VietNamNet Bridge – In the education sector, Vietnam is considered a poor spendthrift. It has spent much money on renovating the education curriculums, but has not got the desired effects.

A lot of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) still keep their operation in Vietnam even though their operation duration stipulated in the investment licenses had finished, and they have not made re-registration for continuous operation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's variety of traditional dances will sink into oblivion if they are not well-preserved, the chairman of the Ha Noi Dancers' Association believes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rice yields for the 2013-14 crop in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have reached the highest level in a decade.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's oldest mobile network operator, MobiFone, will recall nearly 200,000 SIM cards that were issued and allocated to dealers, but were  not activated for the past two years.

The UN Human Rights Council UPR working group on February 7 approved Viet Nam’s UPR Report in the second cycle at its 18th session in Geneva, Switzerland.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Motors Industry Corporation (Vinamotor)'s initial public offering launches in three weeks, but strategic investors remain passive,

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Performing Art has officially banned Luu Thi Diem Huong from performing within Vietnam after she was found to have lied about her marital status before competing in Miss Universe 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Hanoi’s Van Loi Village are still stunned after their houses were destroyed in the lead up to Tet holiday despite hasty deadline and incomplete compensation.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students have won second and third prizes for math and science at the Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS) 9th Regional Congress held in Malaysia from March 3-7.

VietNamNet Bridge - Today, March 11, the rescue forces have expanded the search area to 20,000 km2. Vietnam Air Force has mobilized the most modern patrol aircraft – Casa 212 – for the mission.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only beautiful, Ngo Bao Nghi, Tang Thi Nhung and Brianna Do are great talents, full of ambition and expected to be the future ambassadors for women's golf in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Trieu Village is only 60km away from HCM City, but might well be on a different planet with its clean air, greenery, and hectare after hectare of pomelo orchards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students from the University of Architecture in Hanoi on March 9 took the day to sketch the cantilever Long Bien Bridge, which has stood as a prominent feature of Hanoi’s image for over 100 years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities say they are unable to act against thousands of illegal private kindergartens and daycare centres in the country because the latter help fill the wide gap that exists between demand and supply.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The majority of Vietnamese PhDs do not follow scientific research or work as school lecturers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have pointed out that “following the crowd” is Vietnam’s biggest problem in programming its economic development.

 Taxi driver jailed for fraud and robbery; Hospital staff in blood test scam get jail time; Former bank director faces trial in Dak Nong; Ha Noi drive to inspect vehicles; Forest fires put out in Lao Cai

 Four oil refineries due to enter operation by 2030; Zero tax levied on two Cambodian import items; VietinBank to loan $7.8m to textile firm; VN forecast to return to fast growth; Work begins on $1.3b thermal power plant in Binh Thuan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors of the People's Hospital 115 in HCM City on March 8 successfully rejoined the penis for a 42-year-old man after his penis was cut off by his wife, with a razor.