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Da Nang makes changes to long-term plans

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Nang People’s Committee has submitted amendments to its 2030-2050 socio-economic master plan for the Prime Minister’s approval.

HCM City to crack down on illegal buses, stations

The city government has urged the Department of Transport to crack down on illegally operating passenger buses and stations, following requests from authorised transport firms in the city.

Korean tests for VN workers to start in June

VietNamNet Bridge – The language and skills exams for Vietnamese workers wishing to work in South Korea will be held this year between June and September,

Racing against herself, against all odds

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young woman with an incredible track record of breaking endurance barriers wants her experience to instill indomitable courage in Vietnamese youth.

Disrespect is not sexy, anytime, anywhere

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Man bites dog,” is an old journalistic aphorism that remarks on how the unusual is more newsworthy (than a dog biting a man).

Fighting social insurance challenges

Doan Mau Diep, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about solutions to ease the burden of the social insurance fund for retirees

Visiting Hon Ba Mountain in Khanh Hoa

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hon Ba Mountain is compared with Da Lat for its mild climate, primeval forests and high peaks, but it provides glories all of its own.  

Free labour movement might hurt many Vietnamese workers

Vu Quang Tho, head of  the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions, tells Lao dong that both workers and trade unions are ill-equipped to cope with the free flow of labour mandated by the ASEAN Economic Community.

Glass a class apart when it comes to paintings

 Duong Van Kinh, 32, an employee of Hue City’s Culture Department, is a rare practitioner and proponent of glass paintings, an art form not in its heyday. 

Herb bank sows seeds of sustainable growth

The question is clear and succinct.“Looking for herbs?”The answer is simple: “Hit search.”The herbbank.org website, which provides information on all types of herbs from all over Viet Nam, is an unlikely brainchild of Pham Thi Nhan.

Taxi firms have mixed views on proposed regulations

Taxi companies have expressed mixed views on draft regulations drawn up by the Ministry of Transport to amend Decree No 86/2014/ND-CP, which concerns automobile transportation businesses.

Hanoians risk lives by exercising on highway

Residents of Ha Noi’s Gia Lam District are taking undue risks by jogging and exercising along Ha Noi-Thai Nguyen Highway, which runs through the district’s Ninh Hiep Commune.

Dong Nai set to close handicraft brick-kilns by year end

Brick-kilns in residential quarters - and those using fossil fuel materials - in the southern province of Dong Nai must close no later than the end of this year, 

Central region recovers after mass fish deaths

A year after the environmental catastrophe of mass fish deaths caused by the Hung Nghiep Formosa Steel Corporation, residents along the central coast are trying to return to a normal life.

VN women need greater say in urban planning: experts

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women should be given more say in urban planning and nation-building processes, female experts and businesswomen said at a workshop on Tuesday.

Vietnam, UN fight drought malnutrition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of children under the age of five living in Central region drought-hit areas are recovering from malnutrition due to an Emergency nutrition intervention programme project.

More VN men are losing healthy lust for sex: research

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recent Ha Noi Medical University Hospital (HMUH) research has raised alarms over the rise of low libidos in young men.

Slow pace of life in Hoang Thu Pho

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those who wish to experience a slow pace of life should head to Hoang Thu Pho Commune in Bac Ha District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

No one left behind in HCM City

Tran Vinh Tuyen, Deputy Chairman of HCM City People’s Committee talks to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the city’s resolve to return street pavements to pedestrians.

Trimming public sector a must

Thang Van Phuc, former Minister of Home Affairs, tells Hai Quan (Customs) Online Newspaper that leaders of many Government agencies have baulked at taking difficult downsizing decisions.