With a great passion for chocolate, Bui Darassamy, a Canadian-Vietnamese has founded Kimmy’s Chocolate brand – traditional handcrafted chocolate from Vietnam.

 Việt Nam triumphed the ASEAN Football Federation Beach Soccer Championship on Saturday in Indonesia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a Saturday morning in September, a special first day of school took place in a small room at HCM City’s Tumour Hospital.

 Many Vietnamese firms have received capital from foreign funds, which have contributed to increasing their competitiveness significantly.

 Despite early concerns about its feasibility, non-profit education is gaining ground in Vietnam with both foreign and domestic investors flocking to the burgeoning sector.

When Ly Thu Trang set foot on Con Dao Island, the first thing she saw was a coconut tree, its trunk bent over on the white sandy beach. It’s exactly like the scenes she often sees on postcards. Now it appears in front of her eyes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tra My has just published her fourth book. Over the past two years, My has typed up her thoughts about life and interviews with inspirational figures, using only one finger.

 Vietnam’s sport sector has had an outstanding 2018 and the country is starting to pay more attention to developing talented athletes.

 Vietnam’s listed companies lag behind firms in most world regions in terms of working capital performance, the latest study of auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vietnam has revealed.

 Outstanding contemporary paintings by Vietnamese and Hungarian artists are being showcased at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on November 23. 

BIDV, one of Vietnam’s largest banks, is issuing 603 million shares to the foreign strategic investor KEB Hana Bank from South Korea. If the deal succeeds, KEB Hana Bank would hold 17.6 percent of shares in BIDV. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With silver and golden leaves carved on dó (poonah) paper, artist Nguyen The Hung has breathed new life into his oil on canvas paintings in the collection ‘Land of Lost Wanderers’.

VietNamNet Bridge – Born and bred in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, Nghiem Dai Thuan – one of Vietnam’s 63 outstanding farmers this year – is familiar with coconuts.

 The Vietnamese government’s bold moves to fast-track the ­divestment of state-owned enterprises is opening more opportunities for foreign ­investors, but more needs to be done to shake up the ­languid process.

 A Vietnamese young man has left Google to instead return to Vietnam to create software aimed at preventing cheating in exams.

Vietnam’s approval of the long-awaited CPTPP will make it more convenient for businesses in Vietnam to boost exports and imports and furthering the economy’s growth. 

 Despite using traditional lacquer, celebrated Vietnamese painter Nguyen Quoc Huy chose a difficult way, in which he transformed the weakness of lacquer techniques into his strength.

Twenty tour operators and hospitality firms in the central province of Quang Binh and 60 travel firms in HCM City met at the Quang Binh Province Tourism Roadshow yesterday to explore cooperation opportunities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Probiotics are beneficial bacteria and play a key role in improving health and cutting the odds of contracting digestive diseases.

 A popular music and arts festival planned for this weekend was cancelled at the last minute.