The children of this Hoa Dinh Tay Commune were born normal like any others. However, by the age of 10, teeth start to change their color and wear out. The predominant belief is that the culprit in this plague is an unsafe water source in the village.

 Several banks have recently presented plans or expressed intention to complete mergers even as the nation continues to speed up the restructuring of credit institutions.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since early morning, ethnic minority people flocked to the central market in Tien Nguyen commune in the northern mountain province of Ha Giang just to see their friends, to drink a cup of wine or to eat a bowl of sour soup.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sa Pa is transforming itself in the spring sunshine with white clouds.

 The Young Ambassadors from Brigham Young University (BYU) will present their new show “Heart songs – Melodies of Love” in HCMC on May 16 and Hanoi on May 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mergers & acquisitions implicate a variety of legal domains, among the most important of which is competition law.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's 5am and people are still sleeping, but Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) gets up and prepares lunch to take with her to work at a tailor's shop in Ha Noi's Quan Su Street. She has been employed there for nearly a year.

 Ocean Dune golf members up in arms over proposed tear down; ODA projects badly need reciprocal capital;

 Canada’s Besra Gold Inc. will avoid nearly $12 million in tax arrears following after-clearance inspection results conducted by the General Department of Customs on its two gold mines in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time in his life, little Pao knew how a camera worked and the entire world unravelling behind it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the rest of the world predominantly spends plastic money, Vietnamese still prefer cash. To buy valuable things, they have to pay with many bags of banknotes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will stage Joseph Haydn’s oratorio ‘The Creation’ under the baton of Norwegian conductor Lars Notto Birkeland at the Opera House on May 8 and 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The flagpole on Dien Bien Phu Road, Hanoi, was built during the reign of Emperor Gia Long and is considered a sacred symbol of the capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts have noted a growing trend of Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam borrowing money from Vietnamese banks, rather than receiving capital from holding companies or borrowing from home banks.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Saigon streets show up as a mess but also very magnificent in the perspective of British photographer Rob Whitworth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Harsh penalties were needed to control illegal foresting and land clearance in northern Son La Province, officials say.

 Bavarian Youth Jazz Band from Germany will stage ‘First Herd’ concert with music director Harald Ruschenbaum at Hanoi Opera House at 8 p.m. on May 9 and 10 and at HCMC Opera House on May 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnam Airlines Corporation has announced that this June the Prime Minister will ratify the firm’s volume of shares to be sold in its initial public offering (IPO) this September.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan talks to Dau Tu (Investment) Newspaper about possible changes to the pension in 2015.

Scientists from around the world have gathered in Wellington this week to discuss new standards for understanding the world's ocean ecosystems that could lead to new approaches to managing fisheries and other marine exploitation.