In the central province of Quang Binh, people prefer growing indigenous plants to acacia and cajuput. This allows them to make fat profits, protect the environment and conserve rare and precious plant species.

Vietnamese petroleum companies have enough time to build facilities and develop networks to prepare for competition with foreign distributors once Vietnam opens the petroleum market, experts say. 

A vaccine for preventing A/H5N1 avian influenza, a vaccine for preventing respiratory and reproductive disorders in pigs, and successful research on robots are three of many achievements gained by national science & technology programs.

VietNamNet Bridge - When a smartphone falls into the hand of uninformed person, it may become an instrument to commit crime. 

 Vietnamese citizens, especially the underprivileged, will have access to inexpensive drugs produced by US biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to treat hepatitis C infections.

VietNamNet Bridge - The heyday of fast food chains seems to be over in Vietnam. The number of fast food shops has been decreasing in an era when people are trying to ‘live slowly’.

A ban on sand mining in the area of Thu Bon River’s Cua Dai estuary and Hoi An’s beaches may help save Cua Dai Beach from worsening erosion.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has had to explain why Chinese firms continue to win tenders for major projects in Vietnam despite being tardy, unsafe, and of poor-quality.

 The Hanoi Department of Education and Training is coordinating with the Hanoi Transport Corporation to conduct a survey on demand for buses among students from the primary to high school level.

 MobiFone cooperated with Facebook to officially launch Free Basics and Facebook Flex services in Hanoi on May 25.

 Vietnam’s foreign debt leaped 6.5-fold between 2001 and 2015, with the World Bank, Japan, and theADB being its largest creditors, Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung told the ongoing National Assembly session on May 25.

 The summer has arrived. Hanoi streets are becoming more and more colorful with the red of Flamboyant flowers, the yellow of Golden Shower flowers, and the purple of Crape-myrtle flowers.

 Here’s an up-close look at the La Khe Station that has just been opened for tours by the Ministry of Transport.

 Paul George Harding, an American teacher at an elementary English school in Hanoi and members of his class are on a mission to keep Hanoi clean by devoting themselves to projects to the capital city.

 The real estate market is busy with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), which are forecast to touch a record high this year, driven by the sector’s steady recovery.

 The real estate market in the west and southwest of Ha Noi is expected to develop further with the development of infrastructure and high demand, according to experts.

 Viet Nam’s major cities are gearing up to develop homes for workers, planning to construct small studios of some 25-50sq.m. at the price of 150 million (US$6,500) per unit.

 Around 30,000 farmers across nine provinces in the country will get support from Google over the next three years to learn to use the internet for their work.

 Hanoi People’s Committee has approved FPT Corporation’s project on building an intelligent transportation system (ITS) in Hanoi.

 Residents have welcomed efforts to move electrical wires and telecommunication cables underground in downtown HCM City.