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HCM City to open floodgates for 3rd time this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – The floodgates of Dau Tieng Lake in Dong Nai Province will be opened for the third time this year to ease rising flood waters,

Ly Hoang Nam struggles but wins Futures first round match

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam struggled to win his first round match at the Viet Nam Men’s Futures F9 tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

Int’l film fest kicks off as Vietnam integrates with world cinema

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of Vietnamese and foreign filmmakers, actors and actresses gathered on the red carpet yesterday as the forth Ha Noi International Film Festival (HANIFF) kicked off.

VN cuisine gets its TV close up

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chefs Nik Michael Imran and Sarah Benjamin have come to Viet Nam as part of the Asian Food Channel hit Cooking For Love’s second season.

Company suspended due to dead trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – A tree management company has been suspended from planting more trees in Ha Noi after some 80 trees it recently planted died.

Autumn Meeting 2016 returns to Da Nang

The annual international cinema event offering a rare glimpse of the country's fast-growing film scene "The Autumn Meeting 2016" will return to the central coastal city of Da Nang and the picturesque UNESCO world heritage city of Hoi An

Forever Young returns for second season

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second season of Forever Young, a soap opera about friendship and love between young people from Viet Nam and South Korea, returns to Vietnamese television screens on November 3.

Buffaloes, Dragons go ahead in VBA’s playoffs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Buffaloes and Danang Dragons won the first leg of playoffs of the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League on Sunday.

Why an Indian restaurant stands out in Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are several reasons why Tandoor in HCM City has become the place of choice for Indian food, but it stands out from its peers in how it invites you in and makes you feel you are in for a treat, writes Hari Chathrattil.

Nam, Ti win first tennis doubles of F9 Futures

VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam and partner Ti Chen won the first round match of the Viet Nam Men’s Futures F9 tennis tournament yesterday (Oct 31) in Binh Duong Province.

World must join hands to protect Earth’s climate

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Tuan Nhan, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, spoke to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) about the country’s efforts to adapt to climate change.

The lost seasons of VN’s macadamia growers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Viet Hung, a farmer in Lam Ha District of the Central Highlands Lam Dong Province heaves a sigh with hard-to-conceal disappointment on his face when visiting his macadamia garden.

Artists Tri Minh, Clara Bryld present private duet Jazz-Vocal performance

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tri Minh, Hanoi’s most successful international performer and Denmark’s jazz vocalist Clara Bryld will appear together on stage in a show at the Hanoi Social Club on November 4.

Dyke breaks threaten thousand lives in Quang Tri

 VietNamNet Bridge – Significant parts of a dyke system in central Quang Tri Province was eroded by flooding early this month, threating the lives and crop of residents.

Vietnam International Fashion Week kicks off

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese and international designers will attend Viet Nam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Fall/Winter 2016 at the National Convention Centre in Ha Noi on November 1-6.

26 players called up for U22 friendly

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has called up 26 footballers to the national team to prepare for the international U22 friendly football tournament in China from November 8-13.

Big fest for movie lovers to be launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), themed “Cinema-Integration and Sustainable Development,” will take place from November 1 to 5.

Japanese give Da Nang 11-faced Buddha

Japanese Superior Buddhist monk Sagawa Fumon, head of the Todaiji temple, and 34 representatives presented a bronze statue of the 11-faced Avalositesvara Bodhisattva to Da Nang’s Quan The Am Pagoda yesterday.

Suburban hell outside Vietnam’s 3rd largest city

VietNamNet Bridge – The mountains and hills in Hoa Nhon Commune of Hoa Phong District, seen from National Highway 14B, seem to have barely survived a particularly devastating disaster – except that this disaster is wholly man-made.

Fund shortage causes primary school overcrowding

 VietNamNet Bridge – A land fund shortage has been blamed for overcrowding in Ha Noi public primary schools, forcing students to attend school on weekends in several areas.