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Sexual abuse victim tells her story

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc tells her story in an autobiography recently launched by the Phu Nu (Women) Publishing House in HCM City.

The healing power of Vietnam’s farmers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers nationwide have improved their lives considerably by cultivating medicinal herbs, but over exploitation threatens their extinction.

HCMC to host week-long TEDx event next month

VietNamNet Bridge – TEDx (Technology.Entertainment.Design), an annual international conference for youths in the U.S. and the UK with a message of “Ideas worth spreading”, will be held in HCMC from July 10 to 17. 

A historic monastery in Dalat

VietNamNet Bridge – Notre-Dame du Langbian Monastery at 2 Huyen Tran Chua Street in the Central Highlands city of Dalat is a unique monastery in Vietnam. 

HCM City anti-pollution, canal cleanup efforts

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will mobilise all possible resources for spending on anti-pollution measures and urban improvement to raise the quality of life as set out in a recent Party Committee resolution.

New songs by young musicians released for summer

 VietNamNet Bridge – Songs about summer and love composed and sung by musicians in their 20s have become the biggest hits of the season.  

Hanoi to crack down on obstetrics clinics

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi will crackdown and strictly fine those providing early gender indications of foetuses through ultrasound scans, said Nguyen Dinh Lan, deputy head of the city’s Population and Family Planning Department.

Duc, Thao reach first international badminton final

 Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao reserved a spot at their first international final at the Yonex Canada Open badminton tournament on Saturday.

Nhat wins gold, sets national record in swimming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lam Quang Nhat grabbed a gold medal at the Budapest Swimming Open’s men’s 800m freestyle event, with a time of 8min 10.99sec on Saturday in Hungary.

SHB Da Nang climb to V.League second place

 VietNamNet Bridge – SHB Da Nang replaced FLC Thanh Hoa in V.League’s second place after winning their rival 2-1 in the round 14 match yesterday (July 3) on their home ground.

Thanh Tri stuffed pancakes

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Hanoi, pancakes have become a cheap and tasty breakfast made and sold at stands. Although there are so many kinds of pancakes, Thanh Tri pancakes remain the most popular ones.

Volunteers fix roads one pothole at a time

VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Loc Islet residents don’t wait around for things to get done. Instead, they take to the streets to repair infrastructure on their own.

Vietnamese herbalist receives ASEAN award

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Dinh Tru of Viet Nam was presented with the ASEAN Award as an outstanding herbalist who had made significant contributions to the community.

Learning how to swim on land - without any water

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoian Vu Duc Cuong has made an unusual device that helps people with a fear of water learn how to swim.

Medical waste dumping rife in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many private healthcare clinics in Ha Noi are skirting waste regulations and dumping medical waste – some of it toxic – into streets, according to recent reports.

Iconic Japanese manga style catches on in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – While they are already popular in Japan and elsewhere, Vietnamese artists are penning books in this vivid style that merges the comic and art worlds.

Exploring the primitive beauty of Nam Du islands

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nam Du islands is in Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province. With 21 islets and pristine beach, Nam Du has emerged as an inviting tourist attraction.

What’s most important for our children?

Being unlike other children happily enjoying their summer vacation after a hard academic year, my daughter is stressed out because she has not attended extra classes to revise what she learned in fifth grade in preparation for the new school year,

Half of VN unemployed labourers are under 24

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 was remarkably high for the first six months of the year, accounting for 47 percent of unemployed workers,

First-aid volunteers save lives of fallen motorbikers on city streets

 VietNamNet Bridge – When someone falls from a motorbike during an accident in Viet Nam, passersby often do not stop. It’s unfortunately commonplace.