HCM City’s Department of Transport has proposed that the city People’s Committee increase subsidies for bus cooperatives by VND330 billion (US$14 million) each year as they are facing a shortage of funds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 5.7 per cent of Vietnam’s older people maintain good health—a worrisome sign as the country’s population is aging faster than almost any other country in the world, 

The investigation unit of public security ministry has begun investigating a massive cryptocurrency fraud scheme perpetrated by HCM City-based companies who lured in investors with promises of high returns.

Violinist Lidya Dobrevska and oboist Gordana Josifova Nedelkovska from Macedonia will perform in a concert featuring famous compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach at the HCM City Opera House next week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority girls from remote mountainous areas in Son La Province are pushing themselves for marriage, despite being underage, in the hope of a better life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has confirmed the Viet Nam national sports delegation heading to the Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) will consist of 532 people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Popular with locals and foreigners alike, Oc Vi Sai Gon serves a wide array of seafood cooked in a southern style. For the best experience, diners are suggested to dig in with their hands and get messy. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bow Thunyarat, a traveler from Bangkok, Thailand, never expected her trip to Vietnam last January to start so easily.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If it were not for the stench and the muddy colour of the waters, one could imagine it was Venice.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are struggling to fight floodwaters caused by heavy rains, rising tides and water released in the wake of a dam breach in Laos.

Residents of Vu Hoi Commune in Vu Thu District of northern Thai Binh Province have to pass a large rubbish dump to get to the communal clinic. The pile, as tall as a grown man, is located just 100 metres from the clinic 

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai has submitted for approval from the PM an evaluation of land reclamation, compensation and resettlement for the Long Thanh International Airport.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The education ministry will not terminate the high school graduation exam in the next few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seventy students from six countries in Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia, China, Korea, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam) are learning more about France and Vietnam, right here in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Volleyball Federation of Viet Nam (VFV) has been intensely preparing for the Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 18) since the start of this year, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 400 professional badminton players from 26 nations and territories will compete in the Yonex – Sunrise Viet Nam Open 2018 in HCM City from August 7-12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam crushed South Korea’s Jeonju Mag 10-1 in the first match of Group B of the AFC Futsal Club Championship in Indonesia yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was knocked out in the second round of the men’s singles at the World Badminton Championships yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese design company H&P Architects has recently been named among the July Winners and Popular Choice Winners of the Architizer A+Awards.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banana flower salad, a popular dish in Vietnam, is known in the north as nom bap chuoi and as goi bap chuoi in the south.