VietNamNet Bridge – The Government’s drastic measures for wide application of unbaked bricks, also known as lightweight concrete bricks, promise a brighter future for producers of this new type of building materials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an effort to improve the standard of English in schools, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City had approved a pilot program to raise English language proficiency for the period 2011-2020

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam still has a lot of risks waiting ahead, although the macro-economy is regaining stability, said the World Bank (WB) at a press briefing on Wednesday. 

Although maternal health has improved substantially, Vietnam’s maternal mortality rate remained unchanged between 2006 and 2009, according to a report by the World Health Organisation at a recent conference in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Evolution, a solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures by city-based artist Luong Luu Bien, on Thursday opened at Craig Thomas Gallery in District 2.

In general, the Tet gift to workers at the end of the year is money. However, in the current economic difficulties, bricks, rice, garments and telephone cards all can be the “Tet bonuses.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being the host of the National Tourism Year 2011 with many scenic spots, beautiful beaches and tourist attractions, Phu Yen Province is still having a lot of its tourism potentials untapped.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Caves in central Thanh Hoa Province have provided soil evidence of climate change from end of the glacier age, plus tools and an ancient cemetery dating back more than 10,000 years.

Vietnam is one of few countries in the world that has an industry of farming and processing salagane nests.

A lot of the big guys in the real estate sector have offered to sell stakes in real estate projects. It seems that they have run out of patience in the long spell of cold market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pat Farmer, an ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, will run the length of Vietnam to raise money for clean water programs for the nation’s poor.

Vietnam is the country which has the highest number of doctors in the region and has the lowest number of scientific research works.

On the first day of the Vietnam Fashion Week Spring Summer 2013, December 6, the collections of four designers Hong Vuong, Van Hien, Bich Ha and Van Khoa of the Viet Thang Garment Company were introduced to the audience.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new Schengen visa application centre will open in Ho Chi Minh City after the New Year.

VietNamNet Bridge - After the Vietnamese team failed in AFF Cup, Vietnamese FCs have also received the bad news.

Investors have poured money into the e-commerce market, a very promising type of business. However, they would have to encounter big difficulties.

Sugar companies have begged for the government’s urgent interventions in terms of tax rates, sugar import quotas, trade fraud control and cross-border exports to protect domestic enterprises which are at the death point.

Being surprised is probably the feeling of most people when they come to "Korean streets," because the advertising boards of stores along the roads are in Korean language. They can mistakenly believe that they are in Korea.

VietNamNet Bridge - 2012 is about to pass. Looking back at the business circle, one can see that this was a stormy year for Vietnamese moguls.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha Lan*, a resident of HCM City, recalls the incident that made her leave her job as a tour guide, a profession that she was once passionate about.