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Education ministry says Vietnam has too many teachers, institutes

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese education is facing the pressure of teacher redundancies while more and more pedagogical students have been unemployed after graduation. 

Gov't should take venture capital lead

 VietNamNet Bridge – Venture capital is a relatively new concept for many Vietnamese. So the Government should attract investors to the field, said Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan.

Da Lat, romantic with pink meadows

 VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors to Da Lat will have an excellent chance to admire not only charming wild sunflower fields and colourful maple trees but also romantic pink meadows.

HCMC to host Int’l Friendship Day this month

HCMC will host an International Friendship Day 2015 in the area around the Crescent Lake in Phu My Hung Town, District 7, HCMC to create an opportunity for the public to learn about Vietnam’s international integration journey.

Big foreign companies eye Vietnam’s plastics companies

Ninety percent of 2,000 plastics companies are small and medium sized, and have problems in capital and technology access. This gives foreign investors an opportunity to acquire companies to penetrate Vietnam's promising market.

HCM City university to instruct in English

 VietNamNet Bridge – All students at the Viet Nam National University-HCM City (VNU-HCM) are required to study in an intensive English programme at the school,

Foreign investment funds enter new development period

VietNamNet Bridge - Instead of injecting money into listed shares, foreign investment funds are now paying more attention to private equities.

The story of stamps

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition called “The Story of Stamps” was recently held at 45 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi that showcased 40 paintings by Hoang Thuy Lieu and stamp collections of famous stamp collector Vu Van Ty.

Hidden from urban noise

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unlike most coffee shops in HCMC, Hide is actually a hideaway for those customers seeking tranquility and peace.

Street singing in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Every Sunday afternoon, the atmosphere around the statue of King Ly Thai To in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District turns bustling thanks to the sound of musical instruments and the voice of a group of young street singers.

Enlisting the community in fight with HIV

 VietNamNet Bridge – His plan to study abroad collapsed just a few hours before an interview at the US embassy in Ha Noi after his father caught him using drugs in a hotel restroom.

S.Korea relaxes visa requirements for Vietnamese

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese citizens who have visited South Korea more than one time can apply for a multiple-entry visa with a validity period of five years, and stay for up to 30 days per visit.

K+ to broadcast ATP Tour in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Satellite Television (VSTV) has announced that they have acquired the telecast rights of the ATP World Tour series events for three seasons starting from 2016.

Ha Long, Cat Ba shift focus to environment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Communities and businesses are getting involved in sustainable tourism to help protect Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba, managers of the sites said at a meeting held yesterday in Hai Phong.

Oxeye Daisies in season

 VietNamNet Bridge – Between autumn and winter, often in November, Hanoi becomes more beautiful and poetic with oxeye daisies (Cuc hoa mi) which are grown in gardens on the outskirts of the city.

Finance Ministry delays international bond issuance plan

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) still has not made a decision on the time to issue $3  billion worth of government bonds in in the international market. A source said the plan may be delayed until 2016.

Trung Nguyen halts instant coffee sale, bewildering rivals, consumers

Trung Nguyen Coffee, the best known Vietnamese coffee brand owned by Vietnamese Coffee King Dang Le Nguyen Vu, has unexpectedly stopped providing instant coffee products for an indefinite time.

“Malicious invader’ still grown on Vietnam’s streets

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘So do cam’ as called by Vietnamese, Spathodea campanulata, sourced from Africa, considered a ‘malicious invader’, is still being grown in Vietnam, posing a threat to the ecological environment.

Is Vinamilk still attractive to investors?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vinamilk, the nation’s leading dairy producer and a highly profitable company, is a share worth investing in, but it is still unclear how attractive the share actually. 

Hanoi's trees face axe for traffic constructions

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 30 old nacre trees will be chopped on Doi Can-Buoi-Lang roads of the capital for traffic constructions underway, the Ha Noi Park and Green Tree Company said.