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New agency targets effective food quality controls

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has established a Food Safety and Hygiene Management Board, the first of its kind in the country. 

Teacher goes way out of his way to get a student back

  VietNamNet Bridge – The story of a 36-year-old teacher who always goes the extra mile for his students has inspired netizens to lend a helping hand.

Making a living, saving lives: par for the day

 VietNamNet Bridge – An auto mechanic working on a mountain pass is very proactive about assisting accident victims, leaving his number on the roadside as a hotline that people can call. 

Da Lat becomes a homestay delight

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat, for long a popular hill station in Viet Nam, has added economical homestay arrangements to its long list of attractions. 

Belgian icon shares VN love

 VietNamNet Bridge – Internationally-acclaimed Belgian singer Axelle Red performed in Viet Nam from March 18 to 20 as part of her Asian tour, which presented the greatest hits of her 25-year career.

Private healthcare no miracle cure for Vietnam

The private healthcare sector is booming in Viet Nam, and the most common comments about this have to do with how it has improved healthcare quality in the country, increased options and reduced overloading

Global integration fraught with hurdles: VN official

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai tells the Vietnam News Agency that the nation will have to deal effectively with new-generation FTAs as it deepens its international integration.

Vietnamese “witch of musical instruments” to hold tour

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artisan Mai Dinh Toi, dubbed “the witch of musical instruments,” will host two live shows on Sao Viet Stage and Kasa in HCM City on March 25 and March 31, respectively.

Xam musical night by Hoan Kiem Lake

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special musical night will be held Friday night to pay tribute to inventors and great artists of xam (blind busker’s singing) at the pedestrian zone by Hoan Kiem Lake.

Hanoi grab big win, top V.League

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi FC shot to the top position of the V.League after registering a huge 5-1 win over Long An in a late ninth-round match yesterday.

HCM City seeks better parking investors

The chairman of the HCM City’s People’s Committee has urged the Department of Transport to replace unqualified investors of underground parking lot projects that have been delayed for more than 10 years.

Unique Son Tra Reserve under threat

The Son Tra Nature Reserve – the green lung of Da Nang - will turn into a desert, and the world’s biggest population of red-shanked douc langurs will become extinct unless rapid development of hotels and resorts there is not stopped.

Dong Nai: Hungry wild elephants trash crops, property

Wild elephant habitats in the southern province of Dong Nai are being reduced and degraded, leading to a lack of food and more conflicts between animals and humans, according to local authorities.

Runners vie for titles at Tien Phong Marathon

 VietNamNet Bridge – A record some 300 people will participate in the annual Tien Phong Newspaper Marathon being held in Ninh Binh Province on Sunday.

Awards revoked from PVC, former chairman

 VietNamNet Bridge – The PetroVietnam (PVN) Group has decided to revoke two awards each from the Vietnam Petroleum Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) and its former chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh.

Heavy water resource exploitation in Da Nang

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang needs to invest in its tap water supply system, especially in remote areas, to effectively limit the rampant and rapid exploitation of underground water, 

U20 Vietnam striker featured on FIFA website

 The official FIFA website, fifa.com, has published an article about U-20 Viet Nam team’s striker Tran Thanh, a promising footballer in the upcoming FIFA U-20 World Cup. 

Harvard University expands co-operation with Vietnamese universities

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust yesterday met with leaders of HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) to extend co-operation between the two schools in the upcoming time.

Green growth: not as expensive as you think

 VietNamNet Bridge – A green economy does not mean a major trade-off between growth and sustainability, Tomaso Andreatta, chairman of EuroCham Green Growth Sector Committee, tells Viet Nam News reporter

Vietnam's lung cancer patients to get free EGFR mutation testing

The central city’s Oncology Hospital, in co-operation with the British–Swedish biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, has launched its first-ever Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation testing programme