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Tuyen wins bronze at Grand Prix taekwondo tourney

 Truong Thi Kim Tuyen won a bronze medal at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final’s Ivory Coast leg on Saturday.

Tu will take charge of VPF in 2017-20

 Tran Anh Tu was selected chairman of the Viet Nam Professional Football (VPF) company’s board of directors at an annual meeting, which concluded in Hà Nội yesterday.

Thanh Hoa to compete at AFC Champions League

 FLC Thanh Hoa, the runners-up of the national V.League, will represent Viet Nam at the Asian Football Confederation Champions League 2018.

A jungle book on Truong Son Mountain Range

 Readers, especially children, can now go on a journey through one of the wildest and most biodiverse parts of the world - a range of rugged mountains bordering Laos and Viet Nam, the Truong Son Mountain Range.

A land paradox in HCM City

 Urban planning in HCM City must be supervised and improved to avoid wasting land, experts said at a meeting late last week.

52 Vietnamese win Australia scholarship

Fifty-two Vietnamese people have won Australia Awards Scholarships and will soon leave the country to undertake postgraduate studies at the Australian university of their choice. 

HCM City bus ads too pricy: Advertisers

 Three out of four packages for advertising on HCM City buses have gone unsold, with prospective advertisers blaming it on the high rates.

Investment incentives for FIEs: money goes to pockets of the rich

VietNamNet Bridge - A total of VND35.3 trillion of corporate income tax has been exempted for foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs), according to the MInistry of Finance.


Fintech sees strong rise in Vietnam

Foreign conglomerates have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Vietnamese fintech firms, as more bank-fintech cooperation agreements have been signed recently.

Will a carbon tax be imposed on coal-fired thermal power plants?

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts believe that if Vietnam imposes a carbon tax on coal-fired plants, ‘clean power’ will be able to compete with thermal power.

Vietnam moves up in scientific research ranking

VietNamnet Bridge - Vietnam is the 57th among 163 surveyed nations in the recent Nature Publishing ranking in scientific research. 

Teacher and pianist Thai Thi Lien

 People’s Teacher Thai Thi Lien has played the piano for nearly a century. Lien was one of the founders of the Vietnam Music School (now the Vietnam National Academy of Music) and has trained generations of students.

Vietnam’s efforts to preserve and promote national heritages

 A country with 54 ethnic groups, Vietnam boasts many unique tangible and intangible heritages. Together with the support of its citizens, the Vietnamese government has carried out numerous policies to preserve and promote the national treasures.

APEC impact and Japanese wave post impressive investment figures

 Foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in the first 11 months this year has exceeded forecasts by hitting US$33 billion, up over 82% compared to the same period last year.

Temple of Literature forced to close parking lot

 The Temple of Literature has suddenly announced the closure of its parking lot, surprising many visitors.

Elephant donated to Dak Lak conservation centre

 A tourism company in the central highlands has given an elephant to Dak Lak Province's Centre for Elephant Conservation.

Vietnamese English learning app gets Google’s support

 Monkey Junior, the English learning app which won first prize at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016, has just received Google start-up financial support funding of USD100,000.

Vietnam needs tighter regulations over seafood management

 Fishermen are increasingly entering foreign waters, while local firms are importing unprocessed seafood for export as local resources are diminishing.

Average electricity price rises to $0.076 per kWk

 The average electricity retail price will officially rise today to VNĐ1,720 (7.6 US cent) per kWh, increasing 6.08 per cent from the current tariff of VNĐ1,622 (7.1 cent) per kWh.

McDonald’s opens first restaurant in Hanoi

 The world’s leading food service retailer McDonald’s has officially opened its first restaurant at 2 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi, marking its first foray into the northern market three years after opening its first restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.