Using mobile app to save water

  Three seniors from HCMC University of Technology have developed a mobile app as a water leak detector to help reduce water losses in a building or a city.

10 best-known orchards in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - With famous specialty fruit, these orchards are favorite destinations of travelers.

4G testing result to be reported

 The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) was finalising the 4G licensing policy, Deputy Minister Phan Tam said at an international workshop on spectrum management for mobile broadband.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/6

 Central Highlands seeks foreign investment, Huge funding pledged for macadamia development, Safeguard duties sought for imported color-coated steel sheets, Jan-May debt payments close to VND65 trillion

Stunt men and women the overlooked heroes of VN’s movie industry

 VietNamNet Bridge – They risk their lives for famous movie stars yet receive little recognition.

Social News 11/6

Summer camp brings valuable experiences to children, Danang dismisses officials following fatal tourist boat sinking, Quang Ninh: Lightning kills two, injures four, US expert trains doctors in palliative care

Vietnam food safety poor: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists and food managers discussed measures to limit the use of banned substances and improve agricultural products’ quality during a scientific forum in Ha Noi yesterday, June 8. 

Father teaches deaf daughter how to speak

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seeing Tran Khuong and his daughter, Tran Le Kha Ai, talking happily to each other, it is hard to believe that they have been through an arduous 19-year journey.

Sticky-fingered wedding guest

 Vietnamese often say “Di dem lam co ngay gap ma” - one who does evil will be faced with plague.

Vietnam’s coffee suffers from crop failure, prices fall

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s coffee exports may fall by 25 percent this year to 1 million tons, a 20-year low.

New resolution shows Gov’t determination to support businesses

Resolution No.35 recently issued by the Government reflects the high level of determination to support and develop the business community.

A guide to Vietnam’s fast, furious Ho Chi Minh City

If a city’s fortunes can be judged by the number of cranes dotting its landscape, Ho Chi Minh City has high hopes.

Local artists join hands for Swinging Melodies concert

Famous musicians and string artists from the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera and HCMC Conservatory of Music will contribute world’s popular pieces to the Swinging Melodies concert on June 18.

Expats, locals clean up Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – On Xuan Dieu Street in Ha Noi, these days, you might catch a glimpse of a group of foreigners and Vietnamese collecting trash, which has illegally been dumped into the small lake by the side of the road.

Shabby buildings to be inspected from 2017

 The Ministry of Construction will begin inspecting all dilapidated buildings in urban areas from 2017, the ministry revealed on June 10.

Civil servants should consider censures as motivation to rise, HCMC Party Chief

Public servants must listen to censures and considered them as a motivation to rise. If each civil servant and each agency conduct administrative reform, it will bring great benefits, said Secretary of HCMC Party Committee Dinh La Thang.

ADM, biofuel supporters say EPA underestimates use of higher-ethanol fuels

 Archer Daniels Midland Co and other supporters of biofuels on Thursday said U.S. regulators grossly underestimated the amount of higher-ethanol fuel blends at pumps when requirements for next year's use of renewables were proposed.

Three 50-year-old coffee shops in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge - From the day the first coffee cups were processed, after many changes of history, Chieu, Cheo Leo and Am Phu coffee shops are still open in the heart of Saigon.

Agriculture Ministry to improve investment conditions

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will review and evaluate the support and development for enterprises. Thereafter, it will propose to adjust and add policies to create favourable conditions for enterprises investing in agriculture.

US telcos eye local market

Vietnam’s telecommunications industry has become the target of many large US firms, thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will see the gradual opening of its doors to the agreement’s other 11 member countries.

Hanoi Miracle Choir and Orchestra: When music changes life

Every Sunday afternoon, the Miracle Bus starts its trip around Hanoi to pick up students, who are residents of charity houses and social protection centers for orphans and poor children, before delivering them to the Korean International School,

Hospital costs to rise in five stages

 From August to January 2017 there will be five increases to hospital charges, Head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Planning and Finance has announced.

Non-tariff barriers to trade not big in foreign trade

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Quoc Khanh, the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about what Vietnamese exporters should do to secure a firm foothold in foreign markets.

Vietnam becomes fourth largest recipient of Japanese visas

 As many as 139,236 Vietnamese nationals received Japanese visas in 2015, or about three percent of the total visas that Japan issued to foreign citizens in the year, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Deputy PM attends UN high-level meeting on ending AIDS

  Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that preventing and fighting AIDS is a priority task of the Vietnamese government during the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS in New York on June 8-10.