VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Van Thanh, Chairman of the Management Board of the Thanh Thanh Cong Group, talks to the newspaper Nong Thon Ngay Nay about the country’s great potential to develop biomass energy.

 According to a UNICEF report, released in 2014, over 1.1 million children aged between 5 and 14 in Vietnam were out of school, including those who’d never attended one and those who dropped out.

Two former border guard officers have opened a class for students of all ages in the border area of Ea Sup District in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, helping local ethnic minority people escape from illiteracy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two drug traffickers were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each for transporting 4,000 tablets of ecstasy from the northern mountainous province of Son La to Hanoi,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Take a trip 40 kilometres outside Can Tho City and you’ll notice panels of rice papers drying in the sun on rattan racks lining the roads in Thot Not District’s Thuan Hung Ward.

The content of untreated waste in a pond at a company in the northwestern province of Dien Bien exceeded national standards dozens of times, said the provincial Environmental Police Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The total economic potential of ground-mounted solar projects in Vietnam is at least seven gigawatts (GW) under present market conditions, much higher than the national solar target of 0.8GW by 2020,

Many people know the environmental harm of using a traditional earthenware stove with coal, but due to its cheap price, many families still use it for cooking and warming their house, endangering their health, 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has asked agencies to comment on its special project to control companies thought to be likely of polluting the environment - even industries not yet in operation,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Uzbekistan were not title candidates at the ongoing Asian Football Confederation U-23 Championship.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drivers in the capital who use iParking, a smart parking mobile app, can pay parking fee by cash if they face problems with the app, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has begun to dismantle the tollbooths in the Thu Thiem Tunnel under the Sai Gon River, which have remained unused for six years, to ease the flow of traffic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Food Safety Management Board, the first of its kind in the country, saw significant progress in its first 10 months of operation, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Art researcher and critic Iola Lenzi arrived in Vietnam for the first time 20 years ago and was charmed by the refined culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To prepare for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Tet Offensive and other events, HCM City authorities have banned vehicles from certain streets on January 26.

Rapid development of resorts, hotels and entertainment projects in the Ly Son Island off the central coastal province of Quang Ngai threaten to seriously damage the ancient geography of the area related to volcanic eruptions...

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recently released album of popular Vietnamese pop singer My Tam has made it to the World Albums category of Billboard. The album is titled Tâm 9.

Classic melodies by world-famous composers have been given a fresh new sound in the newest album of Vietnamese diva My Linh, titled Chat Voi Mozart 2 (Chat with Mozart 2), which was released last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A unique exhibition will introduce Japanese contemporary wood-carvings in the netsuke tradition, a technique used since the Edo period (1603-1868).

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a thrilling victory over U23 Qatar, goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung shares the journey of U23 Vietnam in Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship in Changshu, China.