VietNamNet Bridge – Dù kê is a popular form of folk art created by the Khmer in the Southwestern region of Vietnam. All performances praise the good and condemn the bad.

More than $40 million to be spent on stabilising prices for Tet; Vinatex to sell non-core operations; Bar set higher for bank branches; Experts call for debt market; Two online trading companies shut operations

 VietNamNet Bridge – The application of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) in fruit cultivation has paid some export dividends, but serious productivity and saleability problems remain, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nghe An, Dak Lak and Dong Nai will become three centers of elephant conservation under a VND257-billion project set up by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is changing its legal framework to help the environmental services industry grow, according to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen.

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government plans to create favourable working condition for scientists, similar to that in developed countries, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said it has fulfilled the commitments of setting a leveling playing field for all players--when drawing up the network of supermarkets and shopping malls by 2020.

“Trade deficit” is the term commonly used in economics, not for culture. But it's not hard to find out that Vietnam is in trade deficit for culture, particularly in entertainment, audiovisual, movies, books, etc. Animation is just one of them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Screening and health education programmes for the most common cancers should be expanded in Viet Nam to reduce the number of late-stage diagnoses, health experts have recommended.

VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly a month many tour operators in the central region have complained of the increase of the ticket prices to cultural heritage sites in the provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue.

VietNamNet Bridge – At weekends, visitors flock to Don Village (Dak Lak) to see elephants, ride elephants and to buy “special products.”

VietNamNet Bridge – The first ADC Tour of Viet Nam, an official week long event endorsed by the International Cycling Union (UCI), has attracted many international riders to compete when it begins on December 17. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent moves by commercial banks of lending more capital to estate projects have brought high hopes to investors. However, analysts say the “exit door” remains too narrow for them.

People have been rummaging through Lam Dong province for ancient tea trees, which can enrich them overnight. The trees can be sold for up to tens of millions of dong to the rich people who have ornamental tree collections.

Since 2013, Quang Ngai will improve the significance of and introduce to international friends the century-old rituals to pay tributes to soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla, who sacrificed their lives to guard the Paracel Islands centuries ago.

VietNamNet Bridge – More HIV-positive patients in Viet Nam with higher T-cell counts will have access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, according to the Ministry of Health.  

The last 10 years witnessed big upheavals in the pre-school education. The policy on pre-school education socialization has kept a lot of children away from kindergartens.

People once believed that Google and Facebook would gulp down Vietnamese enterprises in the online marketing market. However, the giants have met their matches.

 In the battle for Christmas, Microsoft has scored a win over Google as the official maps partner for Santa and his reindeer.