Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung yesterday said that Viet Nam's public debt is still within manageable levels at 54.1 per cent of the GDP in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Demand for hotel rooms in Viet Nam has grown at 7-8 per cent a year for the last three years, and occupancy rates in large cities are catching up with those in major cities across the region,

Most Vietnamese exports to China, either through official channels or across the border, have been meeting obstacles, except for rice. Experts question why this is happening.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending the national sovereignty requires sacrifices but it is the fine tradition of Vietnamese people that has been consolidated throughout the history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With bank lending rates falling sharply in recent months, companies should grab this opportunity to borrow to develop their business, analysts said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has approved a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded project to enhance anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are seeking ways to relocate thousands of households living in erosion-prone areas.

The communes of My Thang and My An of Binh Dinh province are paying a heavy price for their unplanned shrimp farming: the production area has been damaged, while the environment has become seriously polluted.

Chinese games have been penetrating the Vietnamese market through unlicensed Vietnamese businesses dealing with Chinese distributors.

The government of China has issued a decision that temporarily prohibits its state-owned businesses from joining projects in Vietnam, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper quoted mainland China sources as saying.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Houses on stilts rested under the shadow of big trees, surrounded by paddy fields. Our curious eyes seemed not to bother the chickens who walked freely on simple bamboo fences.

A Chinese steel ship recently rammed into a fishing boat of Haiphong city, causing serious property damage worth hundreds of millions of Vietnam Dong.

China’s recent unilateral acts in the East Sea seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty and international law, threatening peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation in the East Sea.

China’s oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, illegally stationed in Vietnamese waters, on June 10 moved east-southeast to an unfixed position, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

China has showed signs of moving the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 illegally placed in Viet Nam’s waters in a South-easternly direction

 Doctors are being told not to routinely prescribe aspirin for a common heart condition that increases stroke risk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Another ancient document showing that China’s southeastern frontier ends at the Hainan Island has been found: a map that was drawn at the order of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty in 1717.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tax regulations are one of the many issues foreign investors are concerned about when investing or outsourcing in Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Record Organization recently published the list of 50 gift specialties which were nominated by localities, tourism agencies, domestic and foreign tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge - French photographer Rehahn takes beautiful photos of Vietnam, where he lives and works.