“Arts District” in Hanoi, is it possible?

 VietNamNet Bridge - There is a new address for art lovers in Hanoi – No. 9 Tran Thanh Tong. Many people hope this will be an arts district - such as Soho or Williamsburgh (New York), 799 (Beijing)...

Le Hien Minh’s Do10 showcases her career

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Do10’ by Le Hien Minh will open on Saturday at HCMC Fine Arts Museum, featuring large installations made by the artist over the last decade.

Vietnam slams China’s Sansha residence permit grant

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson on July 18 criticised China’s decision to grant residence permits and ID cards to its citizens in the so-called Sansha city that covers Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, describing it null and void.

HCM City to set up 13 satellite hospitals

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vice Chairman Hua Ngoc Thuan of HCM City People’s Committee has signed a decision approving the construction of satellite hospitals in the 2013-2020 period.

Bac Lieu City to upgrade Cao Van Lau memorial house

 VietNamNet Bridge – The home of late musician Cao Van Lau in the southern province of Bac Lieu will be expanded and feature a new performance venue,

New DDoS attacks launched, targeting online newspapers

Some Internet security experts have said they can see many signs of another DDoS attack targeting online newspapers through botnets which have not been discovered, or through the old botnets which have been updated with new control malware.

Vietnamese businesses pocket big money from Arsenal’s tour

 VietNamNet Bridge – The short stay of the famous British football club Arsenal was enough for Vietnamese businesses to get big benefits.

Vietnamese-Japanese girl crowned Miss Vietnam Global 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – The final night of Miss Vietnam Global 2013 pageant took place on the evening of July 17 in a resort in San Diego, California, USA. The winner is Hirao Yuka, a Vietnamese-Japanese.

HCM City women have fewer children at “alarming rate”

Given that the average number of 1.3 children of HCM City’s women  today is an "alarming sign," the head of the General Department of Population has recommended Saigon women to have two children.

700 college diplomas with spelling errors

VietNamNet Bridge – Receiving a copy of the diploma of the Thai Nguyen University of Sciences, hundreds of students have detected a spelling error which can make them be doubted of using fake diplomas.

Nurse loses her footing, five newborns fall from baby strollers

 VietNamNet Bridge - While pushing a stroller carrying five newborns for a bath, a nurse of the Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital slipped, making the vehicle overturn, and the five babies fell out.

Sculpture exhibition ‘Seven' opens in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sculptors Pham Bao Son, Doan Huu Nga, Tran An, Hoang Mai Hiep, Pham Van Tuan, Luong Trinh and Phan Van Huong will open a joint exhibition called Seven on Sunday at 6pm.

Textbooks should be more practical

School curricula and textbooks needed to be geared more towards practical knowledge rather than theory, said experts at a recent meeting held by the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children.

Plans in place for Ninh Thuan nuclear plant

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Russia worked together on Wednesday on how to speed up the progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province in 2014 as earlier scheduled.

Three small investors to blame for costly stock market rumour

The Ministry of Public Securities has found the three individual believed to have started rumour that the chairman of the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam was arrested in February, causing chaos in the stock market.

President Truong Tan Sang to visit the U.S. next week

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam President Truong Tan Sang will pay a visit to the U.S. next week to discuss with President Barack Obama about the new direction of bilateral relations.

HCM City: Explosion at U.S. Consulate General store kills one

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of July 18, a gas explosion occurred in the warehouse of the U.S. Consulate General at No. 51 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, taking the life of a male worker.

Ha Anh to act as int’l pageant MC

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh has been invited as a MC to the final round of Miss Global pageant scheduled for August 3 in California, USA.

Vietnam to host 2014 int’l Chemistry Olympiad

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will host the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad in July 2014, drawing high school student participants from 70 countries.

HCM City hosts int’l track-and-field tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 20th international track-and-field tournament (or called Ho Chi Minh City Open 2013) will be held on July 20-21.

Foreigner detained for online swindling

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Nigerian national named Okoye Uchenna, 36 years old, has been taken into custody for appropriating property through online swindle, the police in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said on July 17.

Trial tours in world's largest cave to be launch next month

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Quang Binh plans to launch experimental adventure tours to Son Doong Cave, which is considered the largest cave in the world, in early August this year.

Hotline on Vietnam's sea, islands

 VietNamNet Bridge – A free hotline has opened to enable people to provide information the sovereignty of Viet Nam's sea and islands.

"Intelligent knife" can detect cancerous tissue within seconds

 An "intelligent" surgical knife can tell surgeons, within seconds, whether the tissue they are removing is cancerous or not, British researchers reported Wednesday.

No new ports permitted in southeast region

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport will not grant permission for building new container ports in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, HCMC and Dong Nai until 2015 as ports in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai have been operating at far below capacity.