Freelancers look at work from a fresh perspective

 VietNamNet Bridge – Following a three-year stint at various marketing and advertising agencies in Ha Noi, Vinh Nguyen decided it was time to go out on his own.

Chef finds Hue to success through noodles

 VietNamNet Bridge – Genuine Hue dishes, once nearly impossible to find, can now easily be tasted in HCM City. Xuan Hiep visits a restaurant that serves authentic bowls of bun bo Hue as well as other fare from the central city.

VFF Chair: Football betting in VN worth $2 billion/year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Newly-elected chairman Le Hung Dung of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) expected that the State will legalize football betting early because this brings a lot of benefits.

Ministry urges internet upgrade

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has urged internet content providers in Viet Nam to implement the use of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) in order to adapt to global internet development.

Lessons from Vietnam

 In Vietnamese, the word for the numeral zero is "khong", the exact same word as "no". It is the word used to hold place value, like zero. So I got to thinking...

Tours of villages attract foreign tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – An increasing number of foreign tourists are enjoying the hospitality and traditional Vietnamese culture in Yen Duc commune, Dong Trieu district, Quang Ninh province.

Vietnam e-commerce market still has opportunities for new comers

 VietNamNet Bridge – No enterprise has obtained the dominant position in the e-commerce market in Vietnam, which means that great opportunities are still awaiting new comers.

Cu Da ancient village

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ancient village of Cu Da, in Cu Khe commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi, does not only have traditional houses of hundreds of years old, but also French- styled two-story houses of a hundred of years old.

Special economic zones need steep learning curve

 VietNamNet Bridge – Developing successful special economic zones will benefit Vietnam’s economy, but the challenge is huge, requiring the nation to learn carefully from the experiences of other countries to avoid failure.

Traditional herbal medicine still saves lives

 VietNamNet Bridge – Herbs found in the wild can treat many ailments, so researchers are growing them on a wider scale in order to provide affordable herbal treatments for those in need.

Box-office flops still the norm

With a desire to make quality films and earn high profits from commercially successful movies, many private studios have produced more feature films for local cinemas.  

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/3

 Few provincial decisions on investment incentives get beyond limits; Small disbursements of low-cost home loans; Cashew needs new answers; New agriculture stimulus discussed; Lax firms suffer as their brands are duplicated

Community of Vietnam's oldest trees recognized as national heritage

 VietNamNet Bridge - The ancient fig trees in Do Son twon of the northern port city of Hai Phong have been recognized as heritage trees of Vietnam.

Glut of IPs a matter of concern

VietNamNet Bridge – Land allocated to non-performing border-gate economic zones should be revoked and returned to former owners, says Dr Tran Dinh Thien.

Long Bien Bridge: Heritage in the heart of Hanoians

VietNamNet Bridge – For generations of Hanoians, the iconic Long Bien Bridge spanning the Red River has become synonymous with their everyday life.

Workers fail to lodge tax returns

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 80 per cent of taxpayers in Ha Noi are yet to settle their tax bill with only a few days until the deadline.

Quang Liem confirms to always abide contract with Vietnam Chess Federation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top chessman Le Quang Liem insisted that he did not violate the sponsorship deal signed with the Vietnam Chess Federation.

Ministry promises no more than US$150 million for ASIAD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Amid growing suspicions about the costs spent on the Asian Games 2019 (ASIAD 2019) are not as “low” as the estimated US$150 million,

MRC to focus on cross-border co-operation

 The second summit of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) will be held in HCM City on April 5.

Successful women meet difficulties at home

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Van Anh, a deputy director at a company in Ha Noi, earns an impressive monthly salary. But her husband's lack of willingness to share the work of the household has put their marriage "at the edge of divorce". 

‘Crackpot' collector not so scatterbrained

 VietNamNet Bridge –Author Kim Lan (1920-2007), an antiques connoisseur, could look at a shard of an old bowl and know instantly where it came from. He once wrote that collecting such objects was not a simple hobby,

Time to amend FDI policies: expert

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, which has kept its foreign direct investment policies unchanged for a long time, needs to change them now if it wants to attract more inflows, an expert has said.

Students complain teaching programmes unrealistic and backward

VietNamNet Bridge – Many high-schools in HCM City have announced that current teaching programmes do not address the real needs of students.

Lack of materials challenges garment firms in TPP period

The biggest foible of the Vietnam’s textile and garment industry lies in the textile and dying – the important phases of the production value chain. However, Vietnamese still hesitate to pour money into the sectors.

Widow wins top honour for vaccine research

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Le Thi Luan, deputy director of the Ministry of Health's Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals, returned to work after taking two weeks off, her colleagues were silent.