VietNamNet Bridge – Awareness of continued gender inequality in Vietnam has grown in the last several years, though the goal of eliminating gender discrimination has not brought equality to all Vietnamese women. 

 The Ha Giang International Marathon Race, called ‘Running on the Road of Happiness’, is scheduled for April 30, the event’s organising board has announced.

 Religious festivals are sometimes marred by improper manners such as attendees throwing money to god’s palanquin during the parade and fighting for offerings on the altars.

 Chinese artist Chen Yi is displaying his watercolour paintings depicting Vietnamese landscapes and people at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

There appears to be no end to the rise of convenience stores in Vietnam’s retail market.

Foreign-invested auto enterprises in Vietnam have canceled orders for imports from Thailand and Indonesia because they still cannot get certificates from agencies of export countries, as required by Decree 116.

 Yok Đôn National Park’s management board in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk on Friday has coordinated with Buôn Đôn District police to start investigation into a large-scale deforestation inside the park.

 Bilateral relations between Viet Nam and Japan could be adversely affected if construction of the Metro Line No.1 continues to run behind schedule, according to HCM City authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Y Ty Commune in Bat Xat District, in the northern province of Lao Cai, has become a new tourist destination for domestic and foreign visitors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – One way to resolve environmental disputes, especially between citizens and polluting businesses as witnessed in recent times, is through litigation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year, Customs made significant changes in administrative procedures, creating favourable conditions for import-export businesses as per the Government’s resolution. 

Dang Hung Son, Sub-lieutenant of Border gate Vocational School No 24 in Vinh Yen City in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, spends eight hours a day befriending, caring for and training his four-paw student.

Phung Quang Oanh left Hanoi for HCM City in 2007, bringing along his puppets and a strong desire to introduce water puppetry – one of the most popular northern cultural feature –to southern residents.

The Hi-tech Agriculture Experiment Area in Viet Doan Commune, Tien Du District has over the past years become one of the regular and large flower suppliers in the locality.

Consumer credit soared by 65 percent in 2017, accounting for an increasingly high proportion of total outstanding loans, according to a report from the National Financial Supervision Council (NFSC).

 Five Vietnamese think tanks have been ranked in the top 100 think tanks in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region in the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.

 Authorities in HCM City and neighbouring provinces should focus on preparations for traffic safety during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, Deputy Minister of Transport Lê Đình Thọ has said.

 The Central Committees of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) have sent messages of congratulations to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee over the CPV’s 88th founding anniversary. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required every sector to build quarterly growth scenario completed with specific plans, solutions and task assignment, to submit to him before the Lunar New Year (February 16, 2018). 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A roll of banh mi (baguette) and a piece of old clothing means little to most people, but a world of difference for those in need.