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Broken water pipe affects thousands in Binh Dinh

 VietNamNet Bridge – A broken water pipe caused by serious floods in south central coastal province of Binh Dinh one week ago has affected nearly 3,800 households in Tuy Phuoc District, 

Illegal sand mining damages Khanh Hoa's Cai River

Thousands of households living along Cai River in Khanh Vinh and Dien Khanh districts and Nha Trang City of Khanh Hoa Province have complained that sand mining is affecting their production land.

Hanoi man in custody after physically abusing his son

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police in Cau Giay District have arrested a man suspected of physically abusing his nine-year-old son, resulted in scaring and several injures on the boy’s body.

Mountainous district recovers from flooding

 VietNamNet Bridge – Signs of revival have brightened up Mu Cang Chai District in northern mountainous Yen Bai Province, three months after a historic flood swept through the area.

HCM City lacks capital for transport infrastructure

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City needs more investment capital for transport infrastructure development, according to the city’s transport department.

Thirteen students hurt in balcony collapse

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thirteen students in Bac Ninh Province fell from the second floor and were wounded after a school balcony collapsed on Monday afternoon.

Farmer builds 300 free houses for poor people

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was early 2003. Truong Van Kiem was returning home after visiting his son’s in-laws when he saw a young man chase a woman with a knife.

Hospitals unsure on payment for malpractice victims

 VietNamNet Bridge – After fatal medical error, the anguish of victims and their families often drags on because of a lack of specific regulations to determine the appropriate compensation for medical malpractice.

Vietnam focuses on early HIV detection

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Hoang Dinh Canh, deputy director of the Viet Nam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s efforts to increase early HIV screening tests, 

Central Highlands struggle to settle immigrants

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sung Dao Can and his wife have cut down trees in a forest and on a hill to plant cassava and build a bare shack as they struggle to eke out a living.

Urgent response discussed for Mekong River

Eighteen million Mekong Delta residents are suffering serious consequences as the Mekong River is drying up due to over exploitation of hydropower plants in upstream countries, delegates heard at Friday’s conference in An Giang.

'In the dream' promotes VN, S Korea relations

VietNamNet Bridge – In the dream, an art exhibition by established artist Nguyen Van Cuong, is one of a series of cultural activities being held by the South Korean Cultural Centre.

Illegal sand mining damaging Hanoi dyke

Night after night, thousands of cubic metres of sand and gravel have been illegally mined from a portion of the Cau River, causing erosion and affecting the dyke system for 200ha of agricultural land, 

Youth die in motorbike-lorry collision

Youth die in motorbike-lorry collision, Four rescued from fire in Hanoi, Seriously injured Chinese sailor rescued at sea

Four Vietnamese in ASEAN’s best players’ list

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sport website, Four Four Two, has mentioned four Vietnamese names in its list of 25 best ASEAN players.

Raising a stink over fragrance

When people describe the “poetic beauty” of Hanoi, they are usually referring to autumn, when the city is at its beautiful best (weather-wise and otherwise). 

HCM City drama clubs survive tough times

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drama clubs run by young artists and theatre students in HCM City are struggling under increasing financial strain.

New novel rebuts Western perspective on American war

Nguyen Phan Que Mai, PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University, will publish her second book in English, Searching for Earth Cakes and Sky Cakes, in 2018 with Benchmark Education ...

People’s credit funds can keep loan sharks at bay

Truong Thanh Duc, chairman of the BASICO Law Firm and an arbitrator with the Viet Nam International Arbitration Centre, tells Economic and Urban Affairs newspaper why people’s credit funds should be persisted

A family treat that nurtures generations to come

Mr. Bui Ngoc Thai puts on his plastic gloves and carefully mixes the thin layers of lean pork meat, lard and skin with some salt, MSG and thinh, the golden roast rice grounded into a brownish powder.