VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi is the muse of many writers, musicians, and photographers ... with its ancient and peaceful beauty.

VietNamNet Bridge - “The world is trying to run away from the yen, but Vietnam seems to go in the opposite direction,” Le Xuan Nghia, member of the National Finance & Monetary Advisory Council, said. 

 Major press outlets and news agencies around the world have run articles showing their surprise and admiration for Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, who secured Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Olympics arena on August 8 (Vietnamese time).

 Vietnam ranked sixth in the medal tally of the Rio 2016 Olympics on the first day, August 6 (local time), after marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the historic gold medal. 

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has shared Hanoi voters’ view that the National Assembly (NA) must push forward with reforming its activities, including lawmaking, supervision, decision-making and diplomacy. 

With their solidarity, the ten small and medium Southeast Asian countries have done what many countries in the world desire to do but are unable to achieve, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Despite ups and down, the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand has progressed over the past 40 years with strongly developing people-to-people exchanges. 

The proportion of consumers in Vietnam who put their spare cash into savings is the highest globally (76 percent), followed in Southeast Asia by Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

VietNamNet Bridge – The High School for Gifted Students of Bac Ninh School is praised as a paradise for any student as it is the most modern school in Vietnam and the second best school in Southeast Asia today.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the context of global oversupply and unstable oil prices, oil & gas exports must not be seen as the lifebuoy for the Vietnamese economy.

 The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) will  control credit growth and direct capital to areas of priority from now to the year end towards safety and effectiveness, said Governor of SBV Le Minh Hung.

VietNamNet Bridge - Low-cost mobile phones, priced below VND2 million, are no longer selling well in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Investors' reports on the possible environment impact of their projects are often vague and cursory, but government agencies frequently approve them.

Vietnam owns a long coastline of 3,260 km, so it needs to attract experts on marine economy to support the nation’s development, Prof. John A.Quelch, Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School told a VietNamNet reporter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cheo Leo, avcafe that opened 78 years ago, is managed and served by three sisters, who are children of the café founder Vinh Ngo.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has drawn up three scenarios for the economy in 2016 based on first half figures, with the best scenario seeing the GDP target of 6.7 per cent being met.

VietNamNet Bridge - As famous names on the stock market of Vietnam, some giant State-owned groups like Vietnam Gas Corporation (GAS) and Phu My Fertilizer have huge amounts of money.

Government and business leaders speaking at a recent forum in Ho Chi Minh City have said that Vietnam is at risk of running out of skilled machinists and other manufacturing workers over the next four to five years.

 The recent hacking accident at national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines rang the alarm for the local banking system, as many of its members have been keeping expenditure to modernise their Core Banking system to a minimum.

 Vietnam has been ranked 89th out of 193 countries and territories in the e-government development index (EGDI) in 2016, up ten places compared to two years ago, according to the e-government survey 2016 conducted by the United Nations.