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Protective import tax sends steel prices soaring

 VietNamNet Bridge – A spokesperson for Song Da No2 Joint Stock Company (SD2) called up a magazine to grumble that steel prices have skyrocketed, pushing up costs for his company by billions of dong since the prices started to rise.

Photo contest to capture beauty, history of Vietnam’s rivers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese and all those living in Viet Nam, including foreigners, are invited to enter a photo competition. The contest theme is "Vietnamese Rivers". The contest is open until June 20.

VN women’s team beat Iran to lead Asian Chess Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam women’s team beat Iran to take the lead after three rounds at the Asian Nations Cup Chess Team Championship on Wednesday.

Vietnam will play ’friendly matches’ to train for Asian Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam national men’s football team will play friendly matches to prepare for the upcoming third qualifying round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to the Viet Nam Football Federation.

Vietnam to compete in Asia/Oceania Junior Davis Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top three under-16-years-old male tennis players will represent the country in the Asia/Oceania Junior Davis Cup tennis tournament scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India starting Saturday.

Wedding photo locations around Danang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luckily for us, Danang is a beautiful city with plenty of inspiring locations for your wedding photography.

Hanoi lacks schools as investors hold onto land

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi authorities cannot use land for much-needed schools because hundreds of land plots have been left idle or used for wrong purposes.

Experts warn of new bad debts

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts are concerned about new non-performing loans rising significantly while the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) still has to devise radical measures to resolve bad debts acquired from banks. 

A green island on the central coast

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cu Lao Cham, an archipelago off the coast of the central province of Quang Nam, is around 15 kilometers from the ancient town of Hoi An. The green foliage of the archipelago can be seen from Cua Dai Beach in Quang Nam.

Vietnam’s real estate market a magnet for foreign investors

Two huge merger & acquisition (M&A) deals were made just in the first three months of the year. The foreign direct investment (FDI) flow into the real estate sector exceeded $2 billion by the end of 2015.

New Wind Ensemble to play first concert of 2016 music series

 VietNamNet Bridge – New Wind Ensemble will play a concert on April 13. The event will open a series of concerts organised by the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi and the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra this year.

HCM City Television Cycling Cup race begins in April

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Television Cycling Cup will begin on April 10 in Ha Noi and end on April 30 in HCM City.

Unique architecture of Wooden Church in Kon Tum

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, visitors should not miss stop-over to contemplate a unique architectural work of a 100-year-old Wooden Church in downtown.

Waste recycling projects kick off

VietNamNet Bridge - Input material sources and the encouragement by the state both have encouraged more and more businesses to invest in waste recycling projects.

When will Vietnam switch off 2G?

VietNamNet Bridge - Some mobile network operators have proposed to take back 2G network frequency to pave the way for the development of 4G network. However, some analyst say it is still too early.

More students attend private day-boarding classes

Since the development of new schools cannot catch up with the population increase, HCM City is seriously lacking schools. Because of this, parents have to enroll their children in privately run day-boarding classes.

A passion for making musical instruments

VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Van Cuong left his hometown in the northern province of Hung Yen for Hanoi over a decade ago to start everything from scratch. 

Handicraft village suffers pollution

VietNamNet Bridge – Pollution levels are adversely affecting local residents’ health and the long-term economic development of a traditional handicraft village located about 70km from Ha Noi,

Vietnamese fencers gain points in South Korea fencing event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fencers Vu Thanh An and Nguyen Thi Le Dung have added three more points each via the Fencing Grand Prix Sabre in South Korea.

Bad debt at VAMC is actually double the bad debt on books

VietNamNet Bridge - The bad debt ratio of the banking system has been reported as dropping to 2.9 percent. However, the figure does not truly reflect the bad debt panorama.