VietNamNet Bridge – A phone call to Tran Phuong Lan from the National Children’s Hospital four years ago would change her life forever.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luu Binh Nhuong, deputy head of the National Assembly Committee for People’s Aspiration, speaks to the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about efforts to encourage voluntary resignations by officials

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many things can change in 25 years, but time hasn’t changed Nam’s desire to help poor rural children have a brighter future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s indiscriminate tax breaks for enterprises might lead to a shrinking State budget, putting sustainable development goals and critical welfare functions in danger, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Orchids grown by late Lieutenant Colonel Khuat Manh Tri, who was killed when his military aircraft crashed in July, were auctioned on Sunday for more than VND400 million (US$17,300).

Professor Dr Tran Thanh Nam of the Ha Noi National University’s School of Education talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị newspaper on the draft decree to issue heavy fines for administrative violations in schools.

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has come closer to a private placement of 579.7 million shares to foreign investors in a move to raise charter capital to VND39.57 trillion.

Plastics and solid waste will be turned into artworks with the aim of protecting the environment, as part of the project World without Waste, launched by UNESCO on Wednesday in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city’s authorities have just launched an international art photo contest themed Pride of Hà Nội.

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you want to try some new and unusual accommodations while travelling, spending a night at a hostel made from discarded containers might the choice for you.

The Viet Nam F4 Futures tennis tournament – Hải Đăng Cup 2018 is scheduled to take place in the southern province of Tay Ninh from October 20-28, and players will competing for a record US$25,000 in prize money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s U19 team is ready to compete in the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship’s finals in Indonesia, according to head coach Hoang Anh Tuan.

Vietnam is working to develop its own earth observation satellite, which will help the country manage natural resources and mitigate the impacts of climate change and natural disasters, a conference heard yesterday.

Valuable ancient trees in northern mountainous Ha Giang Province, some of which are hundreds of years old, are at risk of disappearing because of continued illegal logging that responsible agencies have been unable to curb.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many areas in Quang Ngai City are overrun by rubbish while residents await the completion of a new waste treatment plant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A top leader of HCM City yesterday apologised to residents for the authorities’ wrongdoings in the construction of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Before moving to Vietnam five years ago, Jovana Benoit – wife of the current Haitian Ambassador to Vietnam Jean Lesly Benoit, surfed the Internet to learn about the country. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The talent and efforts of female Vietnamese scientists are depicted at an exhibition held at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A calendar for 2019 named ‘Trường Sa in My Heart’ was recently launched at HCM City’s Book Street.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People’s Committee will conduct the 2019 census of all Vietnamese living in the capital city starting on the morning of April 1 next year.