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SHB Da Nang sign contract with Cameroon’s midfielder

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang have signed a contract with Cameroon’s midfielder, Louis Epassi Ewonde, to prepare for the national premier league.

Classic films to be screened for free

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of classic Vietnamese films will be screened for free to celebrate 65 years since the day President Ho Chi Minh founded Viet Nam’s revolutionary cinema.

Exhibition highlights exams under feudalism

‘Entrants who come first in the test will be honoured on a golden board, rewarded with a beautiful costume and invited to attend a royal feast.’ So says the text carved on a stone stele for a royal examination held in 1442 

Electronic tags for 3.2m vehicles by 2018 end

Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has set the target of installing e-tags on 3.2 million motorised vehicles by the end of this year to enable electronic toll collection (ETC) at Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) stations 

Police bust gambling racket worth $4m in Hue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the central Thua Thien-Hue Province busted a large-scale gambling racket early Monday morning after months of monitoring.

‘Dead’ soldier reunites with mother after 33 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – The sudden return of a soldier thought to be long dead in Cambodia during the 1980s has brought immense joy to his family.

Little girl inspires organ donors

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cornea donated by 7-year-old girl Nguyen Hai An were transplanted to two people – a 73-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man – on February 26, 2018, four days after the young girl’s death.

City keen to treat 80% of household wastewater, building treatment plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has been taking a number of measures to treat wastewater, including setting up several treatment plants.

New standards of operation for plastic surgery clinics

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Health in HCM City has recently issued 16 compulsory standards of operation for plastic surgery clinics in the city.

Patients’ information required to reduce antibiotic abuse

Beginning this month, doctors must write the identification number of a parent or supervisor on all prescriptions for outpatients under 72 months old, according to a new decree issued by Ministry of Health (MoH).  

Anti-dengue mosquitoes released in mainland VN for the first time

Mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia – a type of bacteria with the potential to prevent the spread of dengue fever – were released in Vinh Luong Commune, in the central city of Nha Trang yesterday.

New projects on royal costumes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young people are taking part in special projects that replicate traditional Vietnamese clothes worn by royalty of various dynasties. 

Films aren’t catwalks: VN designer

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though they get less attention than film stars and directors, design artists are among the film crew members who make a motion picture successful. 

Do Trinh Hoai Nam selected as designer of year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Trinh Hoai Nam from Hanoi has been selected as designer of the year 2017 at the fifth annual Ao dai Festival being held in HCM City.

Shrimp cakes: a harmony of taste and colour

A set of West Lake shrimp cakes is colourful and eye-catching. Before they enjoy the taste, gourmets can be fascinated by the visual harmony of red shrimps, yellow fried cakes and green herbs such as lettuce, sprouts and basil.

Edible-nest swiftlet business booms and blares in Mekong Delta

The blooming lucrative business of raising edible-nest swiftlets has led Mekong Delta families to race to turn their own homes into potential birdhouses—a process in which they play an all-day siren call to attract the birds.

Asian gold medalist Huyen retires from competition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Asian gold medalist, Nguyen Thi Huyen has decided to retire from competition to have a baby.

Mine declines: Good news for sustainability

 Statistics from the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam (GSO) showed that the mining industry has posted a record slump since 2011, with the growth rate dropping by 7.1 per cent in 2017 and 4 per cent in 2016. 

Song Lam Nghe An expects third win

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An will not have its best players for today’s match against Persija Jakarta at the AFC Cup but the Vietnamese team still wants three points.

HAGL will compete in V.league with young aces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will compete in the V.League 1 with 28 players born in the 1990s.