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Fake goods rampant in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fake and imitation goods are openly sold in many places in HCM City, with their sellers making huge profits.

Installment payment vaccine packages launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – High-quality vaccines are available to people on low income with a zero percent interest rate on installment payments.

Ha Giang proposal on new office buildings rejected

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has rejected a proposal by northern Ha Giang Province People’s Committee on a new office building worth about VND700 billion (US$30 million).

Film adaptation of late scriptwriter’s cai luong play to appear in cinemas at Christmas

A film adaptation of a popular cai luong play by late scriptwriters Ha Trieu and Hoa Phuong, leading writers from South Viet Nam in the 1950s and 60s, celebrates 100 years of the popular southern theatre genre.

HCM City draws up new tourism master plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Department of Tourism will draw up a strategy for tourism development to 2030 by the end of this year, 

Thousands of teachers laid off ahead of school year

Hundreds of kindergarten, primary and secondary school teachers in Hanoi’s Thanh Oai District were shocked to find out that their work contracts will end this September as a result of a streamlining policy being implemented

VN producer competes at Venice Film Fest

A movie by French director Olivier Assayas and French producer Charles Gillibert as well as Vietnamese producer Ly Nha Ky will compete at the upcoming Venice Film Festival in the Best Film category.

Heavy fines fail to stop littering

Regulations imposing heavy fines of up to VND7 million on those who litter in public areas have been in effect for a year-and-a-half, but the number of violators who have been discovered and fined remains modest, 

Lessons from recent scandalous high school graduation exam

Phung Xuan Nha, Minister of Education and Training, speaks to Vietnam News Agency on his ministry’s resolve to maintain the principles of fairness, objectivity and transparency for future high school graduation exams.

Customs warns of increasing drug smuggling

 VietNamNet Bridge – Customs officials in HCM City discovered 40 shipments of various drugs in the first six months of 2018 and seized 54.5kg.

Mekong Delta turns to tech to fight climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged authorities in the Mekong Delta region to use cutting-edge technologies to restructure the agricultural sector in the face of climate change.

Tourism booming but stock market takes little notice

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the close on July 20 the share price of Tay Ninh Cable Car Tour Joint Stock Company (TCT) stood at VND67,000, slightly up for the year but with a gain of 40 per cent from a year ago.

Closed trial for Vu case permissible under law

Vietnam News Agency talks to Dinh The Hung PhD, Head of the Criminal Law Department at the Institute of State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, about cases in which the court may permit a closed trial 

Erosion incidents increase in Mekong Delta

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of silt and sediment flowing down the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has been decreasing, while the erosion of riverbanks and coastlines around the area is becoming more serious.

Prevention and relocation plan needed for southern cities, provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – More effective plans for natural disaster prevention are needed in the Mekong Delta, which plays an important role in the economy, but is threatened by natural disasters, climate change and landslides, 

Liem draws with Chinese defending champion chess player

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem took black and shared the score with host player, chess grandmaster Yu Yangyi, at the first round of the ninth Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament

Quyet replaces Truong as captain of U23 Olympic Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese striker Nguyen Van Quyet from Ha Noi Club has been selected as captain of the Olympic Vietnam team by head coach Park Hang Seo to compete at Asiad 2018, 

No surprises as seeds progress at VTF Junior 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – There were no surprises on the first day of the VTF Junior – Vietravel Cup 2018 as all seeds got through their matches smoothly.

Ministry solicits public opinion about English instruction at kindergartens

 VietNamNet Bridge – The use of native English-speaking teachers at kindergartens would improve children’s speaking skills, participants at a seminar held in HCM City on July 27 said.

Well of heaven - a big mystery to discover

 VietNamNet Bridge – The scenery surrounding Gieng Troi (The Well of Heaven) is so beautiful and pristine that all travelers coming to the site not only feel tranquil, but also respectful to the nature all around.