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HCM City grapples with air, noise pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City seeks to cut air pollution caused by vehicles by 70 per cent under a five-year plan that began in 2016.

VN to host two ITF Futures events

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Tennis Federation will host two International Tennis Federation (ITF) tennis tournaments from October 22 to November 4 this year.

Vietnam win first gold in 2018 Asian Indoor Atheletics Champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athlete Vu Thi Ngoc Ha won a gold medal in the triple jump yesterday at the 2018 Asian Indoor Atheletics Championship, being held in Gifu City of Japan.

VN singers record cover songs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese singers are doing cover versions of popular songs and offering them for free on YouTube.

Unconventional entrepreneur develops Vietnam’s best-known co-working space

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people sneered when he opened his first co-working space on Trang Thi Street in Hanoi. Few believed the concept, new and “odd” at that time, could succeed.

Forest rangers disciplined for failure to prevent deforestation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Management Board of the Nam Kar Natural Conservation Centre in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has decided to take disciplinary action against four forest rangers.

HCM City administrative reforms pay off, to continue

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s administrative reforms are delivering results and there will be more of the same, city authorities have said.

Two Vietnam universities among world’s best

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese universities are among the top 1,000 universities in the world, according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.

PM discusses renewable energy in Vietnam ahead of G7

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks to Reuters News Agency about how Vietnam benefits from and contributes to international exchange at multilateral forums on the occasion of the G7 outreach meeting

9th Documentary Film Festival kicks off

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-two documentaries will be screened during the European - Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival from tomorrow to June 17 in Hanoi and HCM City.

Steel producer in Ba Ria-Vung Tau fined for importing substandard scrap

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s People’s Committee has fined Pomina Steel VND4.8 billion (US$210,500) over 17 environmental violations committed by two subsidiaries over the last two years.

Over 100 singers to perform at Hanoi concert tonight

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 150 Japanese and Vietnamese artistes will perform at a concert tonight (June 6) at the Ha Noi Opera House, featuring Beethoven masterpieces and contemporary dance.

VietFootball Cup 2018 kicks off in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The VietFootball Company has launched the first edition of the VietFootball Cup 2018 (HL1-S3) in the capital city of Hanoi.

VN kids to compete in int’l football event in Russia

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Tuan and Pham Nguyen Quoc Trung, 12, will represent Vietnam at the sixth Gazprom Football for Friendship International Programme in Russia on June 11.

All secondary, high schools to offer professional career counselling by 2025

 VietNamNet Bridge – All secondary and high schools in the country will offer professional career counselling to students that would match employment demands of local businesses by 2025, 

Cameras to be installed at level crossings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Railways (VNR) has asked railway companies to install cameras at level-crossing barriers to improve the safety of pedestrians.

HCM City opens hotlines for child abuse victims, families

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s Department of Home Affairs has outlined a new policy on the prevention and handling of child abuse cases which includes new hotlines for victims and their families.

Underground anti-flood pool proposed in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Summer has come along with heavy downpour, and with each bout of torrential rain parts of the city remain flooded for hours.

Exchange rate no problem for Vietnam

The exchange rate between the Vietnamese dong and the US dollar has kept on rising significantly in recent weeks, which has surprised both investors and analysts in Vietnam despite the economy’s stable development

Forest photographer speaks for the birds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have called him “a wanderer”. The circle of professional photographers in Vietnam have nicknamed him “a man of forest”.