Ninety percent of businesses have used emails in their daily works to date, 15 years after the day the Internet was available in Vietnam. However, 46 percent of businesses don’t know why they should use emails.

 VietNamNet Bridge – State President Truong Tan Sang’s recent visits to Brunei Darussalam and Myanmar have opened up new opportunities for cooperation between Vietnam and these two countries.

The Vietnamese millionaires, who once hunted for sua wood, thuy tung (Artemisia), tram huong (aloe wood), are now spending billions of dong on color-changeable wood.

Commercial banks had to stop mobilizing capital in gold and lending in gold on November 25, as per a decision by the State Bank of Vietnam. However, contrary to all predictions, the gold price has soared.

Overseas study consultancy firms have been mushrooming, while they do not have to pursue any regulations and do not bear the management of any state management agencies.

According to the new regulations, the owners of dogs and cats will have to register with the People's Committees of communes and wards. However, there is doubt of feasibility of the regulations.

VietNamNet Bridge – He has worked as a barber for heads of state for many years, but Mr. Han still remembered how thrilling was the first time he gave a haircut for a senior official.

ID cards with the name of parents, wedding party with less than 300 guests, VND5 million fine on those who use cell phones at gas stations, meat must be sold within 8 hours after slaughtering are the most controversial provisions in 2012.

 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.