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Free football training for poor kids

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a hot Sunday morning, Dinh Nguyen Tuan Tu was so absorbed in perfecting his moves on a football field in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District that he lost track of time.

Bac Son valley in ripe rice season

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was one of the hottest months of the year. The heat and humidity made us easily frustrated and bad tempered.

Choreographer and dancer imbued with Vietnamese soul

VietNamNet Bridge – Choreographer-dancer Vu Ngoc Khai recently stared in the danceNon, a performance combining contemporary dance with traditional Vietnamese and ethnic music, along with musician Ngo Hong Quang.

Experts mull how to make HCM City ’smart’

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic and international experts discussed ways to overcome the various challenges HCM City faces and make it a smart city at a seminar on Thursday.

Binh Dinh scallions dried up by drought

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of hectares of scallion seedlings in south-central Binh Dinh Province’s Phu My District are dying because of a shortage of water due to prolonged drought,

Cracks, leaks in Hai Van Tunnel cause concern

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several large cracks have appeared in the roof and walls of the Hai Van Tunnel in recent months, causing safety concerns.

Vietnam’s network security at high risk

 VietNamNet Bridge – The hacking of the Vietnam Airlines website at the Ha Noi and HCM City airports has signaled Viet Nam’s possible vulnerability to malware attacks.

ASEAN aims for East Sea code

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Le Hoai Trung speaks to the press about the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in resolving the simmering East Sea dispute.

Turning garbage into paintings

From waste like cartoons, eggshells, straw, beer and beverage cans and nails, local artisans Nguyen Van Quang and Doan Niem have turned them into artworks which are priced from hundreds of thousands of dong to millions of dong.

A pagoda with distinctive architecture in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Buu Long Pagoda in District 9, HCMC is frequented by tourists because of its unique architecture. Built in 1942 on a hill near the Dong Nai River, the pagoda was restored in 2007 with a mixed architecture

Gov’t must make better use of its public assets

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Duc Thang, director general of the Public Asset Management Department under the Ministry of Finance, spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about the limitations of utilising public assets.

Volunteers provide health care for homeless

It’s 11pm on Saturday night. When most of the houses have turned off their lights and darkness covers the city, Le Ha Phuong, a second-year student at Ha Noi College of Medicine wears her first aid bag filled with medical supplies ...

Vietnam to play Indonesia in November friendly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will take part in friendly matches with Indonesia as a warm-up for November’s ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup.

Photographers call for environmental protection

 VietNamNet Bridge – The journey of two Vietnamese-born wildlife photographers is on display in Ha Noi at an August 4-7 exhibition titled Wings of the Wild. Through the photos, they call for wildlife protection and respect.

Law and ordinance making programmes implemented

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee held a conference in Hanoi on August 12 to implement the law and ordinance drafting programmes for the last months of 2016 and for 2017.

Korean singer makes Vietnamese debut with new music video

 VietNamNet Bridge – Korean singer Song Joo Young, a student in the linguistics faculty at the HCM City University of Pedagogy, has released his first music video (MV) after two years of living in the city.

HCMC tax department sent 4000 apology letters to applicants

HCM City’s tax department and the people’s committee of Binh Tan District have sent the highest maximum number of letters of apology to applicants for delayed processing of their dossiers compared to other agencies.

Police smash illegal weapons’ trade in Can Tho

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Can Tho Province yesterday (Aug 11) raided a house in Can Tho City’s An Hoi Ward and seized a large amount of lethal weapons of unclear origin stored there.

HN records nearly 50% of VN traffic violations

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Traffic Police have dealt with some 18,000 violations since August 1, six times higher than HCM City and 10 times higher than Da Nang.

President stresses law abiding spirit

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Tran Dai Quang has urged people’s courts at all levels to stick to the law abiding spirit in order to make fair convictions.