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Squeezing the last drop of value from an orange

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unnamed stream runs sinuously around an orange garden owned by five households in Pha Village.

Dissolve distinctions between public, private uni’s: University leader

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Truong Tung, President of FPT University, talks to the Giao duc Viet Nam online publication about some proposed changes in the 2018 revision to the Law on Higher Education.

Hanoi resumes delayed projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will take over three delayed transport projects from the Ministry of Transport to speed up efforts in curbing traffic jams in the city.

First print of Revolutionary Path to go on display

The original version of Duong Kach Menh (Revolutionary Path) book written by President Ho Chi Minh will be displayed for the first time at a special exhibition in Ha Noi on October 10.

Can Tho to host int’l U21 football event

Can Tho will host the 11th Thanh Nien Newspaper International U21 Football Tournament this year, according to Le Van Tam, deputy chairman of Can Tho City’s People’s Committee.

Weather responsible for fish death in Da Nang's river

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City Department of Natural Resources and Environment on Wednesday announced that the change in weather resulted in fish death in the Phu Loc River.

SE Asian art goes on show in Hoi An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artworks by about 21 artists from India, Indonesia and Viet Nam are on display at an exhibition called Hoi An Convergence now open in the central coastal city of Hoi An.

HCM City triumph at finswimming champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City triumphed at the National Finswimming Championships which concluded at Phu Tho Swimming Club in HCM City on Wednesday.

HCM City needs modern drainage: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City and southern provinces are being battered by heavy rains in the first 10 days of October. The heavy rains, together with high river tides, will cause flooding in many places, 

More public kindergartens open in industrial parks

Phan Thanh Tien can now focus on his work at a garment company in HCM City’s Cu Chi District as his 4 ½-year-old son is being taken care of at an officially licensed public kindergarten in the industrial park

Law to improve civil compensation

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s new law on State Compensation Liability is expected to create transparent mechanisms for compensating people mistreated by authorities, 

Conjoined twins separated at Children’s Hospital II

 VietNamNet Bridge – Conjoined twins joined at the coccyx area were successfully separated at the Children’s Hospital II, announced the hospital officials at a press conference on Wednesday. 

HCM City to hear fall music

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Classical Music Group will host the “Autumn Melodies” concert at the HCM City Southern Women’s Museum on October 7.

Festival in honour of VN’s widest waterfall

 VietNamNet Bridge – A waterfall festival will be held this weekend at the Ban Gioc Waterfall Tourism Complex in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, in the northern province of Cao Bang.

Lightning kills three in Nghe An and Ha Tinh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lightning occurred yesterday in the central region, killing one people in Ha Tinh and two others in neighbouring Nghe An Province. The three dead include one child.

HCM City hospital operates on Marfan syndrome patient

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Trung Vuong Hospital in HCM City have performed their first ever surgery to reduce the curvature in the spine of a patient with Marfan syndrome.

Health Ministry orders clarification on cancer patient’s death

Associate Professor Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, has asked K Hospital to review its treatment procedure of a female patient

Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team

Luong Duy Hanh, dismissed as head of the Environmental Protection Department for his wrongdoings in the 2016 Formosa plant pollution disaster, was later appointed deputy head of the team inspecting the company’s activities.

Textile association opposes wage hike

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) yesterday proposed that the regional minimum wage (covering four regions in the country) not be increased next year.

Two men die of electric shock while fishing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two men were found dead after their electric fishing tool generated high-voltage current in the water in a field in the central Quang Binh Province yesterday.