Visit Phu Lang pottery village

 VietNamNet Bridge - Phu Lang is a non-commercial pottery village situated at the base of a small chain of hills on the banks of the Cau River in northern Bac Ninh Province.

Inbreeding poses risks to ethnic groups

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly everyone living in Yen Son Commune in Cao Bang Province knows Vi Van Don and his family, though they may have not spoken to them.

HCM City pushes forward with Microsoft Smart City model

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City Information and Communications Department, Microsoft Vietnam and Microsoft Asia Pacific leaders today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster cooperation,

Photos: A Saigon tattoo artist

 VietNamNet Bridge - Truong Nhat An chose his career as a tattoo artist six years ago when he dropped out of university. So far, An has given tattoos to 1,500 people.

Garment, textile industry faces cotton shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic garment and textile sector has to import a large quantity of cotton as the country's cotton output met only 1 per cent of local producers' demand.

Art & Entertainment News 31/8

 Vietnam hosts Battle of the Year South Asia; Vietnamese flick to compete at Toronto Film Festival;

Social News 31/8

Six missing from cargo ship sunk off Hai Phong; Expressway opens in HCM City; HCM City;  mitigates risks of falling trees; Jetstar runs first emergency evacuation drills using aircraft; PM Dung approves 27th IBO organization plan

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 31/8

 Rolls-Royce launches showroom in Viet Nam; Credit growth projected at 4.5% in first eight months; Positive outlook for enterprises; Capital flow pours into local fibre industry;

Tourism sector aims to develop heritage tours

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's tourism industry is focusing on developing heritage tours, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF) has reported.

Ca tru brought back from brink

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will ask the UNESCO to take the ancient north Vietnamese ca tru form of traditional singing off the list of endangered world cultural heritage.

Vietnam eyes reduction in seed imports

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has to learn from other countries in producing high-yield plant seeds, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Seed Trade Association Le Quoc Hung told newspaper Nong thon Ngay nay

Off-road race in Da Lat attracts 20 teams

 Twenty drivers gathered their specially modified stock cars at the starting line of the country’s largest off-road race, which kicked off the holiday week-end on Aug 30 and runs until Sep 2, in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.

Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air to test the ‘golden route’

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration (CAAV) have asked Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air to test the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City direct route through the airspace of Laos and Cambodia.

Garbage-collection services forced to rely on district funds in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi’s new garbage collection and treatment model has failed as the work is being done with money from district budgets.

Vietsovpetro discovers new oil well offshore Vietnam

 The Vietnam-Russia Oil and Gas Joint Venture Enterprise (Vietsovpetro) has announced it discovered oil from Oligocene sediments at Sturgeon well of Lot 09-3/12 off Vietnam’s continental shelf.

Vietnamese bodybuilders claim three gold at Asian championships

 The Vietnam bodybuilding team delivered a sweet start to the 48th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Macau (China) as they snatched three gold medals on the first day of competition, August 29.

Airliners test new direct route between Hanoi and HCM City

 Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air have begun using a flight plan simulator to test the direct air routes through Laotian and Cambodian airspace.

Public outcry over HCM City’s e-textbook decision

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Education and Training Department has encountered strong public opposition about its proposed $4 trillion e-textbook program.

Ministry of Labor: Only over 1,900 Chinese workers in Vung Ang

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said that among more than 30,000 employees working in the Vung Ang Industrial Zone (Ha Tinh province), there are over 1,900 Chinese.

US imposes anti-dumping duty on VN steel pipe

The US International Trade Commission formally imposed anti-dumping duties on oil country tubular goods imported from a number of countries, including Vietnam, the Vietnam Competition Authority has announced.

BKAV says viruses cannot destroy a computer’s hard drive

 VietNamNet Bridge – BKAV, Vietnam’s best-known internet security firm, has reassured the public that no virus can destroy a computer’s hard drive.

Young author wins literary prize

 Hanoian Do Minh Quan, a student of Foreign Trade University, has won the fifth Literature Age 20 award for his story entitled Nguoi Ngu Thue (Hired Sleeper).

Biodiversity conservation centre established in national park

 VietNamNet Bridge – A rescue and conservation centre was opened in Hoang Lien National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on August 28.

Vietnam considers visa exemption for citizens of nine more countries

 The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed a lift on the visa restrictions for nine countries in order to boost Vietnam's tourism.

Firm closures outnumber start-ups

 The total number of dissolved and bankrupt businesses was higher than that of newly established firms in the first eight months of the year.