Industry and trade reform takes time, says official

 VietNamNet Bridge – The deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Tran Quoc Khanh speaks to the media about the ministry’s efforts in administrative reforms.

Cay cake- a specialty of Thai Binh

 Each locality in Vietnam has its own specialty that it is proud of. Visitors to Thai Binh province are always invited to eat Cay cake, which is made of glutinous rice well blended with fat and ginger.

Cramped high rises shooting up across Hanoi

Traffic congestion is not a foreign sight for residents of narrow Vu Trong Phung Street in Ha Noi’s Thanh Xuan District. On the one-km street, there are several apartment buildings creating burden on infrastructure and traffic.

Once-famous brands struggle to survive

VietNamNet Bridge - As profits from companies' core business fields have fallen, many once-famous brands are trying to make money by leasing land or selling other products. 

Agriculture sector goes online

VietNamNet Bridge – Vuong Duc Hinh, Chief of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariate, spoke to the newspaper Customs on how the ministry is implementing the national administrative reform.

Overseas dancer shines at festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Ngoc Quan is a dancer and director of a contemporary dance theatre, currently based in Belgium.

Fishermen switch jobs as Mekong Delta dries up

 Many farmers who depended on catching fish and other aquatic creatures during the flood season in the Mekong Delta have switched to other jobs since the delta has not seen major flooding in recent years. 

Vinafood 2 pushes off equitisation to January 2017

 Vietnam Southern Food Corporation Limited (Vinafood 2) has been authorised to extend its equitisation deadline to January 30, 2017, according to newswire Bnews.vn.


Nguyen Cong Cu's "Vision 2" exhibition at Hanoi's gallery

Painter Nguyen Cong Cu launched his first solo exhibition "Vision" at Dong Phong Art Gallery in Hanoi in 2002. This year, he will return to the gallery with his second solo exhibition “Vision 2”. 

The market of Chuong conical hat village

 VietNamNet Bridge - Conical hat is a product of unique culture of each region. Conical hats in each locality have its own nuance. Chuong is the most famous conical hat (non) making village in northern Vietnam.

Fake fertilisers flood VN market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fake and substandard fertilizers are alarmingly rampant in Viet Nam, experts said at a conference yesterday.

Dengue fever cases on the rise in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Abundant rainfall in HCM City has increased the mosquito population, resulting in a rising number of dengue cases beginning early this month, according to the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre.

New exhibition showcases the Doi Moi boom

 VietNamNet Bridge – From now until the end of the year, a visitor to the National Museum of History can gaze at a wardrobe, a sewing machine, a Gimiko clock and a pressure cooker and feel a sense of pride.

Cyber firm challenges Yahoo claim hack was state-sponsored

 A cyber security company on Wednesday asserted that the hack of 500 million account credentials from Yahoo was the work of an Eastern European criminal gang,

Gov’t to stop acting as guarantor for state-owned enterprise loans

In an effort to ensure public debt security, the Prime Minister has decided that from 2017, the government will temporarily stop acting as a guarantor for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that borrow money.

Bao Loc tourism destination dreamy in autumn

 Bao Loc city is in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. It is famous for the beautiful Dambri waterfall, vast tea valleys and cool weather.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/9

 Japan adjusts check schedule of seafood products from Vietnam, Gas firms bemoan complex decree rules, Vietnam banks receive international awards, SBV asks banks to tighten high-end property credit

Le brothers launches video installation – exhibition in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Brothers Le Duc Hai and Le Ngoc Thanh today opens their video installation-exhibition "The Bridge III" at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

Over 500 fishermen in Ha Tinh sue Formosa

Over 500 local fishermen have taken legal action against Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation to seek compensation for the damage caused by its discharge of harmful industrial wastewater into the sea.

An Giang's top attractions in flooding season

 Tra Su cajuput forest, Ta Pa mountain and Bung Binh Thien (God Lake) are attractive destinations in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang in the flood season.

WB: Agriculture at a turning point

 World Bank's Vietnam Development Report 2016 shines spotlight on Vietnam's agriculture sector and offers recommendations for future prosperity.

PetroVietnam continues 3 year floundering

 National oil and gas group PetroVietnam posted an on-year decrease in revenue in the first nine months of this year, continuing the negative trend of the past three years.


When contemporary dance mixed with digital arts

Contemporary dance mixed with digital arts, called “Hakanai”, has been performed by France-based dancer Akiko Kajihara at Star Galaxy Theatre at 87 Lang Ha Street, Hanoi.

Seven intangible cultural heritages recognized

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MoCST) announced a list of seven new national intangible cultural heritages.  

Philippines President arrives in Hanoi

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte landed at Noi Bai International Airport on September 28, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang.