Organ donors sought as transplant demand rises

VietNamNet Bridge – Not long after receiving a kidney transplant four years ago, famous cai luong (reformed opera) singer Minh Vuong was able to return to the stage to perform.  

Nearly 200 railway bridges at high risk

 About 180 railway bridges across the country are in need of urgent repairs to ensure traffic safety, according to Vietnam Railways (VNR).

Businesses welcome streamlined investment law

Mac Quoc Anh, Secretary General of the Ha Noi Association for Small and Medium Enterprises, spoke to the newspaper Kinh te & Do thi about changes to the investment law concerning Vietnamese enterprises.

Three-month suspension of titan mine over reservoir collapse

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has suspended the titan exploitation at Nam Suui Nhum mine for three months due to a reservoir collapse.   

Search intensifying for missing CASA 212 black box

Vietnam Coast Guard Commander Major General Nguyen Quang Dam has said that search teams were determined to locate the black box recorder of missing aircraft CASA 212 on Wednesday.

Diplomats hoped to foster Vietnam’s relations with foreign countries

 Ambassadors and heads of Vietnam’s diplomatic missions abroad are expected to help promote investment, culture and tourism cooperation and diplomatic relations between Vietnam and their host countries.

Photographic journey across Vietnam four decades after war

 An Irish has captured the life of the Vietnamese people 40 years after the war on photos that are on display in the central province of Quang Tri.

Vietnamese enterprises to attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016

 Vietnamese enterprises will participate at the 7th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2016 to exchange experiences and seek business opportunities.

Top int’l golfers returning to Vietnam in 2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Some of the best-known names in the golf world will head for Vietnam for what is becoming one of the highlights of the nation’s sporting calendar. 

U.S., Singapore and Vietnam music artists to perform in town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra artists and U.S. and Singapore peers will stage a concert in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the HCMC Conservatory of Music at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

Vietnam has highest growth rate of labor productivity in ASEAN

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese workers have improved their labor capacity in the last 15 years. Pure productivity grew 2.3% while sectoral shifts accounted for 1.7%, according to the latest Economic Insight: South East Asia report.

Tax revenue from Big C acquisition estimated at VND3.6 trillion

According to tax authorities, the estimated amount of taxes collected from the transfer of Big C supermarket chain from Casino Group of France to the Central Group of Thailand is about VND3,600 billion ($161.4 million).

Da Nang authorities sue 15 scholarship recipients

VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang city has to change their policy on recruiting talents because som people it sent abroad to study have not returned to Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines has emergency landing because of cracked cockpit glass

VietNamNet Bridge - A plane from Hanoi to Can Tho on June 21 morning had to land in HCM City as the cockpit glass was cracked at an altitude of over 10 km, according to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper.

Thanh Bui and The Lyricist appear in RedOne’s music video

Vietnamese singers Thanh Bui and the band The Lyricist appeared in the music video for "Don’t You Need Somebody" by American music producer - musician RedOne, a Grammy award winner.

Vietnam spends nearly $1 million/day to import pesticides from China

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first 5 months of 2016, Vietnam spent US$140 million for the import of Chinese pesticides, or nearly $1 million a day, according to statistics of the General Customs Administration.

Young man has nearly 20 extra teeth

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 28-year-old man from Quoc Oai district, Hanoi, has to have 20 extra teeth extracted.

Odd news: Random shot injures woman at home

 VietNamNet Bridge – An bullet of unknown origin went through the roof and hurt the leg of a woman in the central province of Quang Tri. The local authorities are investigating the incident.

Con Dao coral bleached by high sea temperatures

VietNamNet Bridge – As the sea temperatures increase, a large area of coral off Con Dao Island has been bleached white and is no longer living. In some areas there is whitening of up to 70% of coral.

Foreign giants seek profits in Vietnam retail market

VietNamNet Bridge - Economic experts have recently discuss opportunities and challenges of the retail market in Vietnam as foreign giants have been pumping money to acquire the market share.

Vietnam spends modestly for tourism promotion

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s spending on tourism advertising in the international market is equivalent to 2.9% of that of Thailand's, according to Forbes.

Two Vietnamese lifters compete at junior world champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has sent two representatives to the International Weightlifting Federation’s Junior World Championships 2016 in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, which will be take place on June 23-July 2.

Good news for Hoang Anh Gia Lai’s creditors

Sugar, palm oil and rubber, the three crops that Hoang Anh Gia Lai of Doan Nguyen Duc grows in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, have seen prices increasing in the context of a lower global supply due to climate change. 

Samsung takes fight to Apple with mobile wallet strategy

 Smartphone leader Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has for years been a spectator as Apple (AAPL.O) built a services "ecosystem" supporting its products.

WHO says Saudi misdiagnosis caused MERS outbreak

The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to the disease in a Saudi hospital, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Tuesday.