VietNamNet Bridge – A Pa Chai hamlet is well-known to travellers as the westpoint of Viet Nam and a junction between it, Laos and China.

Gloomy picture on youth employment; State Bank may apply ceiling lending interest rates this year; Slow sales means big discounts on new clothing; 70 securities firms may be shut down; Nation to remain manufacturing hotspot

 VietNamNet Bridge – Building new wooden tour boats equipped with sleeping cabins will be forbidden starting from May 1, 2013 in an effort to ensure tourists’ safety after some boat sinking accidents in 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Visa fee hike for international visitors to Vietnam provoked fierce protests at a conference on tourism in the southern region held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in HCMC on Wednesday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will start blending bio-fuels with petrol to power road vehicles from 2014, as the government seeks to push ahead with its commitment to establish green credentials.

The government of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has asked local agencies to consider eliminating small hydropower projects that are ineffective and will cause bad impacts on the environment out of the zoning plan.

The second phase of a national programme to build 176 floodproof residential clusters in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta is behind schedule due to higher costs of materials, labour and slow allocation of capital from the Government.

. . .‘Residents to participate in prevention of HIV/AIDS’, for the period 2008-2012 and to implement a national strategy until 2020, it was reported that Vietnam adds more than 1,000 new cases of HIV every month.

Businesses have been caught into a vicious circle. Since they cannot borrow money, their production has become stagnant and they cannot pay bank debts. And since they cannot pay debts, they cannot access bank loans.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Thi Hiep, mother of 10th grader Truong Thi Minh Thu, has observed a distinct change in her daughter in recent months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the rainy season to end soon, water levels in many canals in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are much lower than normal, sparking fears among locals that this will hit farming and drinking-water needs.

After a series of video clips featuring fights among schoolgirls, the online community has been surprised by sex clips of schoolgirls. This once again sounds the bell of disillusion of the indulgent lifestyle of a small part of the youth today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to treat all wastewater discharge and solid and toxic waste from factories, hospitals and households by 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Through the 19 oil paintings displayed in his first solo exhibition, Dao Quoc Huy reveals the life of people in urban areas, reflects the workings of modern society and, to some extent, the visitors' inner mind.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been and is going to flex its muscles to set up a rare record in 16 years: holding a large-scale sports games with huge funds in over two years on average.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will offer better medical treatment and further support to people with mental health problems as part of a national programme lately ratified by the Government.  

Not only one, two or several businesses, but numerous foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have disappeared.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One-third of Vietnamese children under the age of five were malnourished and one-third of women and children suffered from anaemia. Most of them lived in rural areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – So far English-language dramas have not been too popular with Saigonese but experts in art circles say they have great potential.

Vietnam and Russia have a fine traditional relationship and cooperation that has been continually consolidated and promoted over the years.