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Tourism volunteers in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Ask me anything’, a volunteer group, offers free guidance to tourists, especially foreign visitors to Hanoi, which helps create a friendlier image of the city.

Urban students busy with life skills classes during summer holiday

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese parents believe that the summer holiday is not the time for their children to go to school to study, but a time to learn life skills and practice foreign languages. 

Hanoi to enjoy ‘best' Italian films

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi audiences will be able to enjoy a selection of the best Italian movies for a week from today, July 21.

Hanoi cracks down on unhygienic slaughterhouses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People's Committee Deputy Chairman Tran Xuan Viet has asked the municipal department of agriculture and rural development to tighten food safety and hygiene control in the city's slaughterhouses.

10 dishes you must try next time you’re in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – No matter where you go around the globe, every major city puts its own spin on food, whether they're serving a slightly different version of a familiar favourite or a strange (to you) dish.

Lack of public input takes its toll on Ha Noi's urban development

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Nguyen Xuan Mai, an urban sociology expert, spoke to the Hai quan (Customs) newspaper about the importance of consulting the public on urban management and planning.

Hanoi faces office and condo oversupply

VietNamNet Bridge – Figures of real estate companies have shown Hanoi City could face an oversupply of offices and apartments for lease in the near future due to fast-growing supplies. 

Underground water in Hanoi contains arsenic

VietNamNet Bridge - Several districts in Hanoi have been listed by scientists as areas with underground water contaminated with arsenic.

RoK to help Hanoi plan development

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Republic of Korea will help Hanoi survey some 3,000ha of land along the banks of the Hong (Red) River to plan the city's urban development.

One of world’s “most interesting markets” in Hanoi to close

 VietNamNet Bridge – Here are photos of Long Bien night market in Hanoi, voted by readers of Conde Nast Traveller (USA) as one of the most interesting markets in the world last November. It will soon close.

New street named after late composer

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 900m street in Ha Noi's Tay Ho District, which links Lac Long Quan and Au Co streets, has been named after composer Trinh Cong Son (1939-2001), his family said.

Hanoi Council faces hot issues

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People's Council has received 257 questions from municipal voters, mostly reflecting hot issues, ahead of its three day meeting this week.

Excellent students fail entrance exam to state-owned high schools

VietNamNet Bridge - The entrance exam to state-owned schools was so difficult that even excellent secondary school graduates also failed the exam.

Shocking bills

Many households in different parts of the nation, especially in Hanoi, are reeling from the shock of exorbitant electricity bills for May and June.

Hanoi wants to build $480million software park

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Hanoi have submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to establish an information technology park in Long Bien District, at a cost of VND10.5 trillion (over $480 million).

Hanoi calls for input on renewal of Hoan Kiem Lake

 VietNamNet Bridge – City authorities in Ha Noi have, in principle, allowed the Hoan Kiem district people's committee to restart controversial work replacing brick tiles on the promenade around its famous Guom Lake (Sword Lake) with blue-stone tiles.

Tap water in Hanoi filtered with 100-year-old technology

VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the water supply plants in Hanoi which exploit underground water use outdated filtration technology which cannot eliminate toxic substances.  

Elderly light on their feet at early dances

 VietNamNet Bridge – This summer morning, on a pavement near a lake in Ha Noi, a male dancer, nearly 80 years old, stands with his 70-year-old female partner.

AP war photos on show in Ha Noi

The American-Viet Nam War meant loss and pain for both civilians and soldiers on all sides. The lens of wartime photojournalists captured war's effects on US forces, as well as south and north Vietnamese soldiers.

Hanoi's dykes under threat after citizens ignore warnings

 VietNamNet Bridge – The city's dyke system has been seriously compromised by encroachment by householders and damaged by the continued use of overloaded sand and soil trucks, Tin Tuc (News) newspaper reported.