Education startups hold a great deal of promise in Vietnam given the country's long-standing emphasis on education.

 Excessive roaming charges are now a thing of the past thanks to a new Hanoi startup.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Hanoian hip-hop dancer finds dancing more than his passion when he volunteers to teach hip-hop to youngsters in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. 

 Data plays a crucial role in today’s digital age. However, organisations have not yet extracted great insights from data. Only 0.5 per cent of all data produced is ever analysed and used in any given year.

 The Vietnamese Government has given a range of priorities to foreign investors to develop production and do business in Vietnam, including those from Singapore, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first comedy dance contest in the country has been launched in the central city of Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese boxer Tran Van Thao will be honoured by the World Boxing Council Asia at an award ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 30.

 Vietnam are in Group C at the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship, following a draw in Malaysia on April 26.

 The 2-km Nguyen Trai Street in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City has been named Fashion Street which accommodates more than 200 fashion boutiques selling all kinds of items, from clothing, footwear, bags to hats and sunglasses.

 Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong has pledged to create optimal conditions for calling international investment capital in the eastern North-South expressway. 

A kaleidoscope of art and cultural activities featuring traditional and royal values will be nudged closer to domestic and international visitors to the Hue Festival 2018.

 The “Europe Days 2018” programme will take place at Ly Thai To Square by Hoan Kiem Lake, downtown Hanoi from May 4-6, said Ambassador Bruno Angelet.

 The northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city was treated to a splendid parade on April 26 held as part of the spectacular Carnival Ha Long 2018.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than half of the investors seeking to buy land on Phu Quoc Island and areas to be used as special economic zones (SEZ) in the future are from the north and Hanoi.

Three dramas by veteran directors of Hanoi that deal creatively with social issues were recognised with top awards at the National Drama Festival that closed on Wednesday at the Quan Doi (Military) Theatre in HCM City.

 There are many exciting festivals being held over the upcoming national holidays (Liberation Day and May Day), here are just a few you should not miss the chance to see.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a letter sent from the battlefield to her mother in 1968, war martyr Vo Thi Tan wrote, “Bombs can shake mountains, but they can’t stir our will and hearts, my dear mother.”

The Dam boat racing festival which is held every five years has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

 The heaven worship ritual of Dai Co Viet, the first centralised feudal state of Vietnam, was re-enacted at Bai Dinh Pagoda in Ninh Binh province on April 25.

 Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Federation of Labor on April 24 organized a mass wedding for 12 worker couples in the province.