Over $273.95 million will be spent on improving the environment in Phan Rang city in Ninh Thuan province, Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province, and Dong Hoi in Quang Binh province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers and students still have to use textbooks which contain outdated and inaccurate  information. 

The Ministry of Planning and Investment sent a message to Long An last week, urging the provincial authorities to take stronger actions to reassure foreign investors following a dispute over fee payments between a Japanese firm and Tan Duc IP.

A research work by two Vietnamese university students on iris biometrics has been recognized by the Journal of KIIT, a prestigious scientific publication, which is heartening news for the Vietnamese community of young scientists.

  The Ministry of Industry and Trade aims to announce the results of the investigation into seven multi-level marketing companies this May.

 Local and international experts have proposed solutions to help HCM City secure its short- and long-term water supply.

 Officials from the transport sectors of southern provinces urged the Government to issue special policies to encourage the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) in public transportation.

  Saigon Polar Expo, a newly established ice entertainment venue, will be opened to the public next Thursday at Him Lam new urban area in District 7, HCMC.

 Truong Hoa Binh, Vuong Dinh Hue and Trinh Dinh Dung have been assigned to the post of Deputy Prime Ministers by the National Assembly.

 Many vocational training schools equipped with modern machinery and study tools worth billions of dong are facing student shortages due to low rates of enrolment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thua Thien-Hue Province is known for a variety of delicious cakes. Among those cakes is banh goi, a type of dumpling wrapped in dong leaves. This traditional cake has distinctive flavors of Hue’s authentic cuisine.

 The National Assembly approved the revised Law on Signing, Joining and Implementing International Treaties and a resolution on adjusting land use plans to 2020 and the national land use plan for 2016-2020 during the April 9 meeting.

VietNamNet Bridge - Holding important positions and huge amounts of shares, many businessmen have received salaries and bonuses of hundreds of billions of dong for 2015.

In its recent, ANZ writes that Vietnam remains the only Asian economy bucking the regional trade recession, continuing to record firm export growth in a region where sustained double-digit contractions in exports remain the norm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last three years, many local people living on To Ngoc Van Street (Tay Ho District) have come to know a smiling chef with blond hair, who loves talking to them about Vietnamese gastronomy.

For many Vietnamese families, chicken is a favourite dish. However, at roughly VND140,000-160,000 per kilo, which is rather high compared to pork at about VND100,000 per kilo, housewives can hardly choose it

 Viet Nam's lenders are gathering speed, posting the second-highest growth by country in this year's ranking of the top 100 banks in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

 The participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a driving force for Vietnam to fine-tune its legal framework and enforce laws on the environment, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha said.

  Vietnamese economists have long voiced concerns about the country’s heavy economic dependence on China, alleging certain groups and individuals have got kickbacks from Chinese contractors.

Organic gardening is a traditional, healthy style of farming known to most Vietnamese people for centuries. However, the old style is fading in the modern day, as farmers keep rushing with rapid changes of habit of consumers