Francophone Film Festival to be held in Vietnam

 Vietnamese film lovers will have the chance to enjoy cinema works by the Francophone community at a film festival to be held in Vietnam from March 17 to April 1.

Hanoi metro’s subway station design on display for public consultation

 Hanoi authorities have opened an exhibition for the model of an underground station near Hoan Kiem Lake to collect suggestions from the public for a final plan.

Family wants to sell prime location villa to government

 A family in Hanoi has proposed to sell their 3,000-square metre villa on Hoang Dieu Street to the government.

Stray monkey disturbs Hanoians

 A stray monkey has been found around a residential area in the inner-city Hoan Kiem District over recent days, affecting local people’s life.

Vietnam’s steel and aluminum pose no threat to US manufacturers: Ministry

 The steel and aluminum imports from Vietnam only serve the purpose of civil construction, not being used for infrastructure construction or security-defence industry, and as such do not compete directly with manufacturers of the US.

Vietnamese flavours in kitchens worldwide

 Vietnamese food has made its mark on the world cuisine map. The country’s gastronomy is drawing visitors and earning the country a reputation as a hot travel destination.

Banar babies saved from being buried alive

 Six-year-old Dinh Nay Thuong is living happily with her 58-year-old adopted mother in the Chu Se District in the central highlands province of Gia Lai. 

Parkson’s department store model over in Vietnam

Parkson, which was once the leading distributor of branded goods in Vietnam, has had shut down four department stores in recent years, including all of their stores in Hanoi.

Setting standards for mid-end apartments

 2017 witnessed an upward trend in the mid-end residential segment, which is forecasted to continue to grow in 2018.

US tax reform to have adverse effects on seafood, garment, footwear sectors

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that China will suffer the most from the US amended tax law, but Vietnam will also be affected. 

Expect abnormal weather in 2018: meteorologist

 Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorologial Forecastings under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, talks about the abnormal weather that is likely to occur in Viet Nam in 2018.

What makes the Da Lat resort centre become so congested?

 Architect Ngo Viet Son, talks to Young People newspaper on what the Đà Lạt authorities should do to manage the city’s development.

Achain offers solutions to Blockchain scalability

 Achain, a public blockchain platform, offered solutions to problems related to blockchain scalability and adoption at the Viet Nam Blockchain Week on March 7 and 8.

Japan invests big in Vietnamese real estate

 Viet Nam’s real estate sector has witnessed significant participation from Japanese investors through cooperation with Vietnamese businesses recently, promising to bring benefits to the real estate market.

HCMC aims to reduce property speculation

 The People’s Committee of HCM City has proposed to impose a tax on apartments and houses which are sold within one year after purchasing, aiming to reduce speculation and ensure stability in the estate market.

Exchange rates rise, credit stationary

 Exchange rates for both the central bank and other commercial banks rose slightly in February, while the credit sector showed little significant change, said the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC).

Banks’ services revenue leaps 35%

 Income from services of most of Viet Nam’s commercial banks surged sharply by an average of 35 per cent annually in the past three years.

VN records US$33.62bn in export value in Jan-Feb

 Viet Nam had six groups of export commodities gaining at least US$1 billion in export value in the first two months of 2018.

Administrative reform must be transparent: Government Office

 Administrative reform must be transparent and concrete, and “ambiguous language” that bureaucrats can ‘exploit’ must be absolutely avoided.

VN 2nd biggest investor in Laos

 Viet Nam has become the second largest investor in Laos with investments of US$5 billion, mainly in the agro-forestry sector.

Interest piqued

 Foreign investors are increasingly drawn to the potential Vietnam’s real estate sector holds.

Mekong Delta braces for forest fires

 Local authorities in the Mekong Delta have stepped up efforts to prevent forest fires even as the region enters the highly risky dry season.

Ly Hoang Nam bags F2 Futures silver

Ly Hoang Nam and his partner Carlos Boluda-Purkiss claimed a silver in the doubles event of the India F2 Futures tennis tournament on Friday in Kolkata City.

Int’l friends introduced to Ao dai

 A talkshow introducing the áo dài and its history to local and international audiences has been organised as part of the Áo Dài Festival 2018 being held in HCM City.

Hanoi blooms with flowers

 It is said each month in Hanoi is marked by the appearance of its own flower– peach blossom, pomelo flower, ban flower, gạo (red silk cotton tree) flower, loa kèn (lily) flower, lotus, sữa (milkwood), cúc họa mi (white daisy) or phượng (flamboyant).