Nearly 70% of Vietnamese who joined a recent survey of carmaker Ford said fuel efficiency is more important than capacity when they decide to buy cars.

The city in particular and the country in general always look for short- and long-term measures to attract more investments.

A number of foreign cable and wire companies are planning expansion in Vietnam in order to take advantage of the growing local and Southeast Asian demand.

VietNamNet Bridge – The cemetery of Hoa Vang is a monument honoring Vietnamese war martyrs  and a milestone marking the first defeat of the French when it attacked the central city of Da Nang in the early 19th century.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parks, cinemas and theatres in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of the 71st anniversary of National Day on September 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Heart Beat, a Sai Gon-based underground music community, will hold an underground music and light show with London-based DJ Marco Shuttle at The Observatory on September 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A table tennis tournament, the Double Fish Cup, will begin at Cau Giay Gymnasium in Ha Noi today, Sept 1.

Offering tax incentives is a method Vietnam uses to attract investors to oil refinery projects. With the incentives, investors can get benefits of billions of dollars. However, the incentives are the cause of many unsettled problems.

 A delegation of the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh and fallen soldiers

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietinbank volleyballer Pham Thi Kim Hue has been called up to the national team for the 2016 Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup for which will be held from September 14-20 in Vinh Yen City

Rice industry urged to change production custom; VN targets $3.5b worth rice exports by 2020; General economic census across VN to be conducted from March 2017: PM

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Monday sent an urgent document asking concerned organisations to inspect the use of the health insurance fund.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 250 competitors from teams from Da Nang and Quang Nam Province will compete in the annual Traditional Boat Race on the Han River on September 2nd.

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty three police officers from Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the Netherlands are attending the 41st Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program, a training course that opened in HCM City

 The 7th German Film Festival in Vietnam will be held in Hanoi, Hai Phong,Hue, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from September 8 -25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land management and usage in 30 cities and provinces across the country will be inspected from 2016 to 2020, according to a project approved on Monday by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Lingo.vn, the Vietnamese e-commerce website which announced its ambitious plan to become No 1 in online sales, has shut down. Some others also have stopped their operation and many others are not doing that well.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday (Aug 31) hosted a banquet for diplomatic delegations and international organisations to celebrate the 71st anniversary of Viet Nam’s National Day.

VietNamNet Bridge - In the last 13 years, Hanoi has had 1,300 university graduates who placed first on final exams, but only 10 percent of them were later employed at the city’s state agencies.

Most of the rubber trees grown on the dipterocarp forest in Ea Sup and Buon Don districts of Dak Lak province have been developing slowly, as the environment in the districts has changed, causing difficulties for production and people’s lives.