VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has invited local and foreign companies to bid on waste treatment plants that are expected to reduce pollution and contribute to a greener and more beautiful urban area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internal migration to the Tay Nguyen region has caused population concerns, security and environmental protection issues as well as hindering socio-economic development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has decided to penalise all departments or localities that end up with less than 50 per cent of their budgeted public spending for this year.

 Ma Duc Huy has just graduated from the HCM City University of Technology (HUTECH), but is unable to find a job related to his major, bio-technology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Architect PhD Hoang Huu Phe, from the Viet Nam Urban Planning Development, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economics & Urban Affairs) on the Lang Hoa Lac mega urban city project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fish fins are often discarded by fishmongers as they are considered useless in the fishing industry, but a student in HCM City has developed a better idea.

At least seven villages and streets in Vietnam have murals, including Phung Hung Street in Hanoi. Murals have become popular in Hanoi in recent years and making the streets more beautiful is a concern for residents 

 VietNamNet Bridge – One autumn day, a Vietnamese teacher at a university in Kiev asked me to go for a walk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of solid waste in Vietnam has kept surging with more complicated components as a result of increasing population and human activities, according to a report released.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When asked why he decided to settle in Vietnam, Saleem Hammad said it was fate, or ‘duyên’ in Vietnamese.

Shrimp farming on sandy land has brought profits to the coastal central provinces over the years. But the unplanned and spontaneous expansion of this model is accompanied by the potential of severe negative impacts ...

Professor Dr Nguyen Chu Hoi, lecture at the Ha Noi National University talks to the weekly magazine Việt Nam & World Economy on what measures and solutions the country should pursue to achieve the goal of sustainable ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – Each locality in Vietnam has its own specialty. Hai Duong has its dau xanh (green been cake) and Cao Bang has its banh khao (sweet short cake made of roast glutinous rice flour). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Logistics, considered a industry with huge contributions to the development of the economy, has not lived up to its potentials due to human resources shortage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young UK tourist Sean Williams chose Vietnam for his first trip to Asia in November, and revelled in the country’s rich culture and cuisine.

With a sewing needle, a reel of thread and a piece of cloth on her person at all times, Lo Ta May, 29, from Ta Phin Village in the northern province of Lao Cai has all she needs to stitch her intricate embroidery, any time and any place.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online sexual exploitation of children has been increasing in Vietnam in recent years.

After spending six years in Vietnam, Irene Ohler has fallen in love with the nation’s culture and people. She has been particularly taken by the women in Vietnam thanks to their strength, resilience and beauty. 

Singaporean James Chew was a town planner for 35 years before he arrived in Vietnam back in 2005. Having been a professional hockey player in Singapore, he and like-minded expats decided to start promoting the sport

VietNamNet Bridge – Many environmentalists have raised concerns over the proposal to build a spiritual tourism site in Hanoi’s Huong Son Commune which is home to Huong (Perfume) Pagoda.