The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has attributed the stagnation of the tourism industry to the lack of money to run tourism promotion campaigns.

Emily Whitehead is kind of a big deal. At age seven, she is the only child to have beaten back leukemia with the help of a new treatment that turned her own immune cells into targeted cancer killers.

There were the “billionaires’ islets” in Mekong Delta, where farmers got rich with their catfish farming.

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 14,000 hospital beds were additionally arranged in the local hospital system last year but the overload at local hospitals has still remained a headache, heard a conference in Hanoi last Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Power authorities are determined to introduce economical power usage this year.

VietNamNet Bridge – A concert featuring a journey of music of the U.K. and famous modern ballet Dream Puzzles will be held at HCMC Opera House on at 8 p.m. March 29 thanks to HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and British Council.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Government bond yields have kept falling on the primary and secondary market over the past week as banks with a cash surplus have sharply increased bond buying.

VietNamNet Bridge – Deniz Inan will join forces with the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Do Kien Cuong for ‘Opus 2 – Kayo’s Journey’ at the Music Hall at HCMC Conservatory of Music at 8 p.m. on March 30.

Discussion on the draft amendments to Constitution 1992, full-time National Assembly deputies disagreed with the way that some agencies responded to the proposal of removing Article 4 on the role of the Communist Party.

A lot of Vietnamese students have been trying to go studying abroad just because they want to avoid the compulsory military service.

Japan committed US$2 billion ODA to Vietnam; Fishery sector aims for stronger capacity; Consumers encouraged to buy local products; Central coast focuses on tourism development

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,600 traffic accidents were reported over the past two months of this year, killing nearly 2,000 people and injuring almost 5,800 others, a recent conference on traffic safety heard yesterday.

16 injured in head-on bus/truck crash; RoK: guest workers to benefit by returning home; Traffic order needed to reduce road death toll; Focus to be directed on emerging diseases

VietNamNet Bridge – “Purity” - the autumn-winter 2013 collection by Vietnamese designer Quynh Paris - was performed in the Fashion Week in the city of Los Angeles, the USA recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises are increasingly investing overseas, especially in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, it has been announced.

VietNamNet Bridge – In June, the National Assembly will hold the vote of confidence for 49 senior officials. The session will also spend adequate time to review the personal work.

On March 25, the authorities of Phan Rang city of the central province of Ninh Thuan seized two ancient cannons at a private scrap trading enterprise in Dong Hai Ward, Phan Rang. The cannons weigh about 700kg each.

VietNamNet Bridge - Instant noodle packs, clothes, fishing tools... were tattered and burned after the fishing boat of Mr. Phai, a fisherman from Quang Ngai province, was shot by Chinese ships.

HCM City has kicked off the project to develop the IC industry, planning to make investment in all phases from training, designing to production and commercialization.

VietNamNet Bridge – Officials from the National Assembly, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, central and local governments joined experts and researchers at a seminar on March 25 to discuss the government’s draft report on results