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 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government on Tuesday urged district authorities to list polluters before September 15 for relocation, especially those in residential areas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Let’s explore the most romantic beaches in Vietnam this summer!

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many 5-star hotels in Hanoi are owned by Vietnamese companies although most of them were built with foreign funds.

In late July, more than 100 handwritten letters, dozens of sketches, watercolors, poetry pages, certificates of merit ... of Vietnamese soldiers who went missing after the battles with Australian and New Zealand forces were returned to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The controversial punishment for failing to properly transfer vehicle ownership has been surprisingly dropped from the latest draft decree on road and railway violations.

The "Fashion and passion" show took place last week in HCM City. The show introduced the latest collections of five designers: Vu Thu Phuong, Ha Nhat Tien, Giao Linh, Nguyen Quang Minh and Anna Vo.

 Exhibition to bring new foreign technology to town; Farmers in Ben Tre Province chop down cocoa trees; PM allows duty free shopping on arrival; Price of subsidized goods drop in HCMC

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health has ordered concerned agencies to inspect all fresh rice noodles makers and traders in the city for harmful additives, including Tinopal, an optical brightening agent.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are facing difficulties withdrawing their investment from non-core businesses, even though this September is the deadline for them to do so.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Following in the collector footsteps of his father and grandfather, Ho Anh Tuan has collected over 2,000 Cham antiques, some dating back to the first century.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most street drinks have been found containing harmful bacteria, putting the health of consumers at stake, heard a workshop held by Healthplus magazine and the Vietnam Association of Functional Foods on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – News of traffic accidents on early morning TV bulletins concern photographer Nguyen Van My immensely, and the fact that nearly 5,000 people have died in traffic accidents in the first six months of this year is a terrible tragedy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More modern and better served than traditional markets, more convenient than supermarkets as located in residential quarters, convenience stories are believed to be the places housewives go to most usually.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hard Rock Cafe will kick off the local round of Hard Rock International’s BARocker - the company’s first-ever global bartender rock-star bar battle, at 9 p.m. on August 9.

 VietNamNet Bridge – No-one in Huu Nghi Hospital in Ha Noi knew that nurse Nguyen Anh Lan was pregnant until she gave birth to her third child early this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the policies changing regularly, the Moc Bai duty free supermarket may have to end its operation in some days.

VietNamNet Bridge – We've all seen glass bottles with model ships inside, often sold as quirky souvenirs. An altogether rarer sight is a bottle with a painting on the inside. In Viet Nam, one man has made this delicate art form his trade.

VietNamNet Bridge – There had been 143 million mobile subscribers in Vietnam as of end-May, 1.5 times higher than the country’s population, but the growth in the number of subscribers has markedly slowed down,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign language centers in Hanoi and HCM City have suddenly disappeared, causing learners to stop learning halfway.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After cooking dinner, Nguyen Dac Sua put the gas cooker temporarily outside the front door of his small home - and went back inside to lay the table.

The State Bank has successfully forced commercial banks to stop the mobilization and lending in gold, which, as described by experts “successfully put down the chaos on the gold market.” However, risks still exist.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two chemical producing factories in the northern province of Hai Duong have been operating without licenses, causing environmental damage to the farming district of Kinh Mon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Located on Chau Long-Chau Vien Mountain, not too far from the well-known five-star beach resort of Anoasis, is Minh Dam which was a guerilla base during wartime (1933-1975).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Canadian two-piece Japandroids are coming to HCMC as part of their world tour, which is great news for city rock fans starved of first-class operators, according to organizers.