VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the Ha Noi Vespa Club set a record by becoming the first aficionados of the iconic Italian scooter from Southeast Asia to attend a four-day global meet in Italy.

Quang Ninh bestows ‘Tourism Beach' title on two destinations; Ha Noi announces dates for annual craft village festival; Smartphone app offers new options to last-minute travellers; Railway e-tickets available this November

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 42, Nguyen Gia Vien already has more than 25 years of deep sea fishing under his belt.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam rice exporters face a risk of being sued because of their low selling prices in the US market.

VietNamNet Bridge – Licences of nearly 17 investment projects at the Moc Bai Border Gate Economic Zone in southern Tay Ninh Province which have been delayed may be revoked.

 VietNamNet Bridge – So-called restoration workers have almost destroyed a 500-year-old pagoda on the southern outskirts of Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Malaysian-backed Gamuda Berhad, developer of the giant Hanoi-based Gamuda City urban development has requested the Hanoi People’s Committee allow the firm to withdraw from Parcel B of the Yen So Park subproject.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport has deployed inspection teams nationwide from July 15 to check and punish those who violate norms by reconfiguring the lorries, changing their initial design, to carry more load.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 348,000 out of the total 500,000 businesses operating in Vietnam now use digital signature services and declare their taxes online.

Even though Vietnam has developed a market for contemporary art, domestic galleries continue to invest in expensive Hong Kong exhibition space to show Vietnamese artworks. Cristina Nualart asks why this is happening and if it’s a good thing.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has more than 110 super-rich people, as announced by the World Bank. The super-rich include state agency officials. No one knows the actual values of their assets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The story of two couples in the central provinces of Binh Thuan who divorced but got married a second time has caused tongues to wag in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Thi Nguyen, a 20-year-old college student from Long An Province, defied all odds to pursue education. Even after her parents burned all her books, she continued to find ways to read.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the Truong Sa Archipelago, a solar and wind energy system is replacing the limited power supplied by diesel generators.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ba Om Pond in the Southwest region is a famous tourist sight. The climate here is cool, and named as the second Da Lat.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After four years of preparation, Ha Huyen founded the largest channel featuring Vietnamese food on YouTube, called Helen's Recipes (Vietnamese Food). It has had over 20 million hits, mostly from foreigners, on YouTube.

VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's industrial production from Jan-July 2014 saw a 6.2 per cent year-on-year increase, a positive sign of recovering production at enterprises, noted the General Statistics Office (GSO).  

 VietNamNet Bridge – He has amazed people by making musical instruments out of the most unlikely substances and playing different rhythms in tandem, but Mai Dinh Toi tells the reporters that he is yet to surpass his limit.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national voluntary social insurance programme aims to provide insurance to society's most vulnerable groups, but many intended beneficiaries are uninformed or unable to participate.

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