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VBA starts hunt for heritage players for 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) is recruiting Vietnamese heritage players for the 2018 season.

Project to restore golden paintings underway

The Red River Delta civilisation, original home of the Viet people, has developed strong cultural aspects, such as Bac Ninh Province’s Dong Ho folk paintings of babies and farm animals, 

On cloud nine atop Nhiu Co San Mountain

 VietNamNet Bridge – A group of trekking enthusiasts, guided by native highlanders, face mental and physical challenges on the way to the top of a mountain, but feel liberated as they stand in a sea of clouds. 

Smoke from factory affects locals’ health

Local authorities from Hong Bang District, Hai Phong City will temporarily cut the electric supply to Viet Nam-Japan Steel Corporation if the company does not deal with the environmental incident

Saigon Heat beat Formosa Dreamers at ABL

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat defeated Formosa Dreamers 99-85 at the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) at Changhua Stadium, Chinese Taipei, on January 6.

National foreign language project fails to fulfill targets

 VietNamNet Bridge – English fluency targets set by a national project are too high and not backed by sufficient inputs, experts say.

Soc Trang BOT tollbooth opens free after protest

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tollbooth in the southern province of Soc Trang was forced to open for free for all vehicles twice on Sunday following severe traffic jams deliberately caused by drivers protesting the station.

People urged to donate blood type O

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has called on people to donate blood as the institute is in dire need of blood type O.

Films about Vietnamese myths to hit cinemas in December

 VietNamNet Bridge – Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van has launched her new film projects on Vietnamese myths and folk stories in HCM City.

HCM City signs contract with former MU footballer

 VietNamNet Bridge – V.League club HCM City have signed a contract with former Manchester United (MU) midfielder Rodrigo Pereira Possebon.

Pa Ku San, Mother Mountain in the clouds

Pa Ku San Mountain in Lao Cai Province has primitive forests covered in moss, forests full of maple trees and their colourful leaves, cliffs that startle with their steepness and, at times, all this is covered in a sea of mist.

Khmer soldier adopts comrade’s HIV-infected kid

 VietNamNet Bridge – Most people know now that HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted easily.

Writers hopeful for VN’s historical future

 Nguyen Khanh Duong, Comicola’s founder and script writer for the Phong Duong Comics duo, has been pioneering the Vietnamese historical comic movement with the ongoing hit series Holy Dragon Imperator

Young actresses shine on big screen of 2017

 VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2017 saw the rise of young actresses on the big screen, proving their talent and impressing audiences.

Delta farmers earn high profits from clean shrimp-rice cultivation model

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Ben Tre Province’s Thanh Phu District have earned high profits from rotating rice and shrimp cultivation in the same rice field.  

Post-Formosa, coastal residents switch to inland farming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly two years after the 2016 Formosa toxic spill, fishermen in the coastal province of Quang Tri are slowly returning to the sea or finding alternative livelihoods.

Crony capitalism subverts socialist aspirations

In a Da Nang plot that has thickened steadily over the last several years, police are seeking a 42-year-old real estate tycoon, Phan Van Anh Vu, for criminal charges of “revealing State secrets.”

Businesses stand to gain if they back university research

Bui Van Ga, former deputy minister of Education and Training, speaks to Thanh nien newspaper about the need to reform curriculum and encourage businesses to support scientific research in higher education institutions.

Ha Long Bay, an ancient cradle of mankind

Next year, Vietnam will celebrate National Tourism Year in Quang Ninh. John Ball traces the origin of the province’s world famous Ha Long Bay to a vast plain that embraced Vietnam and Cambodia and spread all the way, 

Kind elders show what public citizenship means

 VietNamNet Bridge – As talk swirls about the upcoming challenge of caring of the elderly, some of these subjects are taking care of society’s problems, putting younger generations to shame.