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Project promotes ethnic minorities women’ empowerment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 1,720 remote ethnic minority women were supported with finance for income-generating activities through the establishment of women’s Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA).

President wants Singapore ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Tran Dai Quang has affirmed Viet Nam’s policy of treasuring the Strategic Partnership with Singapore.

Singer performs to raise funds for charity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Ngoc Anh will perform in Ha Noi on September 7 to raise funds for children born with cleft palates.

Vietnam seen becoming contemporary art station

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Nhu Huy, curator and art director of local popular art space ZeroStation, has said the upcoming art event “The In/Visible Station” is expected to attract nearly 20 curators and artists, experts, and critics

Hefty capital needed for water supply, wastewater treatment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will need around US$10.2 billion to carry out water supply and wastewater treatment projects in the 2016-2020 period.

Eating traditional cakes, feeding fish, boat racing all on offer on the beautiful Son Islet

 VietNamNet Bridge – Located about 6km from central of Can Tho City, Son Islet has become a favourite destination for tourists keen to discover the waterways of the Mekong Delta.

HCMC looks to bring down poverty rate

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government has set a goal of lowering the poverty rate to 3.06% by the end of this year as higher living standards require a more comprehensive anti-poverty program.

VNREA: Real estate inventories drop

 VietNamNet Bridge – The total value of property inventories nationwide by mid-August had dipped by VND14.93 trillion, or 29.34%, against December last year to VND36 trillion (US$1.6 billion),

Insurance funds misused: official

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health insurance funds for medical check-ups and treatment have been misused, becoming a “nightmare” with spending that exceeds State limits, a health official has told local media.

Vietnamese universities reform their curricula

Implementation of Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate principles have helped 10 universities in Viet Nam reform their curricula, providing students with skills, knowledge and attitudes needed by businesses and organisations.

Nam completes national semi-finals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam will play Truong Giang Thanh in the semi-finals of the National Tennis Championship’s men’s singles today (Aug 29) in Da Nang City.

Traffic inspectors caught accepting bribes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in central Ha Tinh Province’s Ky Anh Township have prosecuted two traffic inspection officials for accepting bribes worth VND5 million (US$225) from a transport company whose trucks had violated the law.

Spanish artist to give talk on his work

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spanish artist Pablo Mercado will give a talk titled Processes in Ha Noi on Wednesday.

City inspects smelly waste complex

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment last Friday checked foul-smelling at areas around the Da Phuoc Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Binh Chanh District,

Hong Kong’s Nam wins gold at table tennis champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ng Wing Nam of Hong Kong won the gold medal in the women’s singlese event at the 30th Golden Racket International Table Tennis Championship.

PM urges Phu Yen to develop tourism

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed with a proposal to target Phu Yen as a tourism infrastructure development project funded by the Asian Development Bank at a working session in the central coastal province

Traditional cai luong play to tell revolutionary stories

 VietNamNet Bridge – The heroic stories of revolutionaries who fought the French colonialists in the south before 1940 will be presented in a cai luong (reformed drama) play to mark the National Day (September 2) this year.

New impetus for Viet Nam-Singapore trade relations

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to Singapore on August 28-30 is expected to give an added impetus to the already thriving trade and investment relations between Viet Nam and Singapore.

Ha Noi student crowned Miss Viet Nam 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do My Linh of the Ha Noi University of Trade was crowned Miss Viet Nam 2016 at the grand finale at Phu Tho Indoor Stadium in HCM City last night.

President wants Brunei trade links

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Tran Dai Quang encouraged Brunei businesses to invest in Viet Nam in fields of mutual interest such as energy, oil and gas, finance, real estate, tourism and infrastructure development,