Dried fields, cattle dying of thirst, expensive drinking water, sea water overflowing houses. In 2016, the lives of millions of people in Mekong Delta, Central Highlands and central region were upset because of drought and salinity intrusion.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 10 richest women on the stock market have total assets worth VND19.301 trillion, accounting for 11.5 percent of total assets of the 500 richest Vietnamese billionaires.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economist Luong Hoai Nam tells the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about the urgent trade-offs between private transport and public transport and offers the way forward to curbing traffic congestion in major cities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Eighty percent of students say they have suffered from gender-based violence at least once, while 71 percent of students have been affected by school violence in the last six months. 

 Many university graduates seem to feel that a high paying executive job upon graduation is an entitlement and not something to be earned.

As Vietnam’s tourism is strongly developing, with a rise in tax revenue. However, are foreign online hotel booking services subject to tax in Vietnam? Fred Burke and Nguyen Thanh Vinh from law firm Baker & McKenzie delves into this issue.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “What would you do if you were a high court mandarin during the Nguyen Dynasty?”

While the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) wants to resume exploitation of Thach Khe, the largest iron mine in South East Asia, after eight years of interruption, Ha Tinh provincial authorities are reluctant to do so.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts were cautious about the trade surplus of VND2.7 billion in 2016, saying that the figure did not show the entire picture of the national economy. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – To mark the onset of the New Year, Minister and Government Office Chief Mai Tien Dung speaks to the media about the government’s resolve to work by the principles of "integrity, actions and development".

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under the influence of climate change and overexploitation, the amount of coral reefs worldwide, including in Phu Quoc District in the southern province of Kien Giang, have reduced significantly.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to new data, Viet Nam’s richest citizens can earn roughly 5,000 times more money in an hour than the poorest Vietnamese spend in a day.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport has become increasingly crowded as people worsen overcrowding by coming to meet their relatives returning home for the lunar New Year (Tet).

 International bank Standard Chartered has forecast that Vietnam’s economy will expand by 6.6% in 2017, buoyed by strong growth in the manufacturing and construction sectors.

 The final round of Break the Floor, a contest to search for the best hip-hop dancers in Asia, will take place at Lan Anh Music Center in HCMC’s District 10 on February 25.

 ocal mediahas voiced strong objections to a provision in the draft amendments to the Labor Code, which seeks to abolish the prevailing regulation that female workers taking care of babies aged less than 12 months are given 60 minutes off a day. 

Da Lat, known as the city of flowers, is famous for cherry blossoms, which spruce up the festive atmosphere for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the biggest holiday celebration in Vietnam.

 The Ibaraki Day, Lantern, West Town and Hapu Village Festivals are just a few of the plethora of new year celebrations Hanoians can partake in over the TET holidays to ring in the New Lunar Year.

 Vietnam’s Quan Ho folk singing was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind in 2009.

 Vietnamese markets come in all sizes. In the city, markets are often bigger and more crowded than in a village or commune. Each of them also has a name and a story behind it. We now explore the meaning of some Vietnamese markets' names.