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Director investigates eternity, life and love

VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Vietnamese-French movie director Tran Anh Hung marks his return after years working in silence premiering the latest film Eternite (Eternity) at cinemas from September 9.

New-generation FTAs: opportunities and challenges

 VietNamNet Bridge – What are new-generation bilateral free trade agreements? What should be done for domestic enterprises to truly benefit from FTAs?

One Formosa steel mill is enough for Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr. Truong Manh Tien, Chairman of the Viet Nam Environmental Economics Society, speaks to the Suc khoe & Doi song (Health and Life) newspaper about the Ca Na steel mill

VN cai luong to debut at theatre fest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Cai Luong Theatre will attend the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival, performing a cai luong show for the first time, in Nanning, Guangxi, from September 17 to 23.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/9

 HCM City launches new bus route, Vietnam’s achievements in ozone layer protection hailed; Former deputy chief inspector prosecuted for taking bribes

Taking the bubble wrap off Vietnamese kids

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Duyen, a mother living in Phuoc Dong Commune, Nha Trang City, started a public debate two weeks ago when she posted a video on her Facebook showing a group of fourth-grade students,

NA mulls more agricultural tax exemption, reduction

 VietNamNet Bridge – Law makers yesterday (Sept 15) discussed the Government’s proposal on further tax reduction and exemption for agricultural land use.

French singer expresses her love for capital Hanoi in song

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has millions of lovers all over the world and each person expresses their love for the city in different way.

Foreign funding proposed for smart traffic system

 VietNamNet Bridge – U.S.-based Vigilant Solutions Inc. has suggested the HCMC government develop a smart traffic control system using around US$300 million to be lent by the investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Nam and partner enter Men’s Futures’ semi-finals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam and partner Bowen Ouyang advanced to the semi-finals of the Viet Nam F4 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Binh Duong Province.

Vietnam seeks more international support to combat climate change

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is looking for more support from the international community to better deal with the impact of climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions. 

Paraguay beat Viet Nam in World Cup Futsal

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paraguay beat Viet Nam 7-1 in the second match of Group C of the FIFA World Cup Futsal in Medellin, Colombia, yesterday morning, Sept 15.

IT vacancies, applications on the rise

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 40 top high-tech companies will participate in Tech Expo 2016 to be held in Ha Noi this Saturday (September 17).

Higher retirement age weighed

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is collecting comments on a 2012 Labor Code revision plan in which retirement ages and work hours of local employees could rise.

HCM City urged to inspect thousands of trees

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Green Trees and Parks Association has urged the HCM City Transport Department to allocate more funds to examine 5,500 trees in the city after two people were killed by falling trees in the last three weeks.

VN kids at risk from vitamin E deficiency

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese nutrition experts have warned of a serious vitamin E deficiency among children resulting from parents’ and child-care workers’ poor knowledge of healthy nutrition.  

Gap remains in hospital quality

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot programme on national hospital quality assessment has resulted in positive results, but a gap between policy objectives and operations still exists, hospital officials have said.

World Cultural Festival 2017 to take place in HCMC within 25 days

HCMC and Gyeongsangbuk-do province of South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding on the co-organization of the 25 day long World Cultural Festival 2017.

Landslides threaten Hanoi’s riverside residential areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – The threat of landslides, particularly during the rainy and stormy seasons has concerned residents who live along the west bank of the Hong (Red) River in Ha Noi.

Tour operators want tourism as conditional business

VietNamNet Bridge – Many travel companies want tourism to remain a conditional business sector, saying almost all the current conditions should stay, instead of being removed as stated in the draft amendments to the Tourism Law.