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Public complacent about flood risks: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prolonged rains over the past week and resultant flooding have inflicted losses of VND 41 billion (US$1.8 million) in several northern provinces, 

Quang Nam gets hydro-power plants

The central province of Quang Nam plans to build four hydro-power plants in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My for socio-economic development of a key national ginseng centre.

Classical music programme for young people launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new classical music programme will be staged twice a month in HCM City with the aim of attracting young people to the genre.

Stop building, demolish buildings on Son Tra Nature Reserve: experts

Nearly 200 scientists, biologists and conservationists, unanimously have agreed that the construction of all buildings on the Son Tra Nature Reserve should be stopped immediately.

Five athletes to participate in pre-SEA Games event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send five athletes to compete in the 94th Malaysia Athletics Federation Pre-SEA Games Championships at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

Japan wants to attract more tourists from Vietnam

Viet Nam has become a major tourist market for Japan and the island nation hopes to attract more Vietnamese visitors, said Kuroiwa Yuji, governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, 

Troh Bu acknowledged as country’s largest orchid reserve

A two-hectare wild-orchid reserve in the Troh Bu Botanic Garden in Dak Lak Province has been recognised as the largest of its kinds in the country by the Viet Nam Record Organisation.

Le Quang Liem second in China chess tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Liem ranks second in the Danzhou Super Grandmaster Tournament in China after his seventh match yesterday.

Young Vietnamese professor patents his way to success

Just 34, a Vietnamese professor who has received 10 patents and won many technological and medical awards in the US, is motivated by a desire to create things useful for people, especially children. 

VN has large wind power potential: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has huge potential in terms of geography and wind power resources to generate electricity, 

Safenet keeps harmful websites at bay

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Internet is an immense source of information, but it also comes with some serious risks for its users.

Low-pressure system forms near Hoang Sa

 VietNamNet Bridge – A low-pressure system has formed in the East Sea, around 160km south-southeast of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago, at 7am on Friday.

Major reservoir at risk of pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Den Reservoir, which supplies water to 90 per cent of the people in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, is at risk of being severely polluted.

Going beyond the pros and cons of vaccines

The recent emergence of an “anti-vaccine” trend in Viet Nam has sparked a debate, with many parents, officials and other stakeholders weighing in either side, mostly favouring vaccinations as a life-saver.

VN war-era mass grave excavation begins at airport

Several items suspected to be belongings of dead soldiers of the Liberation Army have been uncovered, following days of excavation in an open field west of the busy Tan Son Nhat Airport.

Bach Ma Park to host saola breeding centre

The Bach Ma National Park has been selected as the site for the world’s only breeding centre for the saola, the extremely elusive forest-dwelling bovine only found in the forests of Viet Nam and Laos.

Canada Open badminton champions start defending title

Defending champions Do Duc Tuan and Pham Nhu Thao made the perfect start at the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on Wednesday, winning the first round of the mixed doubles.

More national heritages recognised

Central Thanh Hoa Province’s intangible heritages - Tro Chieng Festival and Sing and Dance under Bong Tree Festival - are being recorgnised as national culture intangible heritages 

Vietnam eye good show in ASEAN Schools Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam hope to perform well in the ninth ASEAN Schools Games (ASG), which will be organised in Singapore from July 14 to July 21.

Ly Hoang Nam wins both singles and doubles event in China

Ly Hoang Nam had the perfect day yesterday, winning both his singles and doubles matches at the China F12 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Shenzhen City.