On a nice day in 2013, Lam Quoc Vu, full of hope, met investors to raise funds for QA Symphony, his two-year-old business. But investors in Silicon Valley took the wind out of his sail.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Working in any field requires sound physical and mental health, while passion is required to work and live to the fullest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Locals and tourists of southern Vung Tau City are used to seeing a young man run along the beach every early morning.

Vietnam is moving in the right direction in terms of promoting green lending, Mr. Kyle Kelhofer, IFC Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, said.

Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry tells the Cong Thuong (Trade and Commerce) newspaper that the target of having a million successful enterprises by 2020 is feasible.

 Unlicensed beaches operating in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh Province during summer have made local authorities worried, reported the online newspaper vov.vn.

Deputy chairman of the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) Tran Manh Hung has resigned after a tape of him insulting Duong Van Hien, deputy head of the referee board of the VFF, was circulated online. 

Quang Ninh has approved the spending ofUS$7,857 million on upgrading the grand stand and re-decorating function rooms of Cam Pha stadium in order to host big international football events.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three hospital staff members in the southern province of Dong Nai were suspended from work on Monday after selling expired medicines to a patient last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Landslides on Monday occurred along the O Mon River in Can Tho City’s O Mon District, causing five houses to fall into the river.

Children and pregnant women lack access to health services in remote, border and island areas, creating a major challenge for the national programme to eliminate the transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis from mothers to children, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s police busted an illegal gambling operation run by Dang Van Quy, 45, a native of southern Dong Nai Province on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four members of a family, including an 18-month-old baby, were struck by lightning on Monday afternoon inside their house in central Nghe An Province’s Quy Hop Commune.

 Viet Nam is among the countries in the Asia-Pacific with an alarming incidence of gestational diabetes, Dr Le Quang Thanh, head of Tu Du Hospital in HCM City, has said.

 Southern Dong Nai Province’s agriculture department said the unsual high level of NH4 (Amoni) and NO2 (Nitrite) may be the reason behind Monday’s mass fish deaths on the La Nga River based on a test done on water sample collected at the site.

 Hanoi’s Police Department has launched a plan aimed at curbing illegal motorbike street racing in the city as the 2018 World Cup draws near.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thai investors are expected to increase their presence in Vietnam through capital contribution and M&A deals, analysts say. This will pose a challenge for Vietnamese goods.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Finance minister Dinh Tien Dung on Tuesday said that the controversial asset tax will not be on the agenda at least until the next National Assembly (NA) semester, or 2021.

The serial Tinh Khuc Bach Duong is being broadcast on Viet Nam Television’s Channel 1. The production truthfully portrays the life of Vietnamese people who were sent to study in Russia in the 1980s. 

 The third International Children Festival VTV 2018 will take place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, from May 29 to June 3.