It is rare to see a male kindergarten teacher anywhere in Vietnam. But deep in the mountains of the northern province of Yen Bai, some men are smashing the unspoken prejudice by showing they can dance and sing and take care ...

The HCM City Real Estate Association has recently proposed that the central bank should allow lenders to use 45 per cent of their short-term deposits for long- and medium-term loans next year instead of 40 per cent as it has mandated.

Tran Duy Dong, director general for the Department for Economic Zones Management under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giơí magazine on Vietnam’s plan to enact a new law...

The building of new thermopower plants has recently become a cause célèbre in the country as economic demands and environmental concerns face off, especially with a number of localities rejecting central Government-approved plants.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gender equality worldwide has generally improved as women find more opportunities to participate in society.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For months, every morning and evening along roads in Hanoi a young man on a fancy motorbike has been offering pedestrians free rides.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In this era of information technology, a smart phone with the Android operating system can run virtual calculator applications that can be easily downloaded from the Google Play Store for free. 

Tu Thi Tuyet Nhung, director of the Viet Nam Participatory Guarantee System, a member of the Viet Nam Organic Agriculture Association, talks to Kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới newspaper on organic agriculture.

Visitors to the London Design Biennale 2018 last month were fascinated with an installation at the Viet Nam Pavilion. Entitled Khải, the installation was created by fashion designer Vu Thao, multidisciplinary designer Giang Nguyen ...

 VietNamNet Bridge – A local craftsman from central Vietnam is trying to replace single-use plastic straws with reusable bamboo alternatives at hotels, resorts and restaurants in Hoi An, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc.

Tran Tuan Viet doesn’t have that worn-out, dusty appearance of most photographers. Wearing glasses, with a clean-cut look and a confident half-smile, he gives off the impression of a lawyer who had studied his case well before trial.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual ox racing festival at Rô Temple is a popular event for both locals and tourists. This year’s edition, which took place on October 14-15, gathered 25 pairs of strong oxen from all over Tinh Bien District. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi State agencies have made 9,000 employees redundant so far this year.

Traffic congestion has cost Hanoi between US$1 and 1.2 billion per year and has made air pollution five times worse, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy under the Ministry of Transport said.

 Vietnam’s first-ever private orchestra, Sun Symphony Orchestra, will perform classics by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at a special concert held at the Hanoi Opera House on October 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of singers, dancers and musicians will perform at the Music Fest concert in HCM City tomorrow.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was eliminated in the second round of the Paytren Berkat Anadi Indonesia International Challenge, held recently in Surabaya City, Indonesia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem drew with grandmaster Semen Lomasov from Russia in the fifth round at the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, held recently in the UK.

A special music night entitled Ngửa Tay Hứng Chiếc Lá Rơi (Catching the Fallen Leaves) will be organised by Bảo Tàng Thấu Cảm (literally translated as the Museum of Empathy) at Manzi Art Space on Friday.

 Vietnam and the EU will continue efforts to complete procedures so as to officially sign, ratify and enforce the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.