The must-see places in Da Nang

 VietNamNet Bridge - Young, dynamic with beautiful beaches, the coastal city of Da Nang is one of the destinations selected by many people when summer comes.

Belgian dance troupe to hit city stages

VietNamNet Bridge – Belgian dance company les ballets C de la B will come to the city in the next two weeks to perform a contemporary dance ‘Out Of Context’ which debuted in Brussel in 2010

Chinese men’s marriages to local women often end badly

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only are Vietnamese woman victims of broken marriages to foreigners,there are many foreign men (especially Chinese) who pay a lot of money to marriage brokers to marry Vietnamese women, only to see their wives flee.

Phu Quoc lures resort developers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang has become a magnet for investors, with a slew of large projects under way now.

Unhealthy competition spoils digital signature market, service providers say

 VietNamNet Bridge – Digital signature service providers are trying every possible way to attract more clients, creating an unhealthy competition in an increasingly saturated market.

Pre-natal care lowers maternal mortality rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's maternal death rate is decreasing, according to reports from 63 provinces and cities.

Holland’s author releases plane crash memoirs in Vietnamese

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC-based publisher First News has released 192 Hours memoirs (original name: Turbulence: A Survival story) by Holland’s author Annette Herfkens about her survival after a plane crash

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/8

 Fragrant rice comes to throne in Mekong Delta; Metro development costs dearly in Vietnam; Sri Lanka – Vietnam trade centre opens in Colombo; Businesses increase to invest in agriculture; Multiple charges erode seafood competitiveness

Decree focuses on foreign exchange activities

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign-exchange activities by residents and non-residents have been guided under Government Decree No70/2014/ND-CP. The Decree applies to organisations and individuals undertaking foreign-exchange activities

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10-20 (daily updated)

  Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Vietnam team close to Top 10 at Chess Olympiad

 The Vietnamese women’s team defeated Iran 2.5-1.5 in the eighth round, climbing to eleventh position at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in the Norwegian city of Tromso on August 10.

Local galleries sound out chances abroad

VietNamNet Bridge – More local art galleries are these days cannoning their attention to international markets, especially via international art fairs, expecting to boost sales to foreign art collectors at a time 

Vietnamese supermarkets restrained by bikie culture

VietNamNet Bridge – In a recent conversation with the CEO of one of Vietnam’s hypermarkets, he told me when they opened their first such huge store he didn’t realise the average spend per customer would be so low.

Vietnamese-Canadian returns to homeland

VietNamNet Bridge – Eileen Vo defines native land as a place where she has stayed long enough to develop an attachment to it.

US firms ratchet up investment

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of foreign trade representative visits to Vietnam during the first half of the year are an auspicious sign US investment in the country is not about to wane anytime soon,

VN labour not pulling its weight

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ba Ngoc, deputy director of the Labour Science and Social Affairs Institute, speaks to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about proposed measures to increase labour productivity.

Fields Medalist favors high-school graduation exam abolishment

VietNamNet Bridge – Fields Medalist Professor Ngo Bao Chau has supported abolishing high-school graduation exams due to many irregularities rather than suspending university entrance exams. 

Running through Vietnam to promote reading culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese information technology (IT) engineer has finished a long arduous trans-Vietnam journey, running more than 1,700km from north to south in less than 35 days to instil reading culture in young people.

Vietnam to have 19 IT focus areas by 2020

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will have 19 Information Technology focus areas which are expected to produce high added value, according to a draft master plan on IT development until 2020

High land rents deal a blow to businesses

 VietNamNet Bridge – The unexpected land rent increases have dealt another strong blow on businesses, which are struggling hard to survive the economic downturn.

Coconut King bound for Truong Sa glory

 VietNamNet Bridge – During the last days of June, Do Thanh Thuong was elated as he watched the growing coconut trees in his garden.

Korean boy band JYJ to perform in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – As part of their Asia tour “2014 JYJ Asian Tour Concert”, the renowned Korean boy band JYJ will perform in Vietnam from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. on the 30th of August 2014 at Quan Khu 7 stadium,

Vietnam needs modern equipment to measure emissions levels

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fifty five percent of 400 enterprises surveyed about their treatment of emissions generated during the production process have no emission treatment systems.

Trang Bang District locals make spring rolls with midnight dew

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seeing trays of the wrappings for rice-paper cakes drying along the roadside, I knew that I had reached Trang Bang District, a place famous for its speciality - banh trang phoi suong (rice paper cakes exposed to the dew.

Interesting shopping addresses in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to historic architecture, unique street food, busy shopping areas have also attracted a large number of tourists in Saigon.