Vingroup subsidiary eyes $40.25 million Can Gio golf project

Can Gio Tourist City, a Vingroup subsidiary, may be allowed to develop the Can Gio Golf Club project with the total capital of $40.25 million on the land area reclaimed from the sea in Ho Chi Minh City’s Can Gio district.

APEC: Motivation for the world’s deepest and widest regional integration

 VietNamNet Bridge – Undeniably, the results achieved at the 24th APEC Summit in Peru has confirmed the active role, the pioneer of APEC as the leading economic cooperation forum in the region.

"To build socialism, we need socialists"

 The Political Report is a summary and evaluation of the results of what we have done in the last five years in a comprehensive way, both good and bad aspects.

U.S. tech startup Comma.ai giving away self-driving car software

 Comma.ai, the tech startup that recently pulled the plug on its device to give cars limited self-driving capabilities after being reprimanded by U.S. regulators, has opened up its software secrets to the masses.

Four stabbed to death in Ha Giang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four people, including a two-year-old girl, were stabbed to death in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on Thursday morning.

Hanoi to inspect SIM card stores

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Department of Information and Communications has set up inter-sector inspection teams to supervise the management of pre-paid SIM cards in the city from November 29 to December 31,

No brain activation class is licensed: Education Ministry

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has not yet granted a licence to any brain activation class in the country,

Expired automobile driving licences must change to PET

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only expired automobile driving licences made from paper are required to change into those made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material.

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Demand of cheap condos to increase in 2017, Export turnover of commodities achieve US$15.6 billion in Nov, Novaland to list 600 million shares, Vietnam’s first public procurement centre launched in Hanoi

Vietnam landscape and people in US newspaper

Despite the ravages of war, Vietnam is home to numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to USNews.

Vietnam's Dieu Ngoc disqualified from top 30 Miss World talent contest

Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2016 Truong Dieu Ngoc has bowed out of the top 30 of Miss World’s talent contest.

Vietnam promotes business links with Algeria

 Vietnam’s Ambassador to Algeria Pham Quoc Tru said that Vietnam wants to boost economic and trade links with Algeria in general and Oran city in particular, in his working trip to Oran from November 28-30.

Design for airport terminal open for public comment

The Airports Corporation of Viet Nam (ACV) is asking residents and experts for feedback on proposed designs for a passenger terminal at Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

VN tourism needs a competitive edge: expert

 VietNamNet Bridge – Breakthroughs are needed in terms of policies and mechanisms to make Việt Nam’s tourism industry competitive in ASEAN, an expert from the Institute for Tourism Development Research has said.

Vietnam conifer recognised as national heritage

VietNamNet Bridge – A population of 56 Viet Nam conifer trees and 5 phay sung (Duabanga grandiflora) trees in Pu Hoat Nature Conservation Centre in central Nghe An Province were recognised as Viet Nam Heritage Trees

Hanoi to pilot first BRT route

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Transport Department will operate the first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pilot route from December 15, department deputy director Ha Huy Quang told local media on Tuesday, Nov 29.

Many Hanoi billboards violate law

VietNamNet Bridge – Billboards covered in oversized foreign-language lettering or featuring inappropriate Vietnamese-language texts to catch public attention have been booming in the capital city of Ha Noi,

IDECAF to screen 5 French films

VietNamNet Bridge – Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie, a movie version of the favourite French animated series created by Olivier Jean-Marie, will be part of the monthly film screening programme

More architecture relics unearthed in Cha citadel

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second excavation in the vestige of the Cha citadel in Nhon Loc Commune in the southern province of Binh Dinh has revealed the foundations of tower and rampart structures constructed by Cham people.

Somkane becomes Vietnamese citizen to play volleyball tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trang An Ninh Binh have helped Thai player Kitsada Somkane get Vietnamese citizenship so he can play in the second round of the National Volleyball Championship, which begins December 4.

"I still remember the heavy pressure of isolation": Vu Khoan

2016 marks 30 years of Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renovation) period. VietNamNet talks with former Deputy PM Vu Khoan about the achievements of diplomatic sector in this period.

Japanese food products flood Vietnam market

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is the first market that Japanese food enterprises plan to enter in their aim to increase food exports worldwide.

Oil prices surge, smash trading volume records as OPEC and Russia agree output cut

Oil prices shot up 13 percent, smashing trading volume records, after OPEC and Russia cut a deal to reduce output to drain a global supply glut,

Soccer plane in Colombia crash was running out of fuel: recording

 The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian soccer team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot's final words.

Co To island district - emerging sea tourism destination

 Co To island district, an archipelago in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh province, can become an important sea tourism destination in Vietnam.