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Hanoi urban railway ‘mega-project’ planned

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Railway Administration has submitted to the Ministry of Transport a statement related to a huge Hanoi urban railway project that would run from south West Lake, crossing Ngoc Khanh and Hoa Lac

Art & Entertainment Headlines January 14

 Indian, Vietnam children paint closer relations; Rock Storm heats up Hanoi; Japanese culture fair to be held in Hanoi; HCM City festival praises island soldiers; UNESCO Commission elevates Vietnam’s image

Tay Tuu flower village in the Tet season

 VietNamNet Bridge - Tay Tuu flower village is in Tu Liem district, 20 km from Hanoi’s center. Early November every year, Tay Tuu people began preparing for the Tet flower season.

Hanoi haults plan for luxury restrooms

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi People's Committee has decided to suspend a plan to build 14 luxury public toilets costing over VND1 billion (US$47,600) each, the committee's spokesperson, Nguyen Thinh Thanh, announced.

Hanoi gears up for Tet traffic surge

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police will be deployed in greater numbers at congestion hotspots and pressed into service round-the-clock on key days in order to ensure order and road safety in and around the capital city during the Tet holiday.

Patients hope for peace of mind through hospital CCTV

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last week, Viet Nam News asked readers for their opinions about Ha Noi's recent plan to install cameras in large hospitals to supervise their operations. Most of the readers supported the idea.

Spring comes to Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Peach flowers have begun to blossom in the flower villages of Hanoi like Nghi Tam and Quang Ba, signaling the come of spring in the capital city.

Hanoi draft beer among the cheapest in the world

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is listed in first place among the top five destinations serving the cheapest beer in the world, according to Thrillist edition - a leading men's digital lifestyle brand.

Hanoi to hold fireworks shows at lunar New Year's Eve

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the transfer moment between 2013 and 2014, Hanoi will hold fireworks shows at 29 places, including five high-range and 24 low-range shows.

Travel writers rave about Hanoi's un-pho-gettable soup

 VietNamNet Bridge – A favourite dish of the Vietnamese people, the pho noodle soup, has been recommended as a "bowl of heaven" by The Huffington Post, a US newspaper website.

Foreign investors' licences revoked

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Trade Department of Ha Noi revoked the licences of 106 representative offices of foreign investors in Ha Noi.

Reflections on Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a few months in Hanoi, Ounkham Pimmata considers the differences between his hometown of Vientiane and Vietnam’s capital city.

Man Utd’s former striker Dwight Yorke in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the evening of January 2, Trinidad & Tobago striker - Dwight Yorke – unexpectedly appeared in Hanoi as a FIFA ambassador during the journey around the world of the FIFA trophy.

Hanoi expands pedestrian streets in Old Quarter

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six more streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter will be zoned off for walkers every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from January 2014.

Peach blossoms bloom early in Hanoi’s cold

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lunar New Year (Tet) will come in one month but many peach trees in the Nhat Tan flower garden, Hanoi, begin blooming, even in the cold weather.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 1-15 (daily updated)

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Hanoi ranked among least expensive tourist cities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi ranks second on a worldwide list of 2013’s cheapest cities for tourism, following the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, published by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website.

Journalism museum to open in 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first journalism museum in Viet Nam will open by June 21, 2015 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Viet Nam Revolutionary Journalism.

The rise and fall of a microbrewery

 VietNamNet Bridge - Goldmalt in Van Phuc, first praised and cherished, now only 1,5 years later its closed. What happened?

Police arrest gang involved in hi-tech crime

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have uncovered a gang of thieves who buy credit card numbers from hackers and make phony bookings at hotels, later cancelling the reservations with hotel sales executives who are also part of the scam.