Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan and French Minister of State for State Reform and Simplification Jean-Vicent Placé talked about cooperation in IT and e-government development in Hanoi on February 24. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese are now buying more Japanese beef, US chicken and Australian lamb for their family meals, putting pressure on the domestic animal husbandry industry.

The Hanoi Education and Training Department has announced that it will take unexpected inspection tours to privately run nursery schools in Hanoi amid complaints about the low quality of schools.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam produces more than 40 million tons of unhusked rice a year, and In 2015 alone, the rice output was 44.7 million tons. 

 A ten-member Vietnamese team are ready to compete in the 2017 Asian Cycling Championships, which is scheduled to take place from February 26 to March 2 at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has affirmed that the State will no longer provide additional funding for 12 loss-making projects belonging to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The ministries of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Information and Communications want to address issues with Youtube’s advertising.

November 2015 was a historic milestone for Vietnam’s LGBT community as the National Assembly legalized gender reassignment.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government’s strong commitment to support the development of hi-tech agriculture has excited investors, but many difficulties lie ahead.

 Viet Nam’s three-year run of growth in its residential property market is expected to continue in the short term, a study conducted by FT Confidential Research (FTCR) has revealed.

 More and more giants of the Korean entertainment industry enter Vietnam in many different ways and are gradually coming to dominate the market.

 The total assets of the Vietnamese banking industry reached VND8.5 quadrillion (USD360 billion) by the end of 2016, according to statistics provided by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Poor men with steaming hot cups of tea can be found just about everywhere on the streets of Hanoi.

 The Government Cipher Commission of Vietnam and the Cipher Department under Cuba’s Ministry of Home Affairs  need to bolster cooperation, especially in exchange of visits, training, and scientific research. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A pregnant elephant in Dak Lak will give birth in late autumn 2017, which is expected to help develop the provinces' herd of elephants. 

Many investors who gave up casino development projects some years ago are considering returning as the government has turned the green light on allowing Vietnamese to go to casinos.

 One village in Vietnam's north specializes in repairing old cars and putting them back on the road or just selling their spare parts.

French photographer André Alessio says it is hard to make the connection between people and nature, but he has spent the better part of the past few years travelling the globe trying to do it.

 The growth of e-commerce in Vietnam is expected to reach 30-50 per cent per year, Mr. Tran Trong Tuyen, General Secretary of the Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM).

While foreign movie theatre chains have long ago taken the market from the hands of low-quality state-owned players, the recent closing of the bulk of Platinum movie theatres shows that the battle for customers is far from over.