VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City expects to spend VND1.23 trillion (US$54.38 million) to subsidise buses next year, up VND231 billion ($10.24 million) against 2016, the Transport Department said on Tuesday.

Viet Nam can improve public-sector integrity and efficiency by strengthening laws addressing conflicts of interests, according to a report conducted by the Government and the World Bank,

Nearly 500 primary school students in HCM City yesterday took part BASF Kids’ Lab 2016, an interactive education programme, which emphasises the critical role of water in daily lives and how chemistry can be used to help water conservation. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi cuisine features a wide variety of dishes with vermicelli. Among them, bun cha (vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs) delights, with its seductive taste and aroma.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction violations have been rampant for years in Ha Noi but lax management and irresolute solutions have left the problem unresolved.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has agreed to open up its coal-fired power plants once a month for local authorities and residents to learn about and monitor their operations.

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Thua Thien-Hue affected by the recent environmental incident started to receive their first-phase compensation package. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Belgian Embassy in Ha Noi is for the first time organising “Belgian Week in Viet Nam” to celebrate its King’s Day on November 15. Festivities will begin on Saturday. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three members of a family in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau died after eating toad gruel, according to local hospital.

VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang will host the 6th Asia Golf Tourism Convention (AGTC) – the premier golf travel event in the Asia-Pacific region – combining a golf tour with tourism meetings from May 7 to 13, 2017.

The rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the country fell by 16 per cent between 2009 and 2015, but health experts have said that more needs to be done to reach the goal of having a transmission rate of under 2 per cent by 2020 nationwide.

VietNamNet Bridge – The first national professional basketball league (VBA) is nearing the end of its season, as the first champion will be selected after a three-leg final. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who travel on Xuan Thuy Street in Thao Dien Ward in HCMC’s District 2 these days might notice a foreigner running a mobile coffee tricycle along the road.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coal-fired thermal power plants should focus on technology renovation so as to minimise environmental pollution, given that thermal power will provide much of Viet Nam’s future energy,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese marksman Ngo Huu Vuong brought home a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championship 2016 at the Ha Noi based-National Sports Training Centre yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Search and rescue forces are still working to find a missing male worker of the Dak Mi 2 Hydro-power plant when he slid down the river of Dak Mi in the central province on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Military officers in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak have reported that they found a large quantity of weapons.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When Tran Viet Anh visited the mountainous Ha Giang Province in March 2015 with friends, he had no idea that the trip would impact and change their lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology tells Tin tuc (News) that good intermediaries could facilitate transfer of advanced technology to end users.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New sedans are parked on the slope leading to Trieu Mui Mui’s house, which stands beside beautiful golden terraced paddy fields.