VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huynh Dong, PhD, turned down a high salary in France to return to his hometown and work as a lecturer at the Viet Nam Petroleum Corporation. He talks about the rationale behind his decision.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Craft villages – the door out of poverty for rural workers - are dying or their names are only in the memory.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About 20km from Hanoi’s center, Dong Ky and Phu Khe carpentry villages in Tu Son commune, Bac Ninh province look like Chinese streets because most signboards are in Chinese.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People call Phan Trong Luong, 40, a "Big Brother" and it's true: he does rule the roost over his 100ha of chestnut forests and 800ha reservoir, and he has been in jail for beating up poachers and gambling.

 State budget collection increases; VEPR says 7-10 years needed to tackle bad debts; VNCB to raise capital to VND7.5 trillion; G-bonds forecast to sell well in H2; Mid-end condos still sell well

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 18th Vietnamese Film Festival will take place in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh from October 11 to 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After salvaging 4,000 artifacts from the ancient wreck in Binh Chau, Quang Ngai province, experts and archaeologists have discovered many precious artifacts around the ship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scholars and their US partners have earned three awards in a US Government programme to fund scientific research in developing countries,

The Voice of Russia has quoted Russian military experts as saying that the first two Russian submarines that Nga builds for Vietnam, named "Hanoi" and "Ho Chi Minh City," would take a journey to Vietnam through Africa.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in South Korea, Vietnam’s top male chess player started to prepare for the World Cup in August 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Blood-sucking bugs have reappeared in Ha Noi, with sightings of the irritating insects reported in 21 out of the capital's 29 districts.

VietNamNet Bridge – A new project launched on July 4 will get both residents and visitors to record information and impressions of famous and not-so-famous destinations as well as culture and cuisine of Viet Nam in order the make them more popular.

VietNamNet Bridge – At around 7 am on July 5, many people panicked when they saw an elderly woman pouring gasoline on her body and burning herself at the drawing-room of the court.

A complex of the most valuable sculptural works in the history of sculpture in Vietnam--which is little known, is located in the campus of La Vang Holy Land in Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province.

VietNamNet Bridge – Demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas is set to rise significantly as its versatility is exploited further the world over, experts said at a three-day conference that ends in HCM City today.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bat Trang Village has long been known as a place to buy quality pottery, but rarely have these works been exhibited for the public. A small museum offers a rare glimpse into this cultural tradition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Joanne Stewart quit a high-profile corporate job in Singapore to volunteer to set up Swim Vietnam, five years later it is still the only training school for swimming teachers nationwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese artist Ryotaro Sugi is a Viet Nam - Japan Special Friendship Ambassador. In 1997 he became the first foreigner to be awarded the Friendship Order by the State of Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Since I came to Vietnam, 1.5 years ago, a newer ending search for good beer and breweries has been going on. Beer consumption here is high and everywhere you find people drinking beer.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi police have just arrested and prosecuted Nguyen Hoang Long, chairman of a real estate company in Hanoi, for allegedly swindling hundreds of billions of VND from investors.