VietNamNet Bridge – Increased numbers of people flocking to cities for work and study make renting a thriving business, but managing temporary residences for migrants has emerged as a new burden for cities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Sy Loi, deputy head of the National Assembly (NA)’s Social Affairs Committee, spoke with Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) about workers’ access to social welfare policies.

 Migrant workers become almost non-citizens once they move from their homeland to live and work elsewhere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Guest workers have been growing rapidly in numbers and are an important resource that contributes significantly to economic development,

VietNamNet Bridge – For several months, Hong Thuy, a worker with the Euro Window company in Quang Minh industrial zone in Me Linh district of Ha Noi found it hard to find a public pre-school for her two-year-old daughter.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recently amended master plan for developing industrial parks urges faster construction of social housing for workers.

Crackdown on smugglers creates border control turmoil; Miracle baby grows well; Vietnamese migrant worker seeks escape from Saudi Arabia; Ha Noi to tighten bus controls for Tet season; Two arrested for trading in stolen fuel

 A court is to decide whether two Burmese men will stand trial for the murder of two British tourists in Thailand earlier this year.

 Drowned girl's body found after six months; One dead in Da Lat truck-bike collision; Woman found with 70kg of explosives; Wild animals rescued from Da Nang cafe; Bus fares go on a holiday hike

 VietNamNet Bridge – Beautiful sunny weather marked the first day of the Lunar New Year in Ha Noi. Chaotic streets were replaced by empty roads. The busy crowds disappeared as people spent their time reconnecting with families

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 42% of people in rural areas say they are unhappy with current living conditions, largely due to low income, according to a survey conducted by the Central Institute for Economic Management.

A boy in the Mekong Delta's Bac Lieu Province has been able to perceive light after being blind for five years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poor living and working conditions, limited access to public services and high risks of becoming involved in social evils face workers who leave rural areas to work in cities and industrial zones.

President honours former prisoners of Con Dao who fought for independence; Rice aid combats skin disease epidemic; Green growth strategy under review; Weasel coffee perks up tourism

 VietNamNet Bridge – Industrial park workers and migrant workers in urban areas are making their journeys home to celebrate Tet with support from their employers or labour unions,

Away from home, people from the poor countryside of Nam Dinh, Thai Binh and Thanh Hoa go to Ha Noi for a living. From one and two people, gradually the villages of migrant laborers have been formed amid the capital city.