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Art activities enhance wildlife consumption awareness

 VietNamNet Bridge – In honour of World Rhino Day, a series of art activities will be held by TRAFFIC – the wildlife trade monitoring network – and Dom Dom – the hub for experimental music and art.

Central seafood remains difficult to sell

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seafood companies and traders in four central provinces affected by the Formosa toxic incident have asked management agencies to quickly take samples of frozen fish inventories for safety tests,

Players summoned for regional Cup practice

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Nguyen Huu Thang has called 29 players to practise for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation Cup to be held later this year.

Thien sends seeded player home in Men’s Futures

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Thien made a splash at the Viet Nam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament with a win over No 5 seed Takahashi Yusuke yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

Conservation efforts continue in Hue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ongoing conservation efforts have saved 136 heritage buildings of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) in Hue - including  palaces, pavilions and tombs - but experts say more work is needed.

Poor quality herbal medicines flood market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional herbal medicines of poor quality dominate the domestic market, a drug control agency top official admitted.

Le Cat Trong Ly to stage solo concert in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer and composer Le Cat Trong Ly will stage a solo performance in HCM City at the end of September featuring her own compositions.

Poor conditions in VN sex work: ILO

 VietNamNet Bridge – Working in an industry which is not legal, most sex workers in Viet Nam face poor and unsafe workplace conditions, according to a new International Labour Organisation (ILO) Viet Nam study.

VN builds maps to warn of natural calamilties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is among the five countries most affected by high rates of natural calamity in the world. It has experienced great loss of human life and property damage,

’English test grades too low’

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha on Saturday instructed relevant agencies to pay more attention to how to improve the quality of teaching foreign languages, mostly English.

Hanoi T&T triumph over V.League 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T are king of the V.League 2016 after their 2-0 victory over FLC Thanh Hoa in the final round match of the tournament yesterday (Sept 18) at Hang Day Stadium.

HCM City 1 take national women’s football title

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City 1 defended their title at the National Women’s Football Championships after beating Ha Noi 1 2-0 in the final match at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on Saturday.

Tung finishes fifth in 100m freestyle at Paralympics

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Paralympics swimmer Vo Thanh Tung ranked fifth in his final category, the men’s 100m freestyle S5, at the Rio Paralympics in Brazil yesterday, Sept 18.

Do toll road operators charge too much?

The fees being charged at toll stations in the mushrooming BOT transportation projects are inconsistent with the capacity of drivers to pay, Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Nhat said.

VN needs solar power policy

 VietNamNet Bridge – The potential for solar energy in Viet Nam is huge but needs appropriate policies to encourage investment, a conference heard in HCM City on Monday.

IT apps to widen higher education choices

 VietNamNet Bridge – IT applications will considerably expand tertiary options for students in 2017, Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha tells the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

VN’s startup ecosystem needs strong investment networks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Quoc Dat, co-founder and CEO of HATCH! Program and who was listed among Forbes Viet Nam ’30 under 30’ in 2016, spoke to Le Thu Huong about HATCH’s entrepreneurship schemes

Experts: Vietnam's health illiteracy hurts quality of care

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Viet Nam’s crowded public hospitals, patients only get one or two minutes with a doctor instead of 15-20, leading to inadequate health literacy and less effective treatment,

Hurdles for environmental impact assessments

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Nguyen Khac Kinh, Chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Environmental Impact Assessments, spoke to the newspaper Nhan Dan (People) about some of the constraints in Vietnamese law

Agent Orange victim studies abroad in India

VietNamNet Bridge – Returning home for summer holiday after two years studying in India, 27-year-old Vuong Thi Quyen from Thanh Luong Hamlet, Quang Xuan Commune, in the central province of Quang Binh,