Vietnamese celebrity wax house in the offing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The company Viet Wax Statue is in a process to complete over 100 wax shapes of Vietnamese celebrities to prepare for an opening of an exhibition house located at Hoa Binh Theater in HCMC’s District 10 in earlier 2017.

A beautiful stream that imparts beauty

 VietNamNet Bridge – We cannot be sure when it started, but a rumour about the Khe Xanh Stream has attracted visitors from all over the country to Bac Son Village in Nghe An Province.

Rat race in the Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around the end of November when the rice is ripe for harvest, children in the Mekong Delta take to the fields, hunting for rats. A sworn enemy of farmers for long, the rats are known as “Mr. Longtail” in some places.

ASEAN Economic Community: opportunities and challenges (part 2)

VietNamNet Bridge - "Like many other regions in the world, ASEAN always has to face many challenges in which the success or failure of interaction with other countries, particularly the big or powerful ones, is the most important."

Zither poems on show

VietNamNet Bridge – On December 11, Heritage Space will host a special musical night entitled Poems by Zither. 

Give the poor tools, not money

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, Nguyen Trong Dam, talks to the Vietnam Plus online newspaper about the Poverty Reduction Policies and Programme Project (PRPP).

Geotechnical firms build local base

 Intrigued by Vietnam’s planned emphasis on infrastructure development, foreign geotechnical firms are flocking to the country in increasing numbers.

The Nutcracker ballet comes back for festive season

 VietNamNet Bridge – The classical ballet “The Nutcracker” will come back to city stage on three nights of December 9-11 at the City Opera House in District 1.

Aluminum recycling booms, busts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lives of residents in Nam Truc District in the northern province of Nam Dinh have improved over the years thanks to aluminum recycling for handicrafts.

Ha Long cement factory causing pollution

 VietNamNet Bidge – Many households in northern Quang Ninh Province’s Hoanh Bo District have been forced to live with smoke and cement dust discharged from Ha Long Cement Factory for years.

Nurturing musical talent through war and peace

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the first notes of the symphony he composed resounded at a concert recently, La Thang became emotional.

Two petrochemistry projects stopped by authorities because of long delays

Shortly after the $22 billion petrochemistry & oil refinery project in Binh Dinh province was withdrawn by local authorities because of delay, another project in Can Tho has been stopped for the same reason.

5 stylish hostels for foreign travelers in Da Nang

 VietNamNet Bridge - Skipping expensive and luxury hotels or uncomfortable guesthouses, travellers on a budget who want good style can stay at the following beautiful and modern hostels in Da Nang.

Social News 3/12

 Prisoners in Thai Nguyen’s prison receive amnesty decision, Ex-officials sentenced for encroaching locals’ land, Popular folk singer dies at 65, HCM City sees rise in mother-to-child HIV transmission

Vietnam invests little in wind energy

Vietnam holds huge growth potential for wind energy and has policy incentives available for this sector but only three wind power projects have been put into operation nationwide, according to a recent conference in Hanoi.

VN green energy gets strong tail wind

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is hoping to boost its renewable energy production, especially wind and solar energy, to more than 10.7 per cent of total generation by 2030, up from the previously planned 6 per cent.

Emission standard deadline in doubt

 VietNamNet Bridge – Newly manufactured assembled and imported cars are obliged to meet European exhaust emission level 4 standards (Euro 4) from January 1, 2017 in order to be eligible to register in Viet Nam.

The environment has reached the threshold of tolerance: Minister

"After a series of incidents, the environment has reached the threshold and this cannot be sustained anymore," Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha told the National Assembly. 

Rejected rice export consignments to US are not toxic: officials

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese agencies have confirmed that rice export consignments rejected by the US are not toxic or unsafe.

4G roll-out opens up investment opportunities in Vietnam’s telecoms sector

 The deployment of 4G, combined with increasing demand for advanced IT services, is set to drive growth in Vietnam’s telecoms sector.

Expert promotes dance therapy in VN

Bui Tuyet Minh, who has more than 10 years of experience working in education, as well as a master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, now pioneers integrating dance/movement therapy to creative education for personal

Is backpacking a safe children's activity?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Today, bringing up children means more than feeding them and providing them a basic education. In an ever developing society with higher expectations for future generations.

Vietnam Airlines wants to raise capital, buy more aircraft

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Airlines, the nation’s flag carrier, has asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to increase its chartered capital to over VND14.2 trillion so that it could buy 18 more A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft.

Fire on the mountain: sunset tours in Son Tra

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang’s tourism department will introduce the Son Tra Sunset Tour next March, the newest tourism service on top of Son Tra Mountain.

Doctoral training in VN is not cheap

A few days ago, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga claimed in an interview "no country in the world has doctoral training as cheap as in Vietnam". Ga’s comment has become a hot topic on social network sites.