Deputy Head of the Viet Nam Sports Administration’s Department for Mass Sports Nguyen Thi Chien talks to Ha Noi Moi newspaper about an on-going drowning prevention programme that aims to save children’s lives

 There is a house and workshop in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district where disabled people from across the country can come for a better life.

A number of ride-hailing apps have been launched recently in bids to wrestle the initiative away from Grab.

 Vietnam now ranks at number 17 out of 109 countries in terms of plastic usage. This alarming statistic is partly derived from Vietnamese people’s habit of using plastic bags when shopping everyday.

Saigon Premier Container Terminal has not been able to accommodate large container ships due to sedimentation in the Soai Rap River since June 2017, increasing the likelihood of heavy losses for the investor of the multi-million-dollar terminal.

The total accumulative loss of the four biggest players in the e-commerce market has reached VND4.5 trillion. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gross domestic product (GDP) is still an important indicator needed to assess the current level of a country’s growth. However, Governments are advised not to try to increase GDP at all costs 

On the glowing stage of cheo, Thuy Mui is a charming artist who mesmerises audiences with sweet folk melodies. She is also known as a decisive leader who has contributed significantly to attracting people back to cheo. 

HCM City association inks smart city deal with Taiwanese partner, EVN offers support to victims of Lao dam collapse, Ca Mau fishermen receive loans to build or upgrade ships, HN leads the nation in rural development

 Student nurses from the United Kingdom are enjoying a taste of Asia and learning about the Vietnamese healthcare system.

About 4,000 owners of vehicles in the northern province of Hưng Yên and Hải Phòng City will receive a fee exemption or reduction when they travel through two BOT toll stations installed along the National Highway No 5 starting August 1

 HCM City has called for investment in environmental protection projects from now through 2025 and announced incentives for such investment as it seeks to resolve certain problems soon.

 Hanoi plans to introduce buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) on a trial basis along three routes from August 1 as the city marks 10 years of the expansion of its administrative boundary, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

 With a two-digit growth rate in many years, Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market has boosted foreign drug firms to continue M&A deals with their Vietnamese counterparts in a move to get higher revenue from the potential market.

Officials and scientists have said that the accident at the Sepien Senamnoi hydropower dam in Attapeu, Laos will not create a “water bomb” attacking the Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.

 The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee held its 28th session from July 24-26, focusing on violations of regulations committed by several units and individuals.

 Vietnamese agencies, businesses, organisations, and individuals have offered aid to victims of the collapse of the Sepien-Senamnoi hydropower dam in Sanamxay district of the Lao province of Attapeu. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received President of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association Ryu Shionoya in Hanoi on July 27.

Cambodian PM offers sympathies over natural disaster in northern Vietnam, Official highlights cooperation between Vietnam, Japan legislatures, Inspection sector reviews H1 performance, Vietnam chairs ASEAN Committee meeting in Netherlands

 Street vendors have grown along with Hanoi through hundreds of years. They have become a symbolic image of the thousands-year-old capital.

 Vietnamese shooters are aiming for gold medals at the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) in Indonesia, the Vietnam Shooting Federation said at a ceremony to send off the team in Hanoi on July 26.  

Tran Van Dung stumbled into a traditional Vietnamese martial art called Nhat Nam as a college kid looking for something to do. After falling in love with the activity, he has shared passion for the martial art with hundreds of pupils

 Bernd Lange, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, has said he expects the EVFTA to be signed at the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit in October or sometime in November this year.

 The Ho Chi Minh City International Track & Field – Vietnam Open 2018 wrapped up on July 27.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese-made smartphones imitating Samsung's upcoming high-end models are being sold in HCMC at VND2.7 million.