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Live show honours filial piety

 VietNamNet Bridge – A live show honouring motherly love and filial piety will take place on September 22 in Hanoi.

Composer celebrates joy of mother’s love

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two music productions on mothers and children by composer Nguyen Van Chung of HCM City have been released to celebrate the annual Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan, 

Hue to upgrade famed Dong Ba Market

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is reviewing the operation of the region’s biggest traditional market, Dong Ba, in a scheme to upgrade the trade centre.

Major art exhibition celebrates National Day

An art exhibition of 259 paintings, graphic art works and sculptures has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum as part of the city’s celebrations of the 73rd National Day, which falls on September 2. 

Experts discuss provincial universities’ difficulties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Plans to close down universities in provinces and improving the way higher education centres are run in big cities across the country are causing controversy.

Track and field athletes ready to seek golds at ASIAD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese track and field athletes will leave for Indonesia tomorrow, aiming for at least one gold medal at the ongoing 18th Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018.

VN should carefully consider ODA loans: ministry

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been advised to carefully consider whether to borrow from Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans in the future.

Natural products increasingly popular in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional products made of natural materials like bamboo, rattan and rice straw have become bestsellers in HCM City, replacing items made with plastic or metal.

Migrant social security discussed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Southeast Asian migrant workers are no longer just emigrating to developed countries, increasingly they’re moving within the region.

Dong Chau-Khe Nuoc Trong to become nature reserve

The Dong Chau-Khe Nuoc Trong Forest in the central province of Quang Binh is considered to be a region of high biodiversity that needs special preservation, however, after four years of research and discussion ...

Phu Quoc waste treatment project to be revoked

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in Kien Giang Province have asked Phu Quoc Economic Zone Management Board to take away the licence of a waste treatment centre that is causing headaches for them.

Rural female artist reinvigorates cai luong

 VietNamNet Bridge – An open-air cai lương (reformed opera) show starring one of the region’s most talented young artists will be held at the Le Thi Rieng Park in Bac Lieu City this weekend.

Weightlfiter Tuan brings home first silver medal in ASIAD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan brought home the country’s first silver medal at the Asian Games (ASIAD) yesterday.

Illegal parking spots spring up in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – With space limited in downtown Hanoi, parking spaces are at a premium.

Museum showcases heritage

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Ethnic Groups’ Culture Museum in the northern city of Thai Nguyen hosted various exhibitions, folk shows and traditional games over the weekend.

Performance-based pay to improve productivity, innovation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Do Duc Dinh, from the Ha Noi Institute for Socio Economic Studies, speaks to Khoa hoc & Doi song newspaper on performance-based pay.

Young entrepreneur confident of going global

Shark Tank, a TV reality show for start-ups, had a pleasant shock for viewers last month in the form of Le Hong Thao Quyen, CEO of ViralWorks. Quyen, 26, is one of the rare start-up entrepreneurs in the show to receive investment offers.

Feed your soul in HCMC on vegan feast

 VietNamNet Bridge – With natural food becoming increasingly popular in Vietnam, one of HCM City’s better-known vegan eateries is offering tasty food at inviting prices. 

There’s nothing such as safe drinking

 VietNamNet Bridge – Alcohol consumption can harm the drinker, but what’s worse is when it harms an innocent.

Ca Mau speeds up breakwater construction on erosion threat

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s southernmost province of Ca Mau is speeding up construction of more than 4.2km of breakwater to prevent erosion and protect residential areas along its eastern coast,