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Slash-and-burn agriculture to rage on in northern mountainous province

 VietNamNet Bridge – So far this month, northern mountainous province authorities have detained 56 people allegedly involved in the destruction of 18.6ha of forest in total, 

Four central cities join One Planet City Challenge

Four cities in Viet Nam – Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An and Dong Ha – have agreed to enter World Wild Fund for Nature’s One Planet City Challenge programme to show how cities can be a hub for creativity, ambition and innovation

HCM City seeks better-qualified people for posts

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City People’s Committee has developed a plan to improve the quality of city leaders and officials, adding more youth to the management board between 2016 and 2020.

100,000 City households unwilling to use tap water

 VietNamNet Bridge – In an effort to provide clean water to all households, HCM City in recent years has connected nearly all households in the city to water pipelines and meters for free. 

SLAMthơ enters labyrinth of language

 VietNamNet Bridge – You are invited to the exhibition SLAMthơ – Poetic Labyrinth, which will open 6pm Thursday at L’Espace.

PM orders revoke of license plates

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) to revoke the privilege blue plates of 516 cars owned by private businesses.

New show offers affordable “Art For You”

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "Art for You" show, which sells affordable art by local artists, will open at Mai’s Gallery from Thursday until next Monday.

Tiffany, Quynh win U18 doubles tennis title

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tiffany Linh Nguyen and Diem Quynh won the National Women’s Tennis Championships’ U18 doubles category Wednesday in Dak Lak Province.

PM orders halt to dredging projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to suspend the licensing for river dredging projects which has stoked great public concern.

Cool Cats jazz club hits all the right notes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Louis Armstrong once said “if you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” Luckily for Hanoians, they now have a chance to find out, without causing too much offence to Satchmo.

Dredging oversight a failure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat speaks with the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about measures to redress shortcomings in the management of dredging projects

Lao Cai investigate reasons of pineapples’ death

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Lao Cai province inspection team has begun an investigation into the death of dozens of hectares of pineapples during the past week.

Cat Bi air traffic control to be inspected

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam on Tuesday night decided to inspect operations at the air traffic control station in Hai Phong City’s Cat Bi International Airport.

VN called to tackle overfishing as crisis looms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government should tighten its grip on overfishing as the seafood capacity in the Vietnamese sea is nearing exhaustion, a top military official said on Tuesday.

Links missing in planned safe food chains

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi plans to build 100 safe food chains this year to ensure supplies of safe vegetables and meat for the capital and reach annual targets on food hygiene.

Vietnam, Chinese Taipei warm-up for Asian Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will play Chinese Taipei in today’s friendly match that will see many youngsters as both sides look to rejuvenate their line-ups.

HCM City Tourism Fair to offer 10-50% discounts on tours

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agents will offer discounts of 10-50 per cent on domestic and foreign tours at HCM City Tourism Fair 2017 to be held from March 23-26 at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.

HCM City to open street vendor areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to open special street-food areas in District 1 as part of a pilot programme to move vendors to designated pavements, among other plans to improve the liveability of the city.

Tougher healthcare oversight ordered

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien on Monday urged inspectors from the central to grassroots levels to ensure that fines are handed out for violations of healthcare service regulations.

Our fashion should reflect our culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Duy Nguyen impressed the public at the Fall-Winter Fashion Week recently with new suits that used brocade made by the H’Rê ethnic minority people from Teng Village in Quang Ngai Province.