Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai acknowledged the phenomenon that some foreign investors are taking advantage of cheap labor of Vietnam as a springboard to enter larger markets.

  US President Barack Obama has informed that he will pay an official visit to Vietnam this May to learn more about the country, its people and culture as well as discuss specific measures to boost bilateral comprehensive partnership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 male and female racers will compete in the wilderness adventure race for the third Ta Lai Trophy in Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai Province on April 16-17.

 The secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, Dinh La Thang, has called on relevant agencies in the city to quickly find solutions to put delayed traffic infrastructure projects back on track.

 Ho Chi Minh City and the Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will co-host the World Cultural Expo in November 2017, a biennial exchange to introduce cultures of participating countries.

  Vietnamese enterprises may struggle to compete in attracting and retaining the best talent in the region as workers move between countries under the AEC.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mong ethnic people in Sin Sui Ho Hamlet, Lai Chau Province, have been developing community-based tourism to leverage its natural beauty and unique cultural values.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People's Committee is set to streamline its functioning and become transparent in its decision-making.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In Tien Giang, tourists should drop by Binh Duc Commune in Chau Thanh District to take a close look at different snake species at the Dong Tam Snake Farm, the largest snake farm in Southeast Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge –The impact of El Nino in 2016 will likely surpass last year's record to become strongest ever in history,

 More than 70 per cent of domestic retailers have avoided participating in the policy-making process and are indifferent to reviews of existing policies, even those that directly impact their businesses.

 The central city of Da Nang will host a cherry festival in April, after Japan's Cherry Association donated 100 cherry trees for a pilot plantation at the city's Asia Park.

Over the past 13 months, Simon Niggli of Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher of Austria have walked more than 7,000 km across 19 countries from Europe to Vietnam to visit two children they had been sponsoring though World Vision.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The equitization process continues to disappoint despite there clearly being the will to wrap it up as quickly as possible.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnam has almost everything needed for franchises to really take off.

 Up to 40% of the Mekong Delta’s area could be flooded by the end of the 21st century if the sea level rises by a metre and Vietnam fails to provide solutions, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed.

There is no debt trading market in Vietnam which is professional and large enough for businesses to trade debts. Debts have been either lying still, thus causing big losses to involved parties, or have been transferred around.

VietNamNet Bridge – Coming to Da Lat in spring, you will have a chance to enjoy the cold weather and being on a fairy land among drifting and bobbing clouds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The napstaken by workers in HCM City are the special theme of many photos of the popular travel blogger Legalnomads.

 Vietnam lost to North Korea 1-0 at the AFC Women's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016 qualifiers in Japan yesterday.