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Hospitals across the country to be inspected

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has promulgated a document to inspect the quality of hospitals and medical workers and satisfaction of patients this year.

HCM City plans to establish taxi pick-up stands

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to set up taxi pick-up stands to prevent taxis parking in the wrong places and roaming the streets for fares.

Consider environment impact of dumping mud into sea: Minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dumping waste mud into Quy Nhon City’s sea must not harm natural protection and aquaculture production areas, 

Unprecedented challenges confront APEC: President

 VietNamNet Bridge – The APEC business community needs to help tackle serious challenges facing the world today, including widespread poverty and unprecedented impacts of climate change,

Stock market capitalisation equals 61% of VN’s GDP

 VietNamNet Bridge – Total value of stock market capitalisation in the first 10 months was equal to 61 per cent of Viet Nam’s gross domestic product, 

VN CEOs brimming with confidence: survey

An overwhelming majority of Vietnamese business heads are confident about growing revenues and profits in the coming years and preparing to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0),

Internet cable ruptures for 5th time in 2017

 VietNamNet Bridge – The undersea Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable – one of the six cables connecting Viet Nam with the rest of the world – has ruptured since Tuesday morning.

Viet Nam crush Laos at AFC U19 event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam crushed Laos 4-0 in the final Group H match of the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification at the Hsinchu County Second Stadium in Chinese Taipei yesterday.

VN grabs top prizes at APEC Photo Contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam, the host of the ongoing 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, brought home all three top prizes of the APEC Photo Contest 2017.

Prepare for possible cost overruns on North-South expressway: NA deputies

 VietNamNet Bridge – The transport ministry should consider the possibility of cost overruns and prepare accordingly as it prepares to build a 654km section of the North-South expressway, 

Vietnamese, Canadian PMs hold talks

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed to establish the framework of a comprehensive partnership between Viet Nam and Canada during their talks in Ha Noi yesterday.

Monsoon Music Festival showcases indie growth

 On Saturday night, Tran Minh Phuong and the two other members of independent rap group Da LAB – Nguyen Trong Duc and Vo Viet Phuong – will take to the stage at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long

VFF fined $15,000 for flares incident

The Asian Football Confederation has fined the Viet Nam Football Federation US$15,000 for failing to stop Vietnamese fans from lighting flares during the 2019 Asian Cup qualifier against Cambodia

Eating snakes in historic Le Mat Village

Have you ever tried eating snakes in Ha Noi? If you feel brave enough, head to Le Mat Village, the most well-known place in Viet Nam to enjoy delicious dishes prepared from snakes raised by locals.

Cham Museum gets breath of fresh air

After nearly two years of refurbishment, the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture has re-opens all galleries. Housing the largest collection of Cham sculpture in the world, the museum preserves the art and history ...

Early cancer detection not covered by insurance: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – The failure to detect cancer early, compounded by the lack of insurance for such detection, has led to a high cancer death rate in Viet Nam, 

New national citizen management system will not be available until 2020

VietNamNet Bridge – The transition from Viet Nam’s decades-old household residency book system to a new online national database will not take place until 2020, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

VN a good place to shoot: Spanish director

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thi Mai is the first Spanish movie to be shot in Viet Nam. It premiered in the country at the Spanish Film Festival in Ha Noi last month. A comedy directed by Patricia Ferreira, 

US publisher buys English copyright

 VietNamNet Bridge – US publisher Algonquin Books has bought the copyright of a novel written in English by Vietnamese author Nguyen Phan Que Mai, who lives in Belgium with her family.

Vietnamese kurash artist wins gold at world event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won its second gold at the first World Youth Martial Arts Masterships, which closed in Jincheon-County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, South Korea, yesterday.