Students battle for high school spots

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national high school entrance exam is still two months away, but Vu Minh Hien, a senior secondary school student in Hanoi, has started feeling the pressure.

Chinese guide banned after distorting history

The central city’s tourism department has asked the Immigration Administration of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Public Security to ban Chinese tour guide Wang Jihong from entering Vietnam due to her distortion of Vietnamese history

HAGL vs Hanoi FC: a fight among U23 players

 Some of the country’s top young football stars will do battle in Hanoi today.

Nam Dinh’s salt makers and their punishing grind

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern province of Nam Dinh is famed for its salt producing villages in Hai Hau, Giao Thuy and Nghia Hung districts.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/4

Total money supply hits four-year record high, German company invests in two solar power projects in Hau Giang, Dong Nai lures over 374 million USD in FDI in Q1, Tien Giang enjoys over 24 percent rise in exports of Q1

Social News 5/4

Natural disaster-hit community expected to be evacuated in 2025, Bình Định fishermen to win damages, 10% of Cà Mau homes to lack clean water in dry season, Đồng Nai forges ahead in rural healthcare

Zero-VND tours damaging Vietnam’s tourism environment

VietNamNet Bridge - The so-called zero-dong tours with Chinese tourists continue despite great efforts by local authorities to stop them.

IT engineer owns garden with 30 species of wild orchids

VietNamNet Bridge - The 300-sq meter garden contains 2,000 orchids where 30 species grow. Of these, 98 percent are wild orchids brought from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Canh Duong mural village

 Canh Duong commune in Quang Binh province has attracted more tourists recently thanks to its unique and beautiful murals and 3D paintings.

Doctor fights to save lives and end superstitions

Twenty years have passed since the young doctor, Trinh Duc Thien, left Hue City for the remote and mountainous A Vao Commune in central Quang Tri Province’s Dak Rong District to work after graduating from medical college.

Mushroom business takes off, teen makes millions

Bui Minh Thang has taken over his family mushroom farming business. With enthusiasm and dedication, he has expanded production and improved the livelihood of many people in HCM City’s Cu Chi district.

Vietnam ride-hailing firms gear up to compete with Grab

 After Grab’s takeover of Uber on March 26, some Vietnamese transport businesses are taking advantage of an opportunity to invest in the lucrative ride-hailing market.

Online tour bookings seen growing 50% towards 2020

 Online tour bookings are projected to expand 50% in 2018-2020, almost twice as much as e-commerce, but this tourism segment will face many difficulties.

Chinese, South Korean tourists come to Danang in droves

 The Chinese and South Koreans accounted for a staggering 45% of international tourist arrivals to the central coastal city of Danang in the first quarter of the year.

Ministry says it gets support to hike environment tax on fuels

 Most of relevant ministries, agencies, localities, organizations and individuals have thrown their weight behind a draft resolution to increase environmental protection tax on fuels prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

Tourism Awards nomination rules turn more quantitative

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has released instructions for the Vietnam Tourism Awards 2018, with requirements for nominations being made more quantitative.

Number of Vietnam students in Canada rises fast

The number of Vietnamese students in Canada climbed to nearly 15,000 in 2017, a three-fold rise against 2015, putting Vietnam among the fastest-growing markets for international education in the North American country. 

Vietnam yet to impose preventive measures on Grab takeover of Uber

 The competition authority in Vietnam have yet to make the next moves over a transaction in which Grab acquired Uber Technologies Inc’s Southeast Asian business after asking Grab to report details of the deal.

Buckwheat flowers bring a sparkle to Hanoi

In recent days, young Hanoians have been gathering at Thach Cau Street in Hanoi to admire the Tam Giac Mach (buckwheat) flowers, which are usually only seen in Ha Giang province.

Gear-motorbike market cutthroat for manufacturers

VietNamNet Bridge - The gear motorbike market segment has become cramped with many models priced up to VND20 million. 

Over 2,000 wood printing blocks to be digitalised

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang plan to build an exhibition room showcasing a valuable stock of nearly 2,000 wood printing blocks on Buddhist teachings.

Unique five-thousand year old fossil reef found in Vietnam

For the first time in Vietnam, specialists have discovered a cemetery of fossilised coral reef more than 5,000 years old on Quang Ngai province’s Ly Son Island. 

Better safety performance for VN: Climbing the ranks of the world’s safest countries

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an article by safety expert David Wroth, who is Director of Data Science of the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), which makes the annual UL Safety Index. 

Snapchat adds 16-person group video calls

 Snapchat has launched a feature that enables up to 16 people to take part in a live chat together, using either video or just their voices.

YouTube shooting: Female suspect 'angry over video postings'

 The suspect in a gun attack at YouTube's HQ in California had expressed anger over its treatment of her video postings,