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International legislators pledge action on climate change

Parliaments should take stronger action to respond to climate change by maximising their roles as legislators and supervisors as well as enhancing international co-operation to ensure “no one is left behind”, 

HCM City to spend $1.9b on power development

The HCM City People’s Committee has proposed the Ministry of Trade and Industry approve the city’s power transmission development plan with a total investment of about VND42.9 trillion.

Lack of forest management causing the increasing deforestation

 VietNamNet Bridge – One of main causes of increasing Vietnamese deforestation is the poor forest land management awareness among concerned agencies, 

Finnish expert improves piano teachers’ method

Finnish Professor Jarmo Anttila from the South Ostrobothnia Music Institute provided a trainning course to improve the pedagogical knowledge of piano teachers at the Ha Noi College of Arts (HCA). 

Project sees relationships as the heart of education

When students of Nguyen Van Troi Secondary School in HCM City’s Go Vap District violate any regulation of the schools or misbehave, teachers meet with each of them to learn the reason, help them recognise their violations

U22 Vietnam lose to Argentina

 VietNamNet Bridge – U20 Argentina crushed U22 Viet Nam 5-0 in a friendly match at the My Dinh National Stadium in Ha Noi on Sunday.

First Mother Goddess practice festival to open

Viet Nam’s first-ever festival featuring Mau Thuong Ngan (Mother Goddess of Forest) worship will bring folk artists from across the nation to Yen Bai Province on May 20 and 21. 

Two railway routes to be built in Hanoi

Some VND62 trillion (US$2.7 billion) of official development aid (ODA) is the amount proposed by the Ha Noi People’s Committee to build two new railway routes in the city.

Starfish inspires school charity

 VietNamNet Bridge – An old story about the starfish has inspired Austrian investment bankers to set up a foundation to build schools for needy children in Viet Nam.

Weaving a new future for rush mattresses

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man born on a mattress made by his native village artisans tries to gain a fresh lease of life for the traditional craft with new, market-oriented designs.

Writing ’forces you to know’ and helps you move on

Bestselling author Phan Viet has released the third volume of her non-fiction series called Bat Hanh La Mot Tai San (Unhappiness Is an Asset). Following on the success of the previous two volumes - Mot Minh O Chau Au 

Home is where the school is. Or is it?

he story of a family that took its two boys out of school to teach them at home in HCM City has been generating public interest after newspapers and social networks reported on it as a successful model.

Exhibition on women during the wars opens

More than 50 sketches of women during the wars by 29 noted painters will be displayed between May 14 and 28 at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum.

Labourers urged to improve skills for industrial revolution

A majority of Vietnamese labourers may face unemployment in the next 10 years when industrial revolution 4.0 kicks in as their weak and outdated skills cannot meet the demand of enterprises.

VN fighter wins world Muaythai championship title seven times

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has made history by becoming the first Vietnamese fighter to win the world championship title seven times.

Railway firms to launch hi-quality services

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Railway Transport Co. is trying to cash in on the summer holiday season by upgrading trains to popular destinations.

A glimpse of romantic France high up on Ba Na Mountain

Charming, passionate, romantic, and poetic – many people use those words when they talk about France.  Those who haven’t had a chance to set foot in France yet, or the ones who want to recall some memory

Vietnam threatened by new strain of bird flu

The Prime Minister and ministries of Health and Agriculture and Rural Development are calling for intensive measures to curb the trafficking, trade and consumption of unknown poultry, especially birds smuggled from China,

Book about national leader of Azerbaijani people published in Vietnamese

The Vietnamese-language version of the biography of National Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev was presented to the Vietnamese public on Wednesday on the occasion of his 94th birthday anniversary.

Vietnamese muaythai fighters in world championship finals

Vietnamese fighters Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat and Le Hoang Duc have advanced to the finals of the ongoing International Federation of Muaythai Amateur World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.