VietNamNet Bridge – Scale modeling is a growing pastime in HCMC. And coffee shops displaying scale models are no longer new. Café DMT at 6B Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in District 3,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have agreed to preserve the body of the Hoan Kiem turtle in the long run but they have not fixed the measure of preservation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese entrepreneurs are willing to spend billions of dollars and race against time to build their own retail chains as foreign groups flock to Vietnam’s promising market.

 Vietnam’s super-rich are indulging themselves in buying luxury yachts worth millions of US dollars.

 It is difficult to identify the architectural structures of palaces built under the Dynasties of Ly (1010-1225) and Tran (1225-1400) due to the lack of data, heard an international workshop on February 22.

Traffic police can commandeer assets of organizations and individuals, including vehicles and communication devices, under Circular 1/2016 of the Ministry of Public Security.

 Though experts forecast a rise in lending interest rates in 2016, a central bank official believes it is feasible to keep the rates stable and reducing it slightly this year.

 The local authority in the northern Hung Yen Province should return pythons found in the area back into the wild, animal experts have said.

 Amateur golfers will compete in the Mercedes Trophy Qualifier at Montgomerie Links Viet Nam on March 5.

Veteran artists who symbolise Vietnamese beauty will perform in an Ao Dai festival that will be held at Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) from March 1 to 4.

 The transport ministry will conduct the feasibility study of a 550km-long railway line, linking Laos' Vientiane to Vung Ang in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam, from December 2015 to December 2017.

 The transport ministry wants electronic toll collection systems (ETCs) installed at all toll booths nationwide from 2020, to end delays and cut costs, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong said. 

 Residents of Tam Kỳ City's Tân Thạnh District in this central province yesterday obstructed Nguyễn Văn Trỗi Road to prevent the passage of trucks carrying soil and rocks.

 The 14th annual Vietnam Poetry Day 2016, themed “Dat nuoc-Canh buom xuan” (Motherland-Spring Sail), opened in Hanoi on February 22.

 The State recognised a drum and gong performance in the southern central province of Phu Yen as part of its intangible cultural heritage.

  The hotline connecting citizens to Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang received nearly 1,200 calls and over 800 SMS messages from February 19 to 21.

 The Prime Minister has decided to make August 28 the Traditional Day (or the Foundation Day) of Vietnam’s information and communications sector.

Vietnam has continued to facilitate the development of ties with Japan for the benefit of the two peoples, as well as for stability, peace and prosperity in the region, Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Russia once helped Vietnam manufacture weapons and now may transfer automobile technology to Vietnam, experts say.

The things of universal interest in Vietnam, if put in order of importance are general economic information, bills for basic needs, job stability, food price increases and health. This explains why the functional food market in Vietnam is hot.