These special photos provide different views of a dynamic and modern Hanoi as seen from above.

Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had meeting with UN Deputy Secretary General and Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operation and Director of the UN Mine Action Service in New York, on October 13.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that during the APEC Year 2017 event Vietnam is expected to welcome tens of thousands of delegates and organize about 200 events across the country.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for clarifying specific responsibilities of local authorities, Party units, collectives and individuals in forest management and protection via strict measures. 

VietNamNet Bridge - “Abandoned by Heaven”, a solo exhibition of oil and Dong Ho folk paintings on canvas by Hanoi-based artist Bui Thanh Tam will be held at Craig Thomas Gallery, HCM City from now until November 2.

Themed "Young mindset, young angle of view", the 2017 Young Photographers' Festival is underway in Hanoi through October 16, showcasing 180 photos taken by photographers aged between 18 and 35.

 The number of domestic workers at home and abroad has been on the rise. However, regulations meant to protect their legitimate rights and interests are insufficient.

Nguyen Thi Xuan Mai, head of the Department for Labour and Population Statistics of the General Statistics Office, discusses with the Nong thon Ngay nay newspaper measures to reduce the rate of undocumented workers. 

Most children in the modern age spend much of their spare time playing games on smart phones or tablets. Reading for pleasure and knowledge seems to have become a habit of the past.

 Mr. Stephen Wyatt, General Director of JLL Vietnam, tells VET about the development of the condotel market in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The ways of manipulating the stock market are getting more sophisticated despite serious punishments. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Cao Duong Commune in Hoa Binh Province call the stone quarries scattered around their modest homes "death valley". 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has underlined the urgent need to restructure public sector organizations in a way that promotes the private sector’s involvement in those public services.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung tells Vietnam News Agency about the application of science and technology to mitigate damages of climate change.

Director of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) Dinh Huu Phi tells Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper about using technology to make it easier to establish intellectual property rights 

Tran Vinh Tuyen, vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, tells the Thanh Nien (Young People) that a smart city will vastly modernise and improve living standards.

Associate Professor and Doctor Nguyen Quoc Dung, member of the Party’s Central Theoretical Council, tells the VOV e-newspaper that streamlining the public sector is a revolution that requires both determination and sacrifice.

VietNamNet Bridge – “Undone”, a solo exhibition by Hanoi-based visual artist Nguyen Tran Nam, is underway at Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi until October 31.

 Since the beginning of the year, myriad financial investors from South Korea have been actively searching for opportunities to enter the Vietnamese banking sector, especially the consumer finance segment. 

In the past three years, Rich, a 66-year-old American man, spends nearly one hour every day riding to his workplace, Binh An Center for Development in District 8, HCM City, where he works as an English teacher for disadvantaged kids.