World football stars to visit Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two world-known footballers - Ruud van Nistelrooy (the Netherlands) and Robert Pires (France) – will tour Vietnam in April to showcase the Trophy Cup of UEFA Champions League 2014.

Toyota to fight with VN customs agency on minimum taxable prices

 VietNamNet Bridge – Toyota Vietnam complains that it loses thousands of dollars worth of profits from the imported two luxurious models Lexus RX 350 and ES 350 because of the unreasonable mechanism on taxable price determination.

Visiting Hell market in Da Lat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat City’s ‘Hell Market’, despite its thrilling name, has nothing to do with death or the afterlife but tourists can find themselves in shopping heaven there.

MOET: practicing handwriting helpful for students

 VietNamNet Bridge – Replying to the proposal to remove the handwriting and mental calculation practices from the primary education curriculum, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said both the practices are necessary and need to be upheld.

TPP will keep Vietnam’s doors open to meat imports

Experts have warned that the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), once it is signed, would not help Vietnam attract more foreign direct investment into the animal husbandry, while it would pave the way for more livestock products to enter Vietnam.

20 things to do on Phu Quoc Island

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a motorbike, you can putt around the island, drop in at any beach to swim, and walk on shady roads.

IT firms easily successful in foreign markets, not home

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese information technology (IT) firms can win international bids to provide services to big clients in the world under the valuable contracts, but they find it difficult to get jobs in the home market,

Tran Chi Thong – huyen jewelry artisan

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese artisans can make jewelry from gold, pearls, jade, conch or rock, but jewelry made from huyen is rare and that is why artisan Tran Chi Thong of Ha Tien Town in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang stands out.

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Safer streets a must for public bicycle share scheme success

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam News asked readers to comment on plans to develop and pilot public bike rental in five major Vietnamese cities, Ha Noi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Can Tho.

Falling in love with Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bulgarian bike repairer, Georgi Stoilkov, has visited many countries around the world but has chosen Hanoi, Vietnam, as the place to settle and start up his business.

Crowds flock to Hai Duong to watch the water puppets dance

VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Duong, a province in the heart of the Hong (Red) River Delta, is a famous tourist destination for water puppetry, a unique and traditional artistic display in Viet Nam.  

Fish die in masses at the largest reservoir in central Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least over 1 tons of fish died in mass in the Nuoc Trong Reservoir in Son Ha District, the central province of Quang Ngai in recent days.

Bourses to merge into national exchange

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Commission of Securities (SSC) is expected to submit a plan to the government to merge the two bourses into a single entity: the Viet Nam Stock Exchange.

Schools teach children how to beat out rhythm on a gong

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sight of young school-going gong players has become an everyday event in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) these days, due to efforts to include this performing art in school curriculums.

Human trafficking problem in Nghe An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of women and children in several districts of Nghe An Province are victims of human trafficking, but authorities seem ill-equipped to deal with the situation.

Discover Bac Lieu

 VietNamNet Bridge - A holiday in the southern province of Bac Lieu offers the visitor a chance to taste local specialties, and to visit the legendary places made famous by the Playboy of Bac Lieu.

Bank shares are very much in demand

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the anticipated profuse supply, bank shares are believed to be sold well, once big domestic investors, including the powerful SCIC, have loosened the purse-strings.

Embroiderer stitches multilingual story

 VietNamNet Bridge – A veteran embroidery artisan from Hue, Le Van Kinh, has completed 25 embroidery works that depict a poem renowned for its philosophical message by Zen master Man Giac (1052-96).

Young leader urges youth to get motivated

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Anh Quang, 24, once failed his university entrance exam. But he didn't let that stop him from becoming a successful youth leader with many achievements to his credit,

Stem cells offer new medical solution

VietNamNet Bridge – The day has not yet broken when Dr Nguyen Thanh Liem wakes up.

Students boycott vocational schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – Facing a severe student shortage, many vocational training school classroooms equipped with expensive tools and machinery are going unused as enrolment remains stagnant.

Central city announces plans for Beach Tourism Season

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike in previous years, the plans for the Da Nang Beach Tourism Season 2014 were announced many months ago, aiming to attract more visitors to Da Nang this summer, a local newspaper reported.

Small bills cause major inconvenience

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank has decided to stop printing more small bills, which play an important role in Buddhist worshipping practice but end up costing billions of dong to produce. 

Effective equitisation key to SOE reform: IFC official

 Amid rising pressure on State-owned enterprises to reform and critical problems that hinder the process, Ethiopis Tafara, Vice President and General Counsel of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), talked about this issue.