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HCM City cracks down on petrol stations that commit fire-safety violations

 HCM City authorities are strengthening control over the trade of oil and petroleum products to ensure safety at petrol stations and gas shops that sell flammable substances.

Bank exec mulls over real estate market growth perspective in 2019

 Pham Hong Hai, CEO of HSBC Vietnam Limited, weighs over customers’ top choices in Vietnam’s real estate market in 2019 and how the bank could support homebuyers to realise their life-time housing dream.

School environment shaken by sexual harassment cases

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of sexual harassment cases in schools in recent months have stunned the public. 


Vietnam’s banking sector eyed by foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say the banking sector will attract huge foreign capital in 2019 as banks need to call for more capital.

What to know before attracting investments from private equity firms

 Private equity funds can bring  Vietnamese businesses more than simple capital: they can help in other aspects of operatio, including corporate governance, business ideas, networking, and experience sharing.  

A house of love and compassion

 Vietnam Friendship Village is the home to children affected by Agent Orange. Despite of their disadvantages, the children at the village receive much love and compassion from their teachers and parents.

Improving assistance for children in disaster-prone areas

 Viet Nam’s vulnerability to climate change puts its children at high risk of physical and psychological injuries after natural disasters, according to experts.

Domestic demand remains high as petrol prices spike

VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnamese enterprises imported no petrol in the first two months of the year, they still raised the retail price.

Lighting up hope from medical research

To timely put the new vaccines into mass production in 2019, the authors of two seasonal flu and pandemic flu vaccines have been busy with their products that carry international stature and profound humanitarian.

Were sao la seen in Quang Binh after 10 years of no sightings?

VietNamNet Bridge - Described as a timid species only living in primeval forests, sao la, or Asian unicorn, ( Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) have been spotted in the central province of Quang Binh.


Japanese mentally-ill man rescued from Hanoi’s building top

 Police in Hanoi have rescued a Japanese mentally-ill man who was found climbing on the top of several houses for hours.

Success for first Vietnamese dual liver transplant operation

 Doctors from the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital announced they had successfully conducted their first liver transplants from a brain-dead donor for two patients.

Ministry vows to strictly deal with Hoa Binh exam scandal

 The Ministry of Education and Training said that they would strictly deal with the officials and students who altered the results for 2018 high school graduation and university entrance exams.

ACB may sell treasury shares to raise capital: HSC

 Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (ACB) plans to sell treasury shares to raise charter capital in 2019.

Hanoi proposes tightened management of social network businesses

 The Ha Noi Market Management Department has said businesses operating on social networks such as Facebook, Zalo and Viber should be under the same management as e-commerce websites.

VinaCapitalVentures names VN-born former German vice chancellor advisory board chairman

 VinaCapital Ventures, the technology investment company of VinaCapital, on Friday announced the appointment of Dr Philipp Rosler, former German vice chancellor, as the chairman of its advisory board.

1,000 Thanh Hoa families suffer water shortage

 Some 1,000 households in Yên Thọ Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoá have endured a shortage of clean water for two months.

Vietnam inaugurates emergency health centre

 The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the US Consulate General in VN on Friday inaugurated the Public Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Japanese-style kindergarten debuts in Da Nang

 The Selfwing VN Company officially launched its first education system in Da Nang on Friday, marking the first high-quality human resource education system with funding from Japan.

Vietnam's first weigh bridge installed on near Hai Phong port city

 The country’s most advanced automatic weigh bridge, sponsored by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has been handed over to the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam (DRVN).