VietNamNet Bridge - Many investors have spent hundreds or thousands of billions of dong to buy a stake in state enterprises. 

Temperatures are heating up in HCM City, leaving many locals looking for ways to beat the heat. We searched the web and came up with some photos of folks taking unusual steps to cool off.

 Bai Dai Resort, the US$1.6-billion investment by Starbay Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s Millennium Group, now belongs to a Vietnamese investor. However, so far, this project is still very sluggish in implementation.

 A number of mobile stores in Hanoi began removing Apple’s “half-eaten apple” logo from their shop banners following the US tech company’s request sent to Vietnamese mobile traders recently.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport plans to build a road parallel with Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh district in an aim to reduce traffic congestion around Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

Japan is committed to investigating the murder of Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba prefecture and punishing the culprit in line with the law, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on April 14.

 The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission on April 14 issued an announcement about its 13th session that took place in Hanoi on April 12-13. 

 The French Navy’s amphibious assault ship Mistral and frigate Courbet arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on April 15, starting a week-long friendship visit to Vietnam.

 National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan returned to Hanoi on the morning of April 15, concluding her official visits to Sweden, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

 The Vietnam fresh fruit segment is brimming with untapped potential for production and export, says the Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association, but has lost the domestic market over food safety concerns.

 Amber Bernachi, 27, from Ontario, Canada was crowned queen of Miss Eco International 2017 at the pageant grand finale on April 14 held in Egypt.

Inspectors of the EU have examined several shrimp exporters in Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces due to doubts about the designation of origin, said Tran Thanh Hai, deputy director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 The traditional embroidery craft in Dong Cuu village, Dung Tien commune, Thuong Tien district in Hanoi, was recently honoured as a national intangible cultural heritage.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thanh Cong and Truong Hai are determined to export cars, despite a cut in import tariffs on cars scheduled to take effect in 2018. 

One teacher hit the head of a child with a slipper and another frightened a child by turning him upside down and threatening to put him into a chicken plucking machine. 

After driving off the crowded National Highway 1A south of Ha Noi and passing through the imposing welcome gate of Khoai Noi Village, one arrives at a peaceful village surrounded by endless green rice fields 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese businesses prefer to stay ‘invisible’ and ‘tiny’ to avoid the watchful eyes of state management agencies, inspectors and taxation bodies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The gloved hands moved in thin air, in a pantomime that only those who know sign language could decipher.

For Hai Thanh, life is a search for beauty in the mundane. Over the last 20 years, the photographer has travelled across the country, snapping scenes of daily life that reveal a simple charm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Planning Nguyen Chi Dung talks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about the importance of the Planning Law to national development.