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U22 team train for SEA Games, AFC event

The Viet Nam U22 team began their training session at the Viet Nam Youth Football Training Centre in Ha Noi yesterday to prepare for the 2018 AFC U23 Championship qualification and 29th Southeast Asian Games.

Practical solutions needed for HCM City's urban problems

Flood management, traffic congestion, environmental pollution and food safety are some of the issues which authorities of HCM City need to tackle over the second half of this year, 

HCM City authorities call for urgent response to landslides

The HCM City People’s Committee on Monday asked Nha Be District authorities to take urgent measures to prevent landslides on the left bank of the Giong Canal – Kinh Lo River in Hiep Phuoc Commune.

Urgent Nui Coc Lake Dam repair work proposed

 VietNamNet Bridge – The investor of Nui Coc Lake Dam in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was told yesterday to speed up work of repairing the facility.

Govt to bring all HIV patients into insurance net

 VietNamNet Bridge – N.C.T, a 32-year-old man, and his partner, a 38-year-old man, are waiting at the District 11 Preventive Medicine Centre to receive free antiretroviral drugs.

Vietnam lose to Altay in Asian volleyball tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam lost to Kazakhstan’s Altay in the SMM 2017 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship on July 3.

Discovery produces Vietnamese sitcom

Discovery, the well-known global cable channel, will collaborate with YouTube’s Vietnamese partner POPS Worldwide to produce a sitcom, Ai Moi La Ba Chu (Who's the Boss?).

Ringing the bell of awareness for vegan food

 VietNamNet Bridge – A long-standing skeptic, Hong Van visits the Aummee Restaurant in Ha Noi and admits her bias in favour of non-vegan food could’ve been a trifle misplaced.

SHB Da Nang FC signs contract with Kosovan midfielder Gramoz Kurtaj

SHB Da Nang has signed Kosovan midfielder Gramoz Kurtaj for the second half of the National Football Championship V-League.1, replacing Brazilian striker Brazilian Eydison Teofilo Soares, 

Full Hanoi public transport system: only in 2070

Professor Nguyen Van Thu, who has involved in Ha Noi’s traffic planning, speaks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper about the city’s draft resolution on phasing out motorcycles from inner districts from 2017 onwards.

Fish sauce: much more than just a condiment

Just like rice, fish sauce is a staple of almost every dish in Viet Nam. “For Vietnamese people, a meal without fish sauce is considered incomplete,” culture expert Tran Ngoc Them once wrote. 

Guards cross borders into fatherhood

Major Nguyen Hung Vuong of the Tan Thuan Border Gate, a customs post on one of HCM City’s rivers, got married when he was 29, but only became a father at 40. Vuong’s daughter, Nguyen Ngoc Linh Dan

Street food may not be fully safe

 VietNamNet Bridge – More inspections street-food are needed to control food safety and hygiene and prevent food poisoning.

Archaeologists want to excavate bulldozed royal tomb site

Archaeologists are demanding permission to conduct excavations at the site of the tomb of one of King Tu Duc’s wives, which was bulldozed recently, to preserve whatever is undamaged.

Hanoi to crack down on fire safety violations

Developers of high-rise buildings that violate safety codes will not be eligible for future land allocation or land lease, according to the People’s Committee of Ha Noi.

More CNG buses enter service in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty six buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) began plying on route No 32 on Saturday in HCM City.

Vietnam gears toward agro export expansion

Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, talks to Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) about plans to increase exports of agro-products.

35 people exposed to HIV test negative

Eleven more people were exposed to HIV after responding to a traffic accident in Kon Tum Province, with 35 people altogether exposed to the virus altogether.

Creating real life fairy tales with simple acts

You are not exactly in seventh heaven, but on the seventh floor of the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Ha Noi, a profound transformation takes place every Thursday afternoon.

Human resources training needs improvement

The so-called fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, will provide more development opportunities for businesses but will also require businesses to prepare qualified human resources