Yokohama beat Thailand, win Thanh Nien U21 Cup

 An 87th minute header by Keitaishii gave Yokohama the goal it needed to beat Thailand and win the Thanh Nien U21 Cup in HCM City yesterday.

Earthquake of 3.3 magnitude hits Nghe An

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale occurred at about 9.45pm on May 26 in the Vietnam-Laos border area.

Colombian woman caught with 1.6kg of cocaine

 A 21-year-old Colombian woman was caught at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with 1.6 kilogrammes of cocaine last Sunday night.

Typhoon eases but Philippines braces for floods, mudslides; two dead

 A typhoon weakened as it cut across the Philippines on Monday after bringing down trees and power lines, and authorities warned of flash floods and mudslides although casualties were few with police reporting only two deaths.

Dong Nai firm caught discharging wastewater into river

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pak Viet Nam Company from the southern province of Dong Nai has been caught red-handed discharging black substance – suspected to be wastewater – into Thi Vai river.

Two fires in Hanoi; no injuries reported

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fire broke out in two houses in two different parts of Ha Noi today. No injuries were reported.

Ly Hoang Nam moves into quarter-finals of Thailand F6 Futures

 Ly Hoang Nam and teammate Kittiphong of Thailand have defeated the Russian duo of Aleksandr - Maksim in the first round of the men’s doubles at the Thailand F6 Futures tournament.

Oshogatsu! Japanese New Year’s celebration in Hanoi

 Continuing an annual tradition, the University of Science and Technology will hold a Japanese New Year’s Day Celebration – Oshogatsu – on January 8, 2017 at its campus in Hanoi.

Vietnam workers lack soft skills

The lack of soft skills is making Vietnamese workers less competitive in the international integration process, heard a recent conference on the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community on local students and young laborers.

Typhoon Nock-ten abates in East Sea

  Typhoon Nock-ten, the 10th storm to hit the East Sea in 2016, will gradually abate in the next 12 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Lack of knowledge behind organ donor shortage

 The lack of knowledge about organ donation is one of the main reasons leading to the shortage of organ donation sources, according to medical experts.

UK and Australia visa application centre opens in Da Nang

The new joint United Kingdom and Australia Visa Application Centre has been inaugurated in the central city to help those in central Vietnam apply for UK and Australian visas.

Three arrested for trafficking women to China

 Police in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City have arrested two women and a man for allegedly trafficking women to China.

Knowledge, cooperation can prevent sexual abuse in schools

 One of the solutions to prevent sexual harassment at school is to equip students with the necessary skills to identify signs of sexual abuse so that they are able to protect themselves, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 27.

Mekong countries vow to strengthen law enforcement cooperation

 Senior officials from six countries along the Mekong River have vowed to strengthen law enforcement and security cooperation.

Vietnam, Republic of Korea hold fifth defence policy dialogue

 The fifth defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in Hanoi on December 27.

Will ‘zero dong’ banks turn into 100 percent foreign owned banks?

The Capital Market Working Group has suggested lifting the foreign ownership ratio limit in banks in which the state is a big shareholder, and in privately run joint stock banks to 35 percent. 

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 Stronger cut of State workers needed to improve performance: Deputy PM, PM directs specific mechanism for Long Thanh int’l airport, First-ever sunflower festival opens in Nghe An

Pac Ngoi, a cultural village in Bac Kan famous for homestay tourism

 Pac Ngoi Village in Nam Mau Commune, Bac Kan province, is one of just a few places where the traditional customs of the Tay minority ethnic group are still practiced.

Bad debts estimated to inch down to 2.8% by end 2016

 Non-performing loans (NPLs) of the banking system by the end of 2016 is estimated to inch down to 2.8 per cent from 2.9 per cent in 2015, according to the National Financial Supervisory Committee.

Vietnam seeks way to produce herbal medicine

VietNamNet Bridge - Hoan Ngoc (Pseuderanthemum) is on a list of 47 medicinal plants subject to priority development announced by the Ministry of Health.

How many subjects are enough for high school students?

VietNamNet Bridge - In developed countries, high school students study four to five subjects, while Vietnamese students have 14.

Vietnam’s pharmacy industry attractive to foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - Pharmacy firms are making good profits, with the market expecting a stable growth rate of 10-15 percent.

Scientists alarmed over soil degradation

VietNamNet Bridge - Agricultural land in Vietnam has been overexploited because of inappropriate cultivation methods, scientists say. 

HCMC's eastern areas yet to modernize, become overloaded

 The quick urbanization speed in the eastern part of HCMC has gradually exposed reverses as social and technical infrastructures have run behind the development of new residential areas and population increase, causing severe traffic jam and flooding.