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Vietnam hopes to improve its Olympic performance

 VietNamNet Bridge – With 18 official tickets for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Vietnam has fulfilled the target set before the Olympic qualification rounds: to earn from 15 to 20 places for the Games.

Culture ministry allows excavation in Phu Tho

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently given the nod for excavation at an archaeological site in the northern province of Phu Tho. 

HCM City to host fruit festival in June

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host its annual Southern Fruit Festival at Suoi Tien Tourist Park in District 9 from June 1-9.

Degree holders heading back to school

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tertiary education has seemingly become a popular path chosen by the majority of Vietnamese high school graduates, because in a degree-treasuring society like Viet Nam,

Street arts in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – The second edition of the Street Art Fair was recently held at Hanoi Creative City, drawing many domestic and foreign artists and a large audience. 

Student club provides free tours for visitors to Hanoi’s historical sites

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since 2014, foreign visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi have received free tours from a group of Vietnamese youngsters,

Ministries draft plan for feedback on public services

VietNamNet Bridge – The ministries of justice, home affairs, information and communication, and government office are drafting a plan to establish a system to receive feedback on public administration services. 

Vietnam stops illegal workers in S. Korea

Doan Diep Mau, deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs talks with Thoi bao Kinh Te Viet Nam about measures to stop Vietnamese labourers illegally staying and working in Korea after finishing their labour contracts. 

Biotech park in Dong Nai approved

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has given the nod to a project to develop a high-biotechnology park covering 207.8 hectares in the southern province of Dong Nai, the Government Office announced.

Tram breaks records and wins gold

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram of HCM City won four gold medals and broke two national records at the first day of the National Age Groups Swimming Tournament held in Phu Tho Club in HCM City yesterday

PM meets with UN Secretary General, Sri Lankan President

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc held bilateral meetings with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on the occasion of his working visit to Japan on May 26

PM meets with leaders of OECD, IMF

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 26 met with Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde,

VN seeks international assistance to avoid AIDS resurgence

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is seeking international assistance with HIV/AIDS prevention and control to avoid a resurgence of the disease.  

France’s ’Little Prince’ to perform in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famed French singer and songwriter Raphaël Haroche will perform with Francophone students in Ha Noi this weekend.

Syria to play strongest team against Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Syria will bring their best players to face host Viet Nam in their friendly match on May 31.

Female player wins third title at Chinese chess tourney

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Yen made a hattrick at the National Chinese Chess Championships which closed in Can Tho City on May 26.

Canadian violinist joins Saigon Classic’s concert Saturday

 VietNamNet Bridge – Canadian violinist Véronique Mathieu will show up at an “Enlightenment & Romanticism” concert which Saigon Classic Music Group will hold at the Southern Women’s Museum in District 3, HCMC at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

A leisure time at Nai Market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nai Market, a hidden charm of the south-central coast province of Ninh Thuan, is located in Ninh Hai District, 10km away from Phan Rang City.

Hanoi Cinematheque to screen Salome

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Cinematheque will screen Richard Strauss’ classic opera Salome on Sunday. The opera will be screened in the original German, with English subtitles.

VN-Japan relations witness breakthrough progress

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay a working visit to Japan and attend the G7 summit in Mie, Japan at the invitation of Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.