VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNORE) is planning to prohibit some types of production activities in river valleys in an effort to protect the environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's premier fashion event will take viewers on a "unique" journey from the catwalk to the sidewalk this year, presenting conceptual and applied creations of five top designing talents in Viet Nam.

The foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real estate sector in HCM City decreased sharply in 2012. However, experts say this is not bad news at all.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national science and technology contest for high school students has come under fire from experts, who doubt the scheme's ability to improve the quality of curricular subjects

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected 2013 as the key year to implement the national sports and physical development plan in the 2011-2015 period.

The military telecom group Viettel has proposed the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) to increase the floor connection fee for incoming international calls from US4.1cents currently, to US6 cents per minute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rice exporters aim to export at least 7.5 million tonnes of rice in 2013, but less than last year, according to Truong Thanh Phong, President of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has earmarked VND379 billion (US$18 million) for two programmes this year to improve environment quality and the country's ability to cope with climate change.

MARD suggests changing import laws; ‘Zombies' thrive in Viet Nam; 2012 auto sales at 93,000 units; Small traders get training for better competitiveness; Many SOEs in HCM City have debts tripling chartered capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – Insurance fraud is on rise in Viet Nam and is becoming increasingly sophisticated, causing a huge loss to insurers and their honest clients,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lao Airlines on Tuesday officially launched direct flights from Laos’ Pakse to Danang nearly one year after piloting flights to the central coastal city,

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Public Security has discovered the biggest-ever online gambling den in Vietnam and arrested eight people, including five in Ho Chi Minh City and three in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – The three people who caught and brutally slaughtered three shanked langurs have been sentenced to 12-28 months in prison by the Sa Thay District People's Court in Kon Tum province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The total number of unemployed people in HCM City is expected to remain steady at about 150,000 throughout 2013, according to the City Centre for Job Placement.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several schools in HCM City have leased their land for shops and parking, facing protests from parents.  

The number of Vietnamese businesses have been decreasing sharply in recent years, according to official reports by state management agencies.

If seeing prostitution as a profession and licensing the establishment of “red light districts,” it will certainly cause many implications, not only for those who participate in this sector, but also cause negative consequences for society.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hue Traditional Crafts Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be launched from April 27 to May 1 and aims to highlight the local traditional crafts of various communities in the province.   

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport and relevant State agencies needed to mobilise social funding for transport projects, as the current funding available for the transport sector this year stood at only VND20 trillion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Le Huynh Duc will not be taking the driving seat of the national team after a meeting with the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) general secretary Ngo Le Bang.