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Late historian awarded with Japan’s certificate of merit

 Late historian and People’s Teacher Phan Huy Le has been posthumously awarded the Certificate of Merit from the Japanese Foreign Minister Kono Taro, in recognition of his great contributions to the promotion Vietnam-Japan academic exchange.

Performance to highlight Mong artistic culture

The harmonious sound of bamboo pan flute lure Mong young men and women to come to a spring market where they perform singing, dancing and colourful costumes. There, they also find their love.

UNESCO launches environment project in Hanoi

 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and development partners launched the project “For a World Without Waste” in Hanoi on October 17. 

Vietnam in Group A at AFF futsal champs

Vietnam will compete Thailand, Timor Leste and Cambodia in Group A of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Futsal Championship 2019, scheduled for October 21-27 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Will rating tour guides boost their quality

Tour guides are known as cultural ambassadors for their country and community in the eyes of local and foreign visitors. Whether guides can deliver quality service to tourists is not only essential to the success of their company

BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 18/10

Sino-American trade war can help boost Vietnam's agro-aqua-forestry exports,Da Nang to call investors from Russia at St. Petersburg Economic Forum,Stocks rally due to trade war aid,VNA inks deal with Thales to offer AVANT IFE services

FAMLAB Open Session to take place at The Observatory

 The first music-focused Open Session of the FAMLAB (Film, Archive and Music Lab) will be held at The Observatory in District 1, HCMC on November 1.

Thousands of resettlement apartments unoccupied in HCMC

Nearly 14,000 resettlement apartments and land plots earmarked for people affected by development projects in the city remain vacant, marking a waste of the city’s budget.

Passion abounds among millennial entrepreneurs

The opinions of local and foreign insiders about Vietnam's Millennial entrepreneurs.

Violations on forest use in Hanoi come under the spotlight

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have ordered a comprehensive inspection on the use and management of protection forest in Minh Phu and Minh Tri communes in Soc Son District to tackle long-standing violations.

Vietnam receives 11.6m foreign tourists in first nine months

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam received 11.6 million international tourists during the first nine months of this year, an increase of 22.9 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, 

Scholar still fights to save Vietnamese culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huu Ngoc was born and raised in Hanoi, but it wasn’t until he left the city in 1946 to join the national resistance war against the French that he realised just how much he loved his hometown.

Tourism enters peak season

 The tourism sector has now entered its peak season of the year, beginning this month and lasting until April next year.

Van Don Int’l Airport to welcome first flight in December

 Van Don International Airport in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh is slated to receive its first flight on December 25, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

Industrial real estate sector booms

VietNamNet Bridge - The strong flow of FDI is expected to trigger a new investment wave into the industrial real estate sector.

State employees’ average income remains highest

 Employees at State-run businesses earn the highest monthly salary of VND11.92 million on average, while the income of workers at foreign-invested and private enterprises is the lowest.

Vegetable, fruit exports surpass crude oil for first time

 Revenue from vegetable and fruit exports has reached more than US$3.1 billion so far, up 17.1% year-on-year and outstripping crude oil export earnings for the first time, Lao Dong newspaper reported.

Hue discusses building cable-car system at Bach Ma

 The government of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 13 held a conference to gather opinions on a zoning plan to construct the Bach Ma ecological resort complex, coupled with two cable-car systems on the Bach Ma Range.

Dong Nai to shut down Bien Hoa 1 IP

 The Dong Nai government is intent on shutting down Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park, which is considered the main cause of the pollution on the Dong Nai River. 

Comic operetta ‘The bat’ returns to Saigon

 The bat, it could be said, will be fluttering back to the Saigon Opera House for a single display on Sunday, October 28.