VN youth asked to live simple

 VietNamNet Bridge – An event calling for young people to have an environmentally friendly lifestyle will be held in HCM City on Sunday.

Photos: Hoi An’s beauty at night

VietNamNet Bridge - The ancient town of Hoi An has been honored by a prestigious US travel site as one of the top 20 places in the world. When the night falls, the town has a very different beauty.

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 HCM City launches major helmet wearing campaign, Ministry warns on delayed expressway, Subway blocked by buildings in its path, Kids barred from going to school, Farmers without land to receive work training

S&P downgrades Vinacomin to ‘B'

 Standard & Poor's yesterday said it has lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Vietnam National Coal and Minerals Industries Holding Corp Ltd from ‘B+' to ‘B'.

Rents soar as new students rush to enroll in Hanoi universities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of students from other provinces who come to Ha Noi for university need accommodation, giving landlords and landladies the opportunity to hike up prices.

SOS: wild animals dying at rescue centers

VietNamNet Bridge - Many wild animals discovered in trafficking cases have died at rescue centers because of the delays caused by complicated provisions in the 2013 Criminal Procedure Code.

Vietnam up to 152 in FIFA world rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam jumped a place from last month to 152nd in the September FIFA rankings.

Building near Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum discovered with excess floors

A building under construction which overlooks Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum in central Ha Noi has reportedly built more floors than it was given permission.

Italian President hopes for closer Vietnam-Italy ties

 Italian President Sergio Mattarella suggested a stronger effort from both Vietnamese and Italian Governments in order to lift bilateral relations to a new level.

Tuan Chau wharf receives foreign ships from Oct

 The Ministry of Transport has permitted Tuan Chau wharf in Halong City in Quang Ninh Province to handle foreign passenger ships from October 1.

Local and int’l artists gather at Hanoi’s Monsoon Festival

 Monsoon Music Festival 2015, a major music event in the country, will take place from October 8 to 11, featuring a slew of local and international artists.

Deputy PM Minh busy at UN Summit

 Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh had a series of activities at and on the sidelines of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.

MOIT takes actions to continue dream of Vietnam auto industry

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will offer investment incentives to auto manufacturers in an effort to continue the development of the country's automobile industry. 

Vietnam criticises border-related allegations for twisting history

 Vietnam strongly criticises extreme and hostile allegations of opportunists who are deliberately distorting history and tainting the friendship neighbourliness, solidarity and cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia. 

Primary schools struggle with new regulations

VietNamNet Bridge - Headmasters of many primary schools in HCM City have described new regulations as ‘impractical’.

Foreign investors encouraged to join equitization, M&A market

 Vietnam encouraged foreign corporations with sound financial, technological and market capacity to join the state-own enterprise equitization process and M&A market, PM Nguyen Tan Dung told the Global Investment Forum in Ha Noi on September 30.

Holothurians die en masse after China illegally builds artificial island

VietNamNet Bridge - China’s construction of artificial islands on the East Sea have seriously affected Vietnam’s ecosystems and sea organisms.

Vietnam's nine-month vehicle imports exceed $2 billion

 Motor vehicle imports in the first nine months of the year reached approximately 83,000 worth over $2 billion, increases of 88.5 per cent and 113.2 per cent, respectively, year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam's rice terraces among world's ‘most surreal landscapes'

  Rice terraces in Vietnam's northern provinces are ranked eighth among the most dreamlike and beautiful landscapes on earth, according to the website of UK's Telegraph newspaper.

PM bans tourism activities on pristine Binh Ba island due to security

 According to a directive by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that takes effect on November 6, the Government will ban all tourism activities on Binh Ba Island in the central province of Khanh Hoa, citing security reasons.

Vietnam’s Silicon Valley dream challenged

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to build Da Nang Information Technology Park, which is part of Vietnam’s dream to create its own Silicon Valley, remains on paper. 

Village de Chefs meets in ville de Hanoi

 More than 20 chefs and pastry chefs from around the world will converge in Ha Noi in early November for four days to share their skills with fellow professionals, students and the public.

Vietnam's overall nine-month economy positive

 Vietnam’s economy continued recovering during the first nine months of 2015 and showed improved performance from the same period last year, as illustrated in encouraging indexes. 

Mobile number transfer begins in Vietnam in 2017

 Mobile phone subscribers will be able to retain their numbers when switching to other mobile service providers since 2017, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

VOV launches 24/7 English channel

 On October 1, the Voice of Vietnam officially launched its 24/7 English channel broadcasting daily on 104 FM for foreign listeners, overseas Vietnamese, English-speaking Vietnamese, and the foreign community in Vietnam.