VietNamNet Bridge - Losing out in the carbonated soft drink market segment, Vietnamese drink manufacturers also cannot compete with foreign ones in products which use materials available in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many subscribers have left VNPT (the Vietnam Post & Telecommunication Group) recently, helping VNPT’s rivals such as Viettel and FPT Telecom obtain larger market share.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have pointed out that Vietnamese parents are ‘dictated by feeling’ when making decisions related to their children’s education. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese billionaires earn money from many different business sectors. However, many are investing in agriculture. 

Climate change is one of the reasons behind sea desertification. It warms the air temperature and sea water and lowers nitrogen, phosphorus and oxygen concentration.

VietNamNet Bridge - One in every six Vietnamese boys and one in every four girls have experienced some forms of sexual abuse. At least 5,300 of child sexual abuse cases were reported in 2011-2015.

VietNamNet Bridge - Management agencies are continuing to argue about how to collect taxes from Uber. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The high growth rate of Phuc Long is just one example that shows the strong rise of domestically owned café chains, where Vietnamese like going to foreign-owned Starbucks or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s ranks highly in statistical reports about consumption of South Korean sweets, ginseng and cosmetics. 

VietNamNet Bridge - With a series of programs and incentive packages, including the small enterprise support draft law, the state budget is expected to have a new source of revenue worth $19.2 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - With no tax refund for inventories, businesses complain they will lack working capital for operations. The new regulation will take effect on July 1.

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the appearance of new products, Phu Quoc fish sauce, in Vietnamese thoughts, is still the most delicious among true fish sauce products. However, the industry is now facing big challenges.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has great potential in developing digital technology but it has not been able to achieve a great deal because of a lack of digital readiness. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The Prime Minister’s decision to close natural forests has raised people’s hopes that the Central Highlands’ forests would be protected.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Nga Nhi came first at the 2016 high-school entrance exam in Hanoi. She also earned top scores at the entrance exams to the three most prestigious high schools for the gifted in the capital city.

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have urged the State to sell 20 of its businesses, saying that the State budget would have $10 billion from the sale.

VietNamNet Bridge - While government officials and experts believe that the protocol on phytosanitary requirements on Vietnamese rice exports to China is beneficial, rice exporters say the requirements are too strict. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Why can a lot of hydropower projects obtain licenses from agencies even though the power plants leaf to deforestation, violate forest protection laws and damage biodiversity?

VietNamNet Bridge - While some economists believe that Vietnamese businesses cannot grow because of heavy taxes, others believe that taxes should not be blamed.

The best way for candidates to receive a professorship is to increase the number of internationally published articles, especially in prestigious journals of ISI (Information Science Institute) and Scopus. However, Vietnam has been behind in this.