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Quang Ninh to take on Yadanarbon at neutral venue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quang Ninh Coal will not be playing on their home turf in today’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup match against Yadanarbon, which will be a disadvantage, coach Phan Thanh Hung said.

Alleged robbers of over 500 precious ginseng plants arrested

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of stealing over 500 Ngoc Linh ginseng plants from a ginseng farm in Quang Nam Province last Tuesday.

Shifting sands: illegal VN sales to Singapore

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quite a few Vietnamese companies are taking advantage of sand dredging privileges authorised by the Government to rake in huge illegal profits, according to an expose by the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

Artist gets serious about theatre with a comedy

Tran Luc returned to a very different Viet Nam after studying in Bulgaria for several years, and made his mark as an actor, a TV film producer and a teacher. It was only 30 years into his career that he brought out the deep passion

Two hearts beat as one on organ donation

Le Huu Toan and Tran Nguyen An Khuong have a shared vision on organ donation. Both young men have signed up as organ donors and recently undertook separate biking trips across Viet Nam with the hope of ‘spreading the message

A lot of notes not worthy of note

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last Sunday, a 44-year-old man walked into a bank in HCM City and said he wanted to change US$100,000 into Vietnamese dong.

Up the garden path with a flowering branch

T. was walking around the famous Tuyen Lam Lake area in Da Lat City when he overheard a group of tourists talking about breaking off some flowering branches of the wild Himalayan Cherry,

Kayak tours to clean up Hoi An waterways

 VietNamNet Bridge – A kayak service operator has launched tours that will give both locals and foreigners the chance to clean up waterways in the vicinity of Hoi An City.

Odd, even car parking scheme on Hanoi street begins

 VietNamNet Bridge – Car parking on odd and even days on Nguyen Gia Thieu Street in Tran Hung Dao Ward, Hoan Kiem District, officially began on Tuesday.

Reddish streak reappears in Ha Tinh waters

 VietNamNet Bridge – A reddish streak has reappeared in the waters near aquaculture cages along central Ha Tinh Province’s coastline less than two months after it was first spotted in January.

Snatchers grab at a multiple choice question

A famous funny video that’s doing the rounds of WhatsApp, YouTube and other social media for a few years now has a man on a motorbike stopping on a somewhat deserted road to give money to a poor beggar huddled on the sidewalk.

Health Ministry steps up measures against whooping cough

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on Monday sent an urgent official dispatch asking local authorities to step up preventive measures against whooping cough.

The floating rice dumplings of Cold Food Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every Vietnamese knows the poem ‘Banh troi nuoc’ (the dumpling that drifts in water), written by poetess Ho Xuan Huong in the 18th or 19th century.

Mekong water diplomacy vital

Dr Le Tuan Anh, deputy director of the Research Institute for Climate Change at Can Tho University, speaks to Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper about the negative impact of climate change.

Ca Mau gears up for fires

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is taking plenty of precautions this year after several forest fires broke out last year at the U Minh Ha National Park.

Former Ben Tre agriculture officials arrested for violating forest protection regulation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in southern Ben Tre Province have arrested two former agricultural officials for allegedly violating forest management regulations.

Bac Lieu announces dyke emergency

VietNamNet Bridge – The Bac Lieu Province People’s Committee has officially announced that the erosion of two local sea embankment systems constitutes an emergency.

Where you can stop and smell the roses

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is not an ideal place for cultivating the delicate flowers, but a few passionate horticulturists have found ways to make the capital city a rose garden destination worthy of note,

Gender equality begins at home

 VietNamNet Bridge – Awareness of gender inequality has been around for some time, but the problem itself has been around for so long that the subtle ways in which it persists is not often recognised.

Striking the right chords abroad

A Vietnamese-Germany music producer and DJ based in Berlin, Chi Thanh, was nominated for the Grammy Award in the Latin Rock category for the song Lipstick in 2004, alongside well-known American musician Desmond Child and others.