Deputy Defence Minister, Senior Lieutenant-general Nguyen Chi Vinh has stressed Vietnam’s consistent defence policy, saying the country only wants to protect its territorial sovereignty and contribute to peace and stability

The businessmen at the 2013 CMO Vietnam, the marketing communication forum, held in HCM City some days ago, all noted the inevitable move of the society’s life towards Internet and Mobile.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a keynote address at the 12th Shangri-La Dialogue on Friday calling on nations to build strategic trust for peace, co-operation and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

A lot of “bogus” travel firms have been existing -- escaping the notice of the management agencies and ripping off travelers.

Poor farmers, who have been miserable because of the losses in rice and livestock farming, now have to borrow money to pay children’s school fees.

A lot of the seaports in the east of the southern region have been operating at a moderate level, others remain half done, causing a great waste of trillions of dong. This has been blamed on the unreasonable seaport system programming.

 Many property projects seek new investors; Firms remain hesitant about energy labeling; Interest rate cap for seafood, livestock, chicken breeders; Improving public investment efficiency

It is just another day in the Vietnamese countryside. A mother lulls her baby to sleep, a boy plays the flute while sitting on a buffalo's back, men and women sing as they harvest rice in the fields and a woman takes a boat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Charlie Nguyen is set to surprise cinema audiences once again with his next choice of project, which is being billed as Viet Nam's first road trip comedy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Do Minh Nhan will present 30 watercolour paintings of UNESCO-recognised World Heritage Sites in the ASEAN-Viet Nam Heritage Space Programme at the Hoi An Sculpture Garden from June 22-26.

VietNamNet Bridge – The VN Index has increased by 25 percent so far this year, turning Vietnam into the fastest growing market in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association for Preservation of Nature and Environment has recognized the Gua tree of nearly 160 years old in Can Tho city, as the heritage tree of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Born in Van Quan District in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, considered the birthplace of then folk singing, Hoang Trong Thai has loved the melodies since she was young.

 VietNamNet Bridge – French artist Gerald Gorridge will come back to Ha Noi in November with a new exhibition of cartoons featuring portraits of Vietnamese and French people.

A lot of tourism sites, introduced as eco-tourism areas, have been set up recently to satisfy the travelers’ demand for mixing themselves with the nature.

They are the leading brains who not only have influences to their businesses’ development, but also to the development of the country and the regional economies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Documentary Film Festival in Vietnam celebrates its fifth anniversary with a fantastic line-up in Hanoi and HCMC this June.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State agencies at central and local levels spent nearly VND2.76 trillion buying around 2,391 automobiles last year, according to a government report.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to heighten the average stature of men and women at the age of 18 to 168.5cm and 157.5cm respectively by the year 2030, according to a 20-year national programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – A public debt crisis would hit Vietnam by 2020 if the present way of public spending did not change, according to a report by the Economic Committee of the National Assembly.