VietNamNet Bridge – A year after a government decree on stringent punishment for environmental violations came into effect, its enforcement leaves a lot to be desired.

While a student condominium project has been halted due to a capital shortage, plans to give it a second life as a social housing complex have run aground due to the failure of Hanoi authorities and the Ministry of Construction to compromise.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the new year season coming around, cai luong (reformed opera) performers in HCM City are releasing new and catchy music videos after a long slog in the studio.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City should have methods to evaluate the actual work effectiveness of civil servants in order to fairly decide salary increases, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese players on Monday began their three-day table tennis exchange with strong athletes from Japan at the Hoa Lu Table Tennis Club in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Republic of Korea (RoK) offered 10,000 tonnes of rice in humanitarian aid to typhoon-hit residents in Vietnam’s central provinces, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Room rental rates in HCM City have significantly increased after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, causing inconveniences for university students and labourers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Relocating households living near canals, renovating old apartments and developing transport infrastructure are among major projects the HCM City aims to carry out in 2018, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A chickenpox outbreak is currently peaking in northern region due to prolonged cold weather, medical experts have warned.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beginning March 3, 2018, persons who are between 15 and 18 years old can open debit cards, credit cards and prepaid cards without the need to provide proof of income’s sources, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of labourers in southern Binh Phuoc Province fully received three months of wages owed by a South Korea-invested company yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Quang Dung, 36, has been paralysed since an illness when he was 2 years old. But he has not only survived and thrived with his disability—he has also provided support to disadvantaged people

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 30 youths wash and dry hundreds of branded pairs of shoes every day in a company in District 3, HCM City, returning them to customers within a day.

Over the past three years, many Vietnamese patients suffering from bone-related illnesses have been able to return to a normal life and have hope for the future thanks to the help of a Vietnamese-French doctor.

Le Dinh Qua, 37, was born in a farmer family in suburban Hanoi. His parents are not well-off, but they tried their best to help Qua study in the hope he would have better future than them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While most women may be interested in shopping or having coffee with friends, Nguyen Thi Hoai finds her passion and happiness in scientific research.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Quang Huy, 36, wearing protective clothing, loads activated charcoal onto a truck for delivery.

In Lak Commune in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, elephant doctor Dang Dang Long is fighting a desperate battle to not only keep overworked beasts alive, but to provide the right conditions for them 

Researchers fear the epics of ethnic minority groups in the Central highlands might get lost into oblivion. So they are spending their time and energy to visit old artisans in local communities to record epics, 

Old habits die hard, but Y Ngoc, 38, from Dak Sao Commune in Central Highlands Kon Tum Province’s Tu Mo Rong District is determined to make a difference in her village’s reproductive healthcare for women.