VietNamNet Bridge – Police officer Tran Anh Tuan spends every Friday evening teaching visually impaired students from the Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School for the Blind to play the guitar.

VietNamNet Bridge – Austrian Irene Ohler and Vietnamese Do Thuy Duong, co-authors of a book on remarkable Vietnamese women titled Con gai Ba Trieu the ky 21, launched their work in HCMC last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Viet Nam’s main legislative body, the National Assembly, decided on Tuesday to cancel plans to build two nuclear power plants, many lauded the “courageous” move.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Monthly base wages of civil servants, which will increase from VND1.21 million to VND1.3 million from the middle of 2017, meet just 50% of civil servants’ basic needs,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will establish the coastal protection corridor in several localities from November 28 under a circular issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dance show aiming to raise funds for the programme Thien Nhan and Friends will be staged by 30 Vietnamese youth dancers in Friday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Classical Music Group will host its latest piano recital program with a free entrance to all audiences at Viet Thuong Showroom in HCMC’s District 3 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon International Comedy Club will present British stand-up comedian Stephen Carlin at Game On on November 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Salaries for public officials and civil servants need a major revamp to attract talent and avoid a brain-drain, experts agreed at a conference in Ha Noi on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 2,000 young people will take part in a festival held in  HCM City this afternoon to appeal for the protection of wildlife. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Information technology enterprises from the US will help Viet Nam develop smart cities, US Ambassador to Viet Nam Ted Osius said.

Viet Nam’s largest expatriate women’s group, the Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) will hold its Annual Charity Bazaar later this month. It will be the group’s 25th Bazaar and it takes place in HIWC’s 30th birthday year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty designers will unveil their creations at “Vision - Steps Of Glory,” a free outdoor music and fashion show, at the HCMC Exhibition & Convention Center (HECC) on December 3

 VietNamNet Bridge – People with disabilities are thankful for the efforts HCM City has taken to increase their access to public buses, but say more can be done.

At many of the pagodas, temples or other instances of spiritual architecture in Viet Nam, statues of sacred animals almost always guard the gate. An exhibition honouring those statues--themed Vietnamese Sacred Animals - is showcasing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Tu Chinh of HCM City brought home a gold medal in the women’s 100m category at the ongoing National Athletics Championships at Hang Day Stadium in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recipes from the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in Hue provide us with an idea of the type of tea and wine consumed by the royals in the former imperial capital city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Dang Hong Giang has a habit of sitting in the back rows of a cinema hall to watch the audience as they watch his films.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s dan bau, or monochord, produces seductive sounds which represents the Vietnamese soul and feelings. Dan bau is considered a special witness of Vietnam’s history and culture.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There was no one around when an eleventh grader from Hai Phong City riding his bike accidentally broke the mirror of a car parked on the street.