Floods following torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, resulting in heavy casualties and property damage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap plans to expand the scale of six famous craft villages to serve tourism needs and preserve traditional crafts.

Despite high potentials of Vietnam`s retail sector, some large retailers have to scale down their initially ambitious plan on expanding convenience store chains in the market due to fierce competition and limited retail premises.

VietNamNet Bridge - The construction industry is experiencing good days thanks to the warming up of the real estate market. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every Friday morning, a group of women gather under the shade of trees in Quang Ba Park in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District to practise a style of martial arts that might be new to some : Krav Maga.

 Located in a small and quiet alley in Hoang Hoa Tham street in Hanoi, Okia Cinema is held dearly by cinema enthusiasts as “Hanoi’s smallest cinema” as it can accommodate only 40 viewers.

The morning glory plants stood unharvested. Considering how popular a green vegetable this is across the length and breadth of Vietnam, it was strange that farmer Nguyen Manh Hong could not be bothered to cut and sell them.

Thousands of students across the country have been taking part in volunteer campaigns aimed at promoting the important role of youth in contributing to the country’s cultural, social and economic development. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a house and workshop in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung District where disabled people from across the country can come for a better life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Forty venture funds operate in Vietnam, but most of them are foreign invested.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a special class in Chao Pong Village, Ia Phang Commune in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, which all disadvantaged students from the local area can attend for free at any time of day.

Nguyen Thanh Tu, 56, a retired border soldier, has spent eight years searching for and protecting Hatinh langurs living in mountainous areas in Dong Hoa Commune in the coastal central province of Quang Binh.

A young single mother has become a language ambassador in the central province of Quang Tri to help children learn how to speak English in an effort to forget about an unhappy home life

Among the many jobs to which millions of people aspire – doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur – music instrument repairer is not likely on the list. And in Vietnam, where jazz music is a niche passion, Nguyen Khang, a saxophone repairer,

Modern life can be very tiring. Let’s have a seat, enjoy some good tea and chat with Nguyen Viet Hung, the Tea Master of Vietnam, who won the Tea Master Cup competition in 2016, about his passion for organic tea 

Ha Giang police on July 20 began criminal proceedings against and issued a three-month temporary detention warrant for Vu Trong Luong for his involvement in the national high school graduation exam cheating scandal.

Local authorities throughout the country have been moving ahead with land accumulation models. However, the concentrated land areas remain modest compared with the localities’ potential and needs.

 China’s rising labor costs, the looming US trade war and Vietnam’s high growth are accelerating an already strong trend of foreign firms driving away from China to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mua lan (kylin dance) is often performed by the ethnic Hoa who account for around 4 per cent of HCM City’s population. Many of them live in Cho Lon (Big Market) in District 5. 

 Trade war between the US and China have escalated, causing concerns about a negative impact on the world economy.