VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution situation in HCM City has no effective warning system that would allow the city authorities to take timely action.

 International branding experts have damned Vietnam’s national brand building efforts at a recent meeting in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists to Bac Ha District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on weekends will have the opportunity to drop by the Saturday night market, a unique cultural aspect of ethnic people there.

 Two goals each by Nguyen Cong Vinh and Nguyen Van Toan helped Vietnam to secure their first international win under coach Nguyen Huu Thang over Chinese Taipei in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification’s Asian category.

VietNamNet Bridge - Decree 60 took effect in September 2015, allowing Vietnamese businesses to lift the ceiling for foreign investors. However, barriers still exist.

As the process of restructuring the banking sector is coming to an end, with the number of banks expected to decrease to 15, monetary institutions are going to see a lot of changes in high personnel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will have nearly two million hectares of urban area by 2020, the natural resources and environment ministry has said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien told Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the review of the law on surrogate pregnancies one year after it took effect.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of some public and strategic services are expected to increase this year, including health care and education services.

 The central city of Da Nang is gearing up for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) scheduled for September 24 – October 3, according to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

  The Vietnamese embassy in Japan is working with the employers of Vietnamese workers there, to ask for improved living conditions and a review of housing rent to ensure their rights, said the Foreign Ministry on March 24.

 Asia should take innovation and creativity as key driving forces for sustainable development, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at the 2016 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) opened in China’s Hainan province on March 24.

 Vietnam requests Taiwan (China) to respect the country’s sovereignty and not to repeat any action that escalates tensions and complicates the situation in the East Sea, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh on Mach 24.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies were divided yesterday on whether to change the definition of a child from someone under 16 to under 18 in the Law on Child Care, Education and Protection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently took part in a book launch ceremony featuring music band 365 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Auto joint ventures formed by Vietnamese and Russian firms will be granted a number of incentives but will lose their licenses if they fail to meet local-content requirements.

 Many foreign passengers have had a hard time getting updates about train schedule changes and shuttle buses at Saigon Railway Station after the Ghenh Bridge in Dong Nai Province collapsed at noon on Sunday.

 An Australian man has tested positive for the Zika virus after a 10-day visit to Vietnam. The Ministry of Health has raised alert levels following evidence of the Zika virus in the country.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tan Hiep Village in Cam Tuyen Commune, Cam Lo District in Quang Tri Province is called the "bomb sawing village" because nearly 90% of the villagers used to earn their living searching for scrap metal left from wars.

 The Prime Minister has approved the largest-ever restoration project of Hue imperial citadel costing VND1, 274 billion (US$57 million), announced the People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Province on March 21.