Parents cannot understand why their children do very well in school, but have low scores at national exams. Analysts blame the disparity on the so-called achievement disease.

VietNamNet Bridge - The images of fans standing up in long queues in front of fashion shops waiting for their turn to buy goods show the great potential of the Vietnamese market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Sand exploitation brings huge profits even higher than that brought by illegal logging. Experts say.

What might have sounded esoteric and exotic to Vietnamese citizens even decades ago is now becoming a mainstream discipline, signifying the deeper inroads that the practice of yoga is making in the country.

The exhibition “The Multiverse” featuring works from 23 finalists of Dogma Prize 2017 will be held at Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang Street, Hanoi from July 8 through 28.

Tu Thi Tuyet Nhung of the Viet Nam Organic Association tells Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) that organic agriculture is a philosophy and a way of living with nature.

Japan’s Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza beat Viet Nam in straight sets 25-19, 25-20, 25-21 in the quarter-finals of the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship in northern province of Ninh Binh

 A miner trapped in a coal mine flood in the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 4 is feared dead.

 A collision between a car and a train on the north-south railway route on July 4 caused two deaths and two others seriously injured.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at a meeting in New Delhi on July 4 that Vietnam wants to step up the comprehensive strategic partnership with India.

VietNamNet Bridge - Though amusement and shopping centers for children are still not bringing satisfactory profits, investors remain interested in the sector. 

Hong Kong-based SIBC International Ltd has proposed to the Can Tho authority a project to build a racecourse and an entertainment and tourism complex in the country’s southern city. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Handicapped teacher Nguyen Ngoc Ky has released a new autobiography in HCM City.

 Mud and red soil from a controversial tourism resort project in Danang City’s Son Tra District has polluted the local beach.

 HCM City Party Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan has called for the women to have more children to ensure the country's workforce.

 The HCMC People’s Committee yesterday made a decision to approve programs on developing human resource for information technology (IT) in the phase of 2017-2020 in implementing smart city project.

 Ho Chi Minh City leads the country in gender balance yet a woman in the child-bearing age has only 1.46 child averagely, lowest rate in the country.

 Site support groups (SSGs) have been set up in Vietnam by BirdLife International since 2002, proving effective in conserving important bird areas (IBAs) of the country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany’s Hessen state on the morning of July 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first half of this year has been one of the most remarkable periods in the history of Vietnamese tourism, a senior official said yesterday.