VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department reported that as of August 2013, more than 4,000 overseas Vietnamese have registered to keep their nationality, only 0.1% of the 4 million total living abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge – The local Fatherland Front plans to strengthen relations with overseas Vietnamese, who send millions of US dollar as remittances each year to the country, by forming new clubs and making adjustments to State policies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction's proposal to further loosen regulations on foreigners' rights to buy houses in Viet Nam was expected to heat up the prolonged frozen property market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Marriage and Family Law of Vietnam prohibits fraudulent marriage but fake marriages to go abroad at the price of $20,000 are popular without being fined because it is very difficult to prove a fake marriage.

VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Sao Mai Diem Hen’ (Music Star Rendezvous), a music contest, has attracted nearly 100 Vietnamese contestants who are living as far off as France, Germany, Belgium, Poland and Russia,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been one of the 10 biggest overseas remittance receivers in the world, despite the economic difficulties in recent years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first and probably the only rest-home so far in Vietnam meeting the European standards, which are often referred to as "Rest-home for Overseas Vietnamese," is strangely quiet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Thanh Hoa, a 40-year-old overseas Vietnamese who used to live in Australia, has won the first Master Chef reality television season in Viet Nam.

 Vietnamese citizens abroad who are struggling financially or facing life-threatening diseases or serious injuries from accidents will soon be able to get financial aid from the Fund for Assisting Overseas Vietnamese Citizens and Legal Entities.

 As many as 200 outstanding young overseas Vietnamese from 24 nations worldwide returned to their homeland to join the 2013 Vietnam Summer Camp as of July 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The champion of “American Best Dance Crew,” the fifth season, will be a judge of the TV show “Got to Dance” in Vietnam.

Da Nang authorities yesterday granted a Certificate of Merit for Tran Thang, a Vietnamese American, for painstakingly collecting historical maps and contributing to affirm Vietnam's sovereignty over the islands of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reasoning that he had been summoned by his club in France, Michel Le quit his apprentice period at the U23 Vietnam football team after less than a week.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – There is no obstacle for overseas Vietnamese to buy and own houses in Viet Nam, asserted Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five days after the capital city agreed to grant certificates of land-use rights and house ownership to overseas Vietnamese and foreign home buyers, there have been no signs that anyone is interested.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Vietnamese scientist working in Poland was granted the state-level professor title by Polish President Bronisław Komorowski.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese public has been invited to comment on an amended draft of the country's constitution.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American director Victor Vu, who is widely known for his film “Blood Letter”, is making a short film on the subject science fiction in Vietnam.

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