Traffic deaths fall year-to-date

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic safety across the country showed positive changes in the first nine months of this year with the numbers of deaths and injuries continuing to drop,

Luxury tax adjustment to pave way for low-cost cars

VietNamNet Bridge - Low-cost cars with low cylinder capacity are expected to flow to Vietnam thanks to an advantageous luxury tax.

Standard Chartered 'to cut 1,000 senior jobs'

 Standard Chartered bank, a London-based lender that makes most of its profit in Asia, could cut up to 1,000 senior jobs, according to an internal memo sent to staff.

Dengue fever vaccine tests prove positive

VietNamNet Bridge – Tests on a dengue fever vaccine over the past five years in Viet Nam showed real promise, according to the Preventive Medicine Department.  

Vietnam’s readiness to realise REDD+ evaluated

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Office in Vietnam held a conference in Hanoi on October 7 to evaluate the nation’s readiness to implementing the initiative.

Street of lost art

 Hang Trong art was once a treasured form of folk art and despite the efforts of some its glory days may be hard to revive.

Poultry with A/H5N6 destroyed in Lai Chau Province

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,200 poultry infected with A/H5N6 have been destroyed after two outbreaks in this northern mountain province's two communes of Son Binh and Binh Luc.

Foreign tourist numbers start to recover

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign tourists visiting Viet Nam has grown over the last three months, following a 13-month decline due to disease, unstable economies and fierce regional competition.

Will Volkswagen assemble cars in Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge - The news that Phu Thai Holdings is speeding up negotiations to become the assembler and distributor of Volkswagen cars in Vietnam has been reported in many newspapers recently. 

Social News 10/10

 Rail services hit after train derails, Vietnam to inject Japanese encephalitis vaccine for kids aged from 6 -14, Man dies after falling from flyover, 12th Gyalwang Drukpa prays for peace, fallen soldiers in Tay Ninh

Vien wins gold at Military World Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a gold medal and broke the CISM Military World Games' record in the women's 200 medley final in South Korea yesterday, Oct 9.

Playgrounds made from scrap materials

 VietNamNet Bridge – For more than a year, a group of four young people have traveled around the northern and central regions to making playgrounds for children from scrap materials.

Ideal destinations in Northern Vietnam for autumn photos

 Trang An and Van Long in Ninh Binh province, and Yen stream in My Duc district, Hanoi and other locations along the Red River are ideal destinations for both amateur and professional photographers in autumn.

Homeland of Hue folk paintings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sinh Village in Thua Thien Hue Province has made folk paintings for the central region for more than 400 years. The paintings are made by farmers during crop intervals. Sinh Village has become a popular tourist destination.

Experts warn of bumpy road ahead

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned of a difficult time ahead for Vietnam despite apparent opportunities which the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact will bring.

Writers receive prizes at awards ceremony in capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – A novel about life at the fight against Chinese invasion in 1979 in the northern border region has won the annual Award for Prose 2015 by the Ha Noi Writers Association.

Diplomatic highlights in September

 VietNamNet Bridge – Strengthening cooperation with key partners and neighboring countries and sharing success stories at international forums are among the key features of diplomatic activities in September.

Farmers treasure trees amid modernisation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The mountainous district of Tay Giang in Quang Nam Province has gone to great lengths to preserve its natural heritage. Its policies have preserved the lush forest that covers three fourths of the district's 90,000ha,

Soul carvings

 Virtue, wisdom and suffering are encoded into Tay Phuong Pagoda, Hanoi.

HCM City to hold international women's football event

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will organise the first HCM City Open International Women's Football Tournament, starting on November 4 at Thong Nhat Stadium.

Food hygiene still a concern for VN

Lack of strict punishments have made it difficult for local authorities to tighten control over businesses violating food safety as more and more samples of meat, vegetables and seafood have been found failing to meet hygiene and quality standards,

Miss Vietnam confronts con-artists posing as her management

 Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao discovered two fraudsters have posed as her management to con numerous businesses and charities out of money.

Software detecting autism to be introduced

Software helping parents, caretakers and medical staff to detect early developmental and autism spectrum disorders, provide information and give advice on early intervention in order to build appropriate intervention programmes

Most ministries and branches disobey government’s resolution

VietNamNet Bridge - Organizations that supervise the implementation of the government’s Resolution No 19 on improving the business environment said that heads of ministries and branches had disobeyed the government’s request.

Experts want to conserve Vietnamese dan bau

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional artists discussed the conservation and development of the dan bau (monochord), a Vietnamese musical instrument, at a seminar on Wednesday.