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Energy policy could prioritise small scale projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a major shift in perspective, the Government is viewing small scale projects as the best, most sustainable way of tapping the nation’s hydropower potential.

Lunar New Year dog paintings show to open in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – A little dog waiting at a gate, a stone dog statue guarding a door and a mother dog clinging to her babies are three of the paintings at an exhibition currently underway in Hanoi.

Saigon Heat lose to Singapore Slingers at ABL

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat lost to Singapore Slingers 76-94 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) match on February 25 in Singapore.

Vietnam faces risk of bird flu outbreak

The Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned about the threat of bird flu outbreak following one A/H5N6 bird flu outbreak recorded in the past 21 days in Dai Ban Commune, 

Revolutionary cinema star passes away

 VietNamNet Bridge – Actress Tue Minh, widely known for her roles in Vietnamese classic movies of Revolutionary Cinema from the 1950-1960, passed away on her 80th birthday in Hanoi.

Seven-year-old donates cornea, thousands touched

Nguyen Hai An, 7, of Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District, took her last breath on February 22. But before she passed away in her K Hospital sickbed, she and her mother agreed that she would give her cornea to children

Festivals nationwide ring in glorious spring

Three major spring festivals – the Mother Au Co Temple Festival, the Tinh Dien (Ploughing) Festival and the Vieng Market Festival – began on Fiday, as part of the festive season in the north of Vietnam.

Da Nang signs Brazilian striker

 VietNamNet Bridge – V.League 1 club, SHB Da Nang have signed Brazilian striker Diogo Pereira from Becamex Binh Duong ahead of the upcoming season.

Art exhibition on Sword Lake kicks off

 VietNamNet Bridge – An art exhibition entitled Ho Guom Mua Xuan (Sword Lake and Spring) kicked off last week at the Hoan Kiem Cultural House, 2 Le Thai To Street.

Thousands make pilgrimage to Yen Tu Mountain

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of people are flocking to the Yen Tu Spring Festival, the largest annual festival in northern Vietnam, which began Sunday in Uong Bi City, Quang Ninh Province.

Australia-VN investment to continue growing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Mark Roberts in Melbourne, Australia and retired Vietnamese Nguyen Ba Khuyen write some thoughts on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral ties (26/2/1973 – 26/2/2018).

Ministry reforms school entry rules

This year, the Ministry of Education and Training will decide minimum entrance score for only teacher training institutions while minimum entrance scores for other universities, colleges and vocational schools will be scrapped.

Woman rejects money to keep fish sauce traditions alive

On a recent sunny day, Phan Thi Kim Ngan, 53, wore an old palm-leaf conical hat, as she removed the cover of a barrel containing traditional fish sauce in her garden in Con Son Commune in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho.

Vietnam signs contract with fitness coach Dominic Palmer

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has signed a contract with German fitness coach Dominic Palmer.

Electronics firms face labour shortage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of electronics manufacturers in Vietnam are having difficulty recruiting labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Vietnamese inventor blazing a trail in the land of the rising sun

To make a name for oneself in a foreign country is no mean feat, but to do that in Japan, that too in the early seventies and eighties, takes extraordinary resolve and perseverance, qualities that Tran Ngoc Phuc has displayed in ample measure.

Entrepreneurs, experts gaze into crystal ball, see good prospects for Vietnam

A new year has come bringing with it, as usual, many new opportunities and challenges. Many entrepreneurs and researchers believe Vietnam will enjoy good growth this year, and they see good prospects for many sectors. 

Made-in-Vietnam medicine use on the rise

The use of made-in-Vietnam medicines at provincial-level hospitals has risen to 35.4 per cent since the Ministry of Health initiated an ongoing project named “Vietnamese people give priority to using made-in-Vietnam medicines” in 2012.

Mud-free eel breeding becoming commercial success

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in central Thua Thien-Hue Province have started breeding eels to prevent the fish species from becoming extinct.

Standing at heaven’s gate on Bao Dai Mountain

 VietNamNet Bridge – We headed up to Bao Dai Mountain, also known as Vay Rong Mountain, to visit the Ngoa Van Am (Ngoa Van Pagoda) historical site.