VietNamNet Bridge - On October 22, hundreds of aloes wood hunters gathered to demand the authorities of Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province to make public the investigation results of some local officials who had confiscated their aloes wood...

When Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed the decision to appoint Hoang Quoc Vuong, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, as the Chair of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)--he has put Vuong to the test.

An exhibition titled ‘World of KIRIGAMI: A Hundred Flowers & Words’ featuring art works by Japanese artist Kanako Yaguchi will be held at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi

VN ponders tax revenues; US expertise to benefit VN aviation sector; Animal feed price hike in sight; Car imports hit record low; Nearly US$1 billion FDI invested in Hanoi; Vietnam’s banking sector needs to deal with interest groups

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known Vietnamese professor Dang Vu Khieu turned 97 on Wednesday. Despite his age, he still plans to complete a book titled Van Hien Thang Long by the end of this year.

The Enterprise Finance Management Agency under the Ministry of Finance has proposed to remove the finance and credit privileges for State owned enterprises (SOEs) as a part of the SOE reshuffle.

On September 19, the National Institute of Nutrition in Hanoi held a meeting to implement a balanced and nutritional meal plan for Vietnamese people from now until 2020, to make up for shortfalls in nutrition in the modern day diet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nexttop DJ 2012 competition has been launched in Hanoi to honour Vietnam’s hottest Disc Jockeys, attracting the interest of young music fans from all over the country.

Ranking member Eni Faleomavaega, of the US House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, has said the Viet Nam Human Rights Act, passed on September 11 by voice vote on the House floor, is the wrong way forward.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Thi Thuy Duong is only 12 years old but every day she rows her basket boat to school, just like many other classmates who live at the Cua Van floating fishing village in Hung Thang Ward, Ha Long City,

 VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam's resilient banking system appears to be weathering the global financial storm, with total assets rising by 0.79 per cent between January and July, according to the State Bank of Viet Nam.

Hanoi in the autumn, dracontomelum trees on the streets of Phan Dinh Phung, Tran Phu, Dinh Tien Hoang, Hang Khay, etc. have started pouring leaves. These roads are covered by “yellow carpets.”

Authentic cuisine, dancing, music and many more typical Vietnamese traits are available for visitors to experience on board the three-deck wooden boat Vietcruiser that travels along the Saigon River every Saturday,

The Viet Nam-US Dialogue Group has announced its aim to overcome the consequences of Agent Orange and dioxin in Viet Nam by 2020 at the seventh meeting of the Viet Nam-US Joint Advisory Council yesterday.

Four foreign investors once arrived in Vietnam to do business after they believed that the market had great potentials for them to exploit. However, only one of the four still can stay there.

Hanoi-based artists Vu Thai Binh, Ngoc Duc Hoang and Tran Ngoc Hung have brought the North to HCMC Fine Arts Museum to give Saigonese a chance to admire the colors and atmosphere of Hanoi in autumn.

VietNamNet Bridge – YxineFF this year has kicked off with Tran Dung Thanh Huy’s controversial 16:30. The movie shorts festival has also selected 66 movies to be available to global audiences until December 15. 

VietNamNet Bridge – After more than 40 years of poverty and isolation from friends and family, a colony of lepers has been given the green light to return to civilisation.  

The problem of lacking money to develop special use forests (SUF) has been partially settled since the Prime Minister has approved a program on developing SUF worth 5.5 trillion dong.

VietNamNet Bridge – Salangane nests, considered the nutritious food for the rich, have been enriching their owners. This has prompted others to rush to farm salanganes to become rich.