans that were used in Vietnam, few people have enough knowledge and skills to fulfill the task.

Jan-Jun business startups surge in HCMC, Vietnam goods on show at Lotte Mart Saigon South, Credit growth improves in H1, Ministry rejects iron ore tax reduction proposal, Big C opens fifth store in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - “Vietnam can produce PhDs. Why can’t it produce screws then?” Tran Quoc Tuan asked at a recent National Assembly session on policies to develop supporting industries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A huge fire broke out in a storehouse of Viet Long Packaging Company in Nhon Trach Industrial Zone 3 in Dong Nai Province last night, June 25.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s rice exporters continue to rely on the Chinese market. Experts warn Vietnam may fall into the Chinese ‘low-quality rice’ trap.

 Microsoft, a member of the Business Software Alliance, took legal action against the South Korean-owned Trimmers Vietnam Co for using pirated software, demanding compensation of VND748m.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Snakes not only appear in the suburbs but also downtown Saigon. Each day, the municipal emergency center receives reports of several cases of snakebite.

 France's interior minister has ordered a ban on the low-cost car-sharing service UberPOP after a day of nationwide protests by taxi drivers.

 BETOAJI, a non-profit organization established by Vietnamese students in Japan, has run cookery classes for those fond of cooking Vietnamese traditional dishes.

Opportunities for cooperation in preserving, processing and exporting farm produce were discussed at a meeting held in Bac Giang on June 25 between the Provincial People’s Committee and a delegation of representatives from ten different embassies.

 Public Security Minister General Tran Dai Quang joined senior representatives from the United Nations and 72 countries responsible for national security to attend a conference held from June 24-25 in Russia's city of Ulan-Ude.

 Denmark will support energy saving initiatives in the private sector in Vietnam under a programme worth 6.5 million USD.

 Nearly 45,000 individuals arriving in Vietnam by air, sea and land from countries affected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been screened by body-temperature scanners, a health official said.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged information and technology (IT) firms to give priority to IT application in public services.

 Typhoon Kujira, the first storm of the year brought heavy rains and caused flash floods, costing human lives and property damage in northern provinces, including Son La and Lai Chau.

 Summer Destination Week will kick off in the Son Tra Peninsula with food courts, sand painting and paragliding. It'll last from June 26 to July 1.

 Consumers in Vietnam show a strong affinity for brands investing in new product development and are among the most likely regionally to try new product offerings, according to a report released on June 23 by Nielsen.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 3 million business households listed by the General Statistics Office (GSO) cannot be found in the General Department of Taxation (GDT) documents.

 Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam Nguyen Van Binh has set a new target to bring down non-performing loans (NPLs) to less than 3 per cent by September.