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Hanoi Opera House to host top-notch theatre shows

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various art performances will be presented at the Ha Noi Opera House this month as the Culture Ministry has decided to hold regular drama, chamber music and traditional opera shows.

“Pau Po Cu” Corn Cake

 VietNamNet Bridge – The special “Pau Po Cu” Corn Cake is usually made in the 4th month and the 5th month of a year (according to the Lunar Calendar) in Lao Cai Province.

HCM City's IP kindergartens extend schedule

The People’s Committee of HCM City has approved a plan from now to 2020 to offer extended kindergarten hours for children of workers at industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) who work overtime.

Late floods, rodent attacks hit Mekong Delta crops

 VietNamNet Bridge – The late arrival of floods in the Mekong Delta provinces this year has been blamed on a major attack by rats on crops there.

SEAGZone gymnastic champs coming soon

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2016 SEAGZone Artistic Junior & Age Groups Championships is scheduled to kick off on August 23-29 at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Ha Noi.

Scaffolding collapse kills one worker, injures seven

 VietNamNet Bridge – One person was killed and seven seriously injured when a scaffolding collapsed even as workers were pouring concrete for constructing a house in Binh Dinh Province early today, Aug 22.

Young Vietnamese in Czech Republic make film about family value

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the success of their first film called “Forget the origin”, a group of young Vietnamese in the Czech Republic continued to produce another series of films about family.

Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, great pride of Vietnam’s sport

 VietNamNet Bridge – The history of Vietnam’s sport has turned to a new page as shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh won the first Olympic gold medal for Vietnam.

Quang Binh deforestation threatens lives

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities and resident in central Quang Binh Province have voiced concerns over serious deforestation to a natural forest area upstream of the Rao Nan River.

Relics, fried pancakes, cheap prices: Quy Nhon draws tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – Quy Nhon in the central province of Bình Dinh has attracted a large number of visitors over the summer holidays,

Mekong Delta rivers get deeper

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tien and Hau rivers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have become deeper in recent years instead of having silt build-up like in years past, experts have said.

For students, clean toilets do matter

 VietNamNet Bridge – As children across the country return to school after the summer break, a little spoken about yet very real and imperative issue has come under the spotlight: unhygienic school toilets.

Homegrown machine for purifying salt water

 VietNamNet Bridge – Salt water goes into a container, through pipes where it’s processed to remove salt, and finally pure water comes out.

Village opens traditional farming museum

 VietNamNet Bridge – Regular visits by tourists to the Thanh Toan Museum have proven the success of a community-based model, which helped a well known cultural location to become even more popular.

Agriculture must be restructured: Minister

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Xuan Cuong, newly-appointed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, speaks to the Lao Dong newspaper about his resolve to reorganise the farming sector so that farmers would earn higher incomes.

Public hospital fees hiked by 18% in August

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public hospital services and products in 16 provinces and cities have become 18 per cent more expensive since the middle of August, as patients pay for health staff’s basic salaries.

Out-of-hospital services

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s the first time the Health Ministry has proposed a draft on management regulations of privatised services in both State-owned and individual hospitals.

HCM City faces shortage of teachers, classrooms

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public preschools and primary schools in HCM City are struggling to recruit enough teachers to meet enrolment this year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Investors’ wastewater monitoring stations to be shut down

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern Dong Nai Province has decided to stop the operations of automatic wastewater monitoring stations that were installed by investors in provincial industrial zones.

Culture can become Vietnam's soft power

 VietNamNet Bridge – The culture industry is not only a money-spinner for a country, but is possibly a major sector that boosts the economy.