Maths wizard motivated by family hardship

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nineteen-year-old student Nguyen The Hoan was one of two gold medallists at the 56th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) recently held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Vinataba denied registration of JET, Hero trademarks

VietNamNet Bridge - Vinataba lost the legal battle to register JET and Hero trademarks. The trademarks still belong to Indonesian Sumatra.

Organic shrimp: what the doctor ordered

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new aquaculture model protects mangrove forests, boosts farmers’ incomes, and mitigates climate change impacts,

Doing her part to clean up the environment

VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Dr Dang Thi Cam Ha, a former chief of the Environmental Biotechnology Department of the Institute of Biotechnology, was honoured with the 2015 Kovalevskaya for her research on environmental protection,

Labour employment policies to be reviewed

VietNamNet Bridge – The system of policies on labour and employment must be reviewed and amended to be more easily-approached and ensure the rights and interests of employers and employees during Viet Nam’s integration

Miss Vietnam Global Heritage 2016 to kick off in July

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese beauties on March 31 attended a press conference on Miss Vietnam Global Heritage 2016 which is expected to kick off in July at FLC Samson Beach & Golf Resort,

Vietnam qualifies for Futsal World Cup: A dream come true

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Cup dream of Vietnamese football has been realised by the national futsal team, a stunning achievement making home fans proud and taking international observers from surprise to admiration.  

Half Vietnam’s rice exports to go to China

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) has forecast that China would account for around half Vietnam’s rice export volume this year as the northern neighbor did last year.

Special taste of Hai Duong’s 'Long' cake

 VietNamNet Bridge – Different from other kinds of glutinous rice cake, Hai Duong’s Long cake has a light flavor, sweet-smelling, buttery and hot taste of puffed glutinous rice, ginger, roasted peanuts and sugar.

National Assembly leaders through periods

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over the last 70 years, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) has had 11 leaders. Among them, the newly elected Chairperson Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan is the first NA woman leader, and Mr. Truong Chinh had served the longest term (21 years).

New laws cause more strikes

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan spoke with Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam Newspaper about measures needed to improve labour relations, in a bid to reduce strikes.

WHO sees scientific consensus on Zika as cause for disorders

 Researchers around the world are now convinced the Zika virus can cause the birth defect microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis,

Why are living costs in HCM City cheaper than in Hanoi?

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the report on the cost of living index 2015 by the General Statistics Office, the cost of living in HCM City is 2.61% cheaper than in Hanoi.

Insurance market: Insured value hits $526.5 billion in 2011-2015

 The insurance market saw a total insured value reaching 11.7 quadrillion VND (526.5 billion USD) from 2011-2015 said an official during a press conference in Hanoi on March 29.

Street folk festival to be highlight of Hung Kings Temple Festival 2016

 The highlights of the 2016 Hung Kings Temple Festival will be a street folk festival in Viet Tri entitled 'Viet Tri - festive city returning to the roots' and a high-range firework display. 

Is new law micromanaging apartment life?

VietNamNet Bridge – “Don’t raise poultry or cattle”; “Don’t litter, make a mess or dispose of waste in public areas”; “Don’t burn votive paper”. These regulations sound familiar to anyone living in an apartment building, 

Protective import tax sends steel prices soaring

 VietNamNet Bridge – A spokesperson for Song Da No2 Joint Stock Company (SD2) called up a magazine to grumble that steel prices have skyrocketed, pushing up costs for his company by billions of dong since the prices started to rise.

VN tourism in full recovery mode

 The local tourism sector has fully recovered, thus entering a new stage of development, said Nguyen Van Tuan, head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Lawmakers demand radical solutions to socio-economic worries

 The National Assembly (NA) and Government should take more radical measures to improve the investment climate, fight corruption and ensure food safety in the years ahead, lawmakers said during a plenary session on April 1.

ASEAN Chief Justices gather in HCM City

 The 4th ASEAN Chief Justices’ Meeting took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1, focusing on the institutionalisation of the meeting itself to improve the efficiency of the cooperation mechanism in the bloc.

Deputy PM, foreign leaders meet on Nuclear Security Summit sidelines

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held meetings with leaders of foreign countries and international organisations on the sidelines of the ongoing Nuclear Security Summit in Washington D.C. on March 31 (local time).

WHAT'S ON APRIL 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)

 Events in Vietnam's major cities from April 1-15. Daily updated

Vietnam Airlines launches new Non-stop Service HCM City-Shanghai

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced the inaugural flight on March 28 of a new non-stop service route between Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai, China.

Food and beverage highlights in April at Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers

Li Bai Chinese restaurant will introduce a special menu featuring sizzling Australian beef cooked in Chinese style with choices of exclusive sauce created by the talented chefs at Li Bai Restaurant during the month of April.

Vietnam opposes China’s sending of oil drilling rig to East Sea

 It is necessary for related sides to avoid taking unilateral actions that complicate the situations and affect the negotiations and delineation in the waters off the mouth of the Tonkin Gulf, said Deputy Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.