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HCM City needs 10,000 classrooms for 2019-20 academic year

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will need nearly 10,000 classrooms for 1.7 million students in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

Low-cost cancer treatment applied in Vietnam brings positive results

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Medical University is applying a new low-cost cancer therapy in curing the five most common cancers in Vietnam. The initial results have been satisfactory.


Vietnam marches toward 5G despite warnings about early deployment

VietNamNet Bridge - Despite advice against the early deployment of 5G, the government of Vietnam and the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) have taken the first steps toward 5G.


HCM City keen to flaunt history, culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City, the country’s dynamic economic hub, is rarely considered a cultural centre but is actually filled with wonderful architecture and a wealth of culture.

Japanese retailers keen on Vietnam

 Japanese retailers have continued to flock to Vietnam's retail market given it's expected to undergo a major period of transformation.

Vietnam seeks more FDI from Japan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is expected to receive more foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan in the coming years as part of its strategy to shift investment attraction towards high-quality capital.

Vietnamese continue to spend big money on motorbikes

More than 3.4 million motorbikes of different kinds were sold in 2018. However, while the demand for scooters and high-cylinder capacity sports motorcycles has increased rapidly, the sales of gear motorbikes have fallen sharply. 

Collision near Hai Van Pass Tunnel leaves dozen Koreans injured

 A serious collision between a passenger coach and a container truck this afternoon on a route leading to Hai Van Pass Tunnel, which links Danang with Thua Thien-Hue, injured 11 people, mostly South Korean tourists.

HCM City to hold fourth auction for bus advertising spaces

The HCM City Department of Transport’s Management Centre of Public Transport will organise an auction for 11 bus advertising packages for the fourth time on March 8 at Tan Binh District’s Auction Centre.

Frosty chilled meat market may be heating up

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises have started moving into the chilled meat sector, as it is expected to become a new consumer trend in the future domestically, according to experts.

Ministry of Public Security investigates acid attack against overseas Vietnamese

 The Ministry of Public Security has started an investigation into an acid attack on an overseas Vietnamese from Canada in the central province of Quảng Ngãi during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Billiard World Cup to be held in HCM City in May

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host the Carom Billiard 3-Cushion World Cup on May 16-28.

Vietnam feted as ‘country of poetry'

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of writers and poetry lovers flocked to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi yesterday to join the 17th Vietnamese Poetry Day.

Millennials worth pursuing

 Brands need to identify how to specifically target Millennial customers.

HCM City targets 75% of buses with clean fuel by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport aims to have 75 per cent of the new buses running on clean fuel by the end of 2020.

Vietnam stocks to progress amid profit-earning pressure

 VietNamNet Bridge – After performing quite well in the first trading week after returning from a week-long Tet holiday, market volatility is in focus this week with strong profit-taking possible following the rallies of local stocks.

Students urged to return to classes after Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – Now the week-long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday has ended and schools have resumed, many classrooms in mountainous localities still feel strangely empty as local students have not returned.

Big players arrive, warming up Phu Quoc property market

VietNamNet Bridge - Most big real estate developers are heading for Phu Quoc Island, where the first casino open to Vietnamese has begun operating. 


Law overlaps hamper Vietnam’s investment attraction

Provisions in some laws should be unified to remove barriers for cities and provinces in luring investment as the overlaps and contradictions of the laws have hindered the activity, officials said.

Vietnam to ‘play big’ with support from Amazon

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said that the presence of Amazon in Vietnam will give opportunities to Vietnam’s businesses to reach the world market, but businesspeople are not so optimistic.