Vietnamese and Japanese businesses plan to join forces with develop priority industries. However, they still cannot map out any business plans until a government’s action plan is approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s approximately 300,000 teen abortion cases—60 to 70 percent of teenage students aged 15–19—constitutes the highest adolescent abortion rate in Southeast Asia and the fifth highest in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of enterprises suspending operation and dissolving business in the first quarter exceeded the number of newly-established ones, signaling a year full of difficulties for the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fascinated by the centuries-old gong music of ethnic minority communities in Viet Nam, Vincenzo Della Ratta, an Italian researcher, has travelled to the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to learn about the local gong culture,

In five days in Vietnam, Nick Vujicic - an Australian who was born without arms and legs - will have seven meetings with over 50,000 and three talk shows on the biggest TV channels.

Being sexually refused by their wives, some men killed their babies of several months or several days old. They argued their angriness against their wives and their psychological depression for the murder but nobody can be sympathetic with them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Another 250 methadone clinics will be opened around the country by 2015 to treat 80,000 intravenous drug users, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

It would be better to reduce tax and collect tax sufficiently, than setting up high tax rates which prompt businesses to evade tax.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first gusts of summer wind have only just started to sweep through the country, but Le Thi Mai is already listing down possible destinations for her family's summer holiday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The forestry sector this year faces serious challenges because of newly issued regulations from key markets like the US and EU on wood products,

VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time, Vietnam will organize a beauty contest to looking for faces to promote marine tourism.

Vietnam believes that it’s now the right time to shift from the pre-licensing to post-licensing inspection over foreign invested projects to improve the foreign direct investment (FDI) quality.

VietNamNet Bridge –A village in the north dates back 2000 years but evidence and customs of its past have mostly disappeared. What's left is being steadfastly collected and promoted by an elderly, self-taught historian.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Ha Noi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

Despite the big budgets and the heavy investment, Vietnam’s education still churns out many error products.

Mobile network operators have been told to get adapted to the OTT-age instead of trying to eliminate it.

HCMC will need around 27,000 more hotel rooms, with around 6,700 rooms meeting three- to five-star standards, to accommodate some seven million international tourists and 24 million domestic ones in 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The image of the pagoda and the sound of pagoda bells have become familiar to Vietnamese people, helping them feel relaxed and calm.

 Viet Nam News reporters Bich Huong and Nguyen Ngoc get opinions on a draft circular of the State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) about lending to low-income house renter

Transport causes 60-70 percent of the pollution in urban areas and this is one of the most influencing factors to the air quality in the areas.