A building complex being illegally constructed in Yen Bai Commune in the mountainous district of Ba Vi was knocked down on Friday (July 20), only two months before its expected completion date.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal mining has caused not only losses of natural resources but also environmental problems in the Central Highlands provinces of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two foreigners who were given fake money as change in Hanoi last week were conned by a taxi driver, not a cyclo driver, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Veteran actress Hong Nga, one of the southern leading cai luong (reformed opera) performers, will stage a live show in HCM City next month. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Students Vovinam Championships is taking place in Hue with the participation of 480 martial art practitioners from 28 teams across the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Soobin Hoang Son of Vietnam is collaborating with singer and actress Park Jiyeon of South Korea to introduce a music video titled Dep Nhat La Em (Between Us).  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in a friendly tournament from September 16-23 in Qatar with Uruguay, the Ivory Coast and the hosts, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty years since the launch of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in District 2, many people amongst the 15,000 having to relocate, are still living in temporary shelters.

Authorities in Kien Giang Province have been tasked to coordinate with the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to retrieve 1,029 original land use rights certificates reportedly missing 

 VietNamNet Bridge – It seems that nowhere else in the northern province of Dien Bien is quite like Tua Chua District. Most of the district, located 1,400m above sea level, is covered with rugged rocky mountains. 

Maison Chance is a non-governmental organisation that provides housing, healthcare and vocational training for orphans, street children, and the disadvantaged and physically handicapped in Vietnam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap plans to expand the scale of six famous craft villages to serve tourism needs and preserve traditional crafts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every Friday morning, a group of women gather under the shade of trees in Quang Ba Park in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District to practise a style of martial arts that might be new to some : Krav Maga.

The morning glory plants stood unharvested. Considering how popular a green vegetable this is across the length and breadth of Vietnam, it was strange that farmer Nguyen Manh Hong could not be bothered to cut and sell them.

Thousands of students across the country have been taking part in volunteer campaigns aimed at promoting the important role of youth in contributing to the country’s cultural, social and economic development. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a house and workshop in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung District where disabled people from across the country can come for a better life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a special class in Chao Pong Village, Ia Phang Commune in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, which all disadvantaged students from the local area can attend for free at any time of day.

Nguyen Thanh Tu, 56, a retired border soldier, has spent eight years searching for and protecting Hatinh langurs living in mountainous areas in Dong Hoa Commune in the coastal central province of Quang Binh.

A young single mother has become a language ambassador in the central province of Quang Tri to help children learn how to speak English in an effort to forget about an unhappy home life

Among the many jobs to which millions of people aspire – doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur – music instrument repairer is not likely on the list. And in Vietnam, where jazz music is a niche passion, Nguyen Khang, a saxophone repairer,