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Prize-winning 2018 calendar features “faithful dogs”

A 365-page tear-off calendar featuring images of dogs won first prize in a calendar design contest launched by the southern branch of the Viet Nam Publishers Association and the Book Street Company

Quang Nam FC look to win V.League title

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite of having only one well-known player in their line-up, Quang Nam FC are on the verge of winning the V.League title for the first time.

Hanoi to relocate residents living in flooded areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will seek funds to relocate hundreds of households living in two communes of Ha Noi’s Chuong My District,

HCM City waterways left unused

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the increasing challenges facing land transport, HCM City has yet to use nearly 1,000km of rivers and canals for the purpose.

Christie’s to auction first made-in-Vietnam handicraft

 VietNamNet Bridge – A handmade lacquer work from Viet Nam will go under the hammer at Christie’s in London today.

Flood-hit areas prepare for disease outbreaks

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health warned yesterday that flooding and rains in central and northern provinces could trigger disease outbreaks.

Hanoi: More old trees chopped down to build road

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 old trees on Pham Van Dong Street will be chopped down by the end of this year to broaden the street and build a bridge on Belt Road No. 3.

Sulphur lies unmanned at Hoang Dieu Port

Over 30,000 tonnes of sulphur have been left in the open at Hoang Dieu Port in northern Hai Phong City for 20 days, causing concern over the risk of fire and environmental pollution.

Hotline aims to help children in crisis

 VietNamNet Bridge – The phone rings all day inside the small room at 35 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi’s Ba Dinh District.

Five children die in drowning accident

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five children drowned on Sunday while fishing in Ca Lo River which passes through Viet Long Commune in Ha Noi’s Soc Son District.

Hanoi, HCM City win national weightlifting tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi topped the women’s category while HCM City won the men’s class at the National Weightlifting Championships, which closed on Sunday in HCM City.

Floods wreak havoc on Hanoi suburbs

 VietNamNet Bridge – The roads to Nam Hai Village in Ha Noi’s suburban district of Chuong My are so flooded that the village has been receiving safe water via canoes sent daily by the district’s High Command.

Film studio lives on in public’s heart

As the equitisation process of the Viet Nam Feature Film Studio (VFS) came to a conclusion earlier this year, it was a bitter moment when filmmakers and fans of the studio learned that the VFS’s brand value ...

Shining Star guides way to female equality

Far from the hustle of crowded streets in Hai Duong City, the Temple of Nguyen Thi Due is surrounded by Phuong Hoang (phoenix) mountain in Kiet Dac Village. It overlooks endless rice fields.

Doctors lament lack of cancer-screening awareness in VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Duc Van, 69, of HCM City’s Tan Phu District was completely unaware that he had colorectal cancer until he saw blood in his stool. 

Prostitution occurs whether we like it or not

Dr. Chung A, member of a consulting group for Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control discusses with the Suc Khoe & Doi Song newspaper on prostitution.

Illegal quartz stone exploitation in Phu Yen threatens local life, environment

Rumours of earning millions of dong daily by illegally exploiting quartz stone are attracting locals to the mountains in the central Phu Yen Province’s Phu Mo Commune, Dong Xuan District.

Education ministry asked to delay new education curriculum

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee agreed to delay the implementation of the new National Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Education, 

Hanoi management units found ineffective

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five recently re-structured units tasked with managing all Ha Noi public construction projects employ some 1,000 officials but their operation remains ineffective,

HCM City needs 70,000 workers for coming months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 70,000 workers are needed in HCM City for the remaining months of the year, mostly in garments and textiles, sales, services, logistics and IT,