SEARCH RESULTS

Advanced search

Wushu artists bring home world golds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes arrived home on Tuesday with a basket of four gold medals from the third World Taijiquan Championships in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Into the depths of Tram Tau jungle

Trekking a muddy road, treading carefully past precipitous cliffs and sleeping in the middle of the tranquil jungle are among the best memories from our trip to Tram Tau District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Waste sorting at source ready to begin in HCM City

A programme to sort waste at source has been started at HCM City’s export processing zones (EPZ) and industrial parks (IP) by the HCM City EPZ Authority (HEPZA) and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Foreign capital to flow to Vietnam after equity market gets upgrade

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that the upgrading of the Vietnam’s stock market from frontier to secondary emerging will occur in 2019, or at the latest in 2020.

All Vietnamese are to have decent houses of their own

Nguyen Van Ly, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policy, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay about the challenges the bank has faced over the last five months implementing the Government Decree 100/2015

Banks expand networks to increase market share

 Domestic banks have been enlarging their network of branches and transaction offices rapidly in recent years in an effort to increase market share.

More business prerequisites to be cut this month

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries to speed up the reviewing and elimination of unnecessary business prerequisites in an effort to create favourable conditions for enterprises.

Vietnam champions at Asian pencak silat competition

 Viet Nam placed first at the fourth Asian Pencak Silat Championship, which closed on Thursday at Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Stadium, in Srinagar City, India.

Second Brit dies after 'Brazilian butt lift' surgery

 A second British woman has died from "Brazilian butt lift" surgery, the BBC has learned, as fresh warnings come over the risks.

Concerns raised of sewer plans

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of senior architects have objected to plans to build sewer system into Kim Nguu River, one of the most polluted in the city.

Ly Hoang Nam enters quarter-finals of Sweden F5 Futures

 Ly Hoang Nam booked a ticket to compete in the quarter-finals of the Sweden F5 Futures tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Art & Entertainment News

Concert featuring chamber music at Opera House on Oct 9, Concert to feature Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Alpha Books publishes Vietnamese edition of Internet of Things bestseller

Hundreds of tonnes of Khanh Hoa garlic in storage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of tonnes of garlic in Khanh Hoa Province is in danger of rotting, as a lack of demand has forced farmers to put their crops in storage.

Social News 5/10

Nearly 150 volunteers to work at WTA’s 11th General Assembly, Info on 41 social housing projects available online, PM agrees to VNĐ56 billion plan for groundwater protection project, Vietnam, RoK enhance cooperation in labour safety

Hanoi to have 25 new parks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People’s Committee aims to implement several projects to strengthen national capacity in response to climate change and environmental pollution in the capital during 2016-2020.

Government News 5/10

 ASEAN calls for enhanced anti-terrorism capacity, HCM City, UK promote cooperation between elected agencies, Japan lauds Vietnam’s role in Mekong-Japan cooperation: Ambassador, Vietnam enhances friendship with international friends

Mekong Delta life in flooding season

The flooding season offers its own specialties for Mekong Delta residents to earn their living when surrounded by rising water.

High-end smartphone prices plummet as new iPhones arrive

Retailers have slashed prices for Galaxy Note 8, S9, Sony Xperia XZ2, BlackBerry Key 2 and old-generation iPhones as new iPhones have arrived in Vietnam, while genuine 2018 iPhones will hit the shelves soon.

London Symphony Orchestra back to Hanoi

 After amazing Hanoi’s audience with an outdoor concert last year, the world-famous London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is back in the capital city for a musical extravaganza on October 5 night.

Exhibition honours General Vo Nguyen Giap

 Over 200 images and objects related to the national hero late General Vo Nguyen Giap are being featured at an exhibition hosted by the Vietnam Military History Museum.