VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Ms. Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam about the challenges facing Vietnam's economic reforms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic logistics firms have got ready to compete with foreign service providers in Vietnam, the market which has been fully opened since January 11, 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Nguyen (The Central Highlands) in Viet Nam is renowned for its natural beauty with huge gentle elephants and also for a precious elephant tusk fossil that has been recently revealed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Garbage operators have told Ha Noi authorities that the capital could disappear under a sea of garbage if they are forced to use garbage compactors to collect it.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fans of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid FC are going to have a chance to buy CR7 brand souvenirs right in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transactions on foreign exchange (forex) trading floors are illegal in Viet Nam and violators can face administrative fines of up to VND100 million, or US$4,760.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. Tran Tuan Phong in Ha Dong district, Hanoi always sees dozens of bikes manufactured in the mid-20 century as his bosom friends.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha Dong, the father of the lovely “Flappy Bird”, has confirmed on his Twitter that he would revive the game, but said this would not occur soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – With nearly 60,000 likes on its Facebook page, Saigon Flea Market in HCMC’s District 7 has become a popular rendezvous on second and forth Sundays of month to many locals and foreigners who wish to find hand-made artworks,

The police force currently has only onetop -ranking general who is the Minister of the Public Security. The Ministry of Public Security proposes to have the second top-ranking general, who is the Deputy Minister.

 From a desolate coast with red sand dunes, Mui Ne has now become the green tourist centre of Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctor Vo Truong Nhu Ngoc has spent 13 years treating poor people in remote areas. He talks to the reporter about what inspired him to devote his career to helping unfortunate patients nationwide. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 100 households in a commune of Luc Ngan district in Bac Giang province have lived without electricity, travel by boat and had no means of communication for many years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many market observers believe that Sacombank will benefit less from its merger with Southern Bank.

 VN women feature in film festival; Author reprints inspiring book; Coin honours Dien Bien Phu win; Capital awaits colourful street festival; Celebrating harmony, happiness;

 Hi-tech criminals jailed for 72 months; Vietnam among countries most burdened with TB; International Day of Happiness observed in Vietnam; Essential preparations for 2014 Vesak finalised; Southern heat wave drives more patients to hospitals

 PM approves plan for central EZ; Dense fog causes collisions in Hai Phong waterways; Low-income buyers can mortgage new homes; Norwegian ship equipment plant opens in Haiphong; Vietnam expected to post two-digit export growth

VietNamNet Bridge – Strategic foreign investors on March 18 showed disapproval of a scant increase of the foreign ownership limit (FOL) in local banks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is the world's fourth-largest consumer of instant noodles, purchasing roughly 5.4 billion packets yearly, according to the latest report of the World Instant Noodles Association.

 Lung cancer rates among British women have risen by 73 percent over the last 40 years, while the figures in men have fallen by nearly half, cancer research authorities said.