VietNamNet Bridge - More than 96 percent of SOEs slated for equitization have been equitized, but only 8 percent of the state’s capital has been transferred to the private sector. 

 This year, vocational schools under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs are becoming attractive to students because they ensure to provide employment to all students after graduation.

As an icon of Viet Nam’s culinary scene, celebrity chef Phan Ton Tinh Hai has been selected to be the brand ambassador for Big Bowl, a pho-based restaurant chain. Inspired by her mother, one of the successors of royal Hue cuisine, 

Under the hot noon sun, more than 20 women at Nguyen Thi Thu Ha’s sewing workshop seem oblivious of the sweat pouring down their faces as they work at their sewing machines.

 Proposed draft law on special administrative zones includes a series of mechanisms to attract investment capital and foreign experts to Phu Quoc Island.

Nguyen Van Chiem on August 28 became HCMC’s first street officially dedicated to low-income vendors.

The house at No.48 Hang Ngang Street was where President Ho Chi Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence by the end of August, 1945 which gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From August 30 to September 1, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha and representatives of Vietnamese schools visited Denmark and Sweden to seek cooperation opportunities.

 A carbon market will be one of the means for Vietnam to achieve the committed greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, said the Director of the Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change.

 Improved status of women vital for economic growth: Deputy PM, Ha Long attractive to real estate, tourism firms, One fifth of enterprises to expand workforce in Q3, Rice export goal raised to 5.6 million tonnes this year

World renowned traditional musician and composer Vo Van Anh is returning to Viet Nam, her homeland, to continue implementing her Master-Apprentice programme.

 Authorities of Gia Lai Province’s Kon Chro District are struggling to deal with suicide in the locality, with hundreds of locals having killed themselves in recent years, with poverty in the region seen as the root cause.

Nguyen Minh Thuyet, editor in chief of the curriculum for comprehensive education reform, tells the Kinh te & Do thi newspaper that the reform must ensure harmonisation throughout the curriculum.

Some 50 bankers are on a 20-day trial that opened earlier this week in Hanoi for alleged graft and mismanagement causing $69 million in losses, as part of the government’s efforts to crack down on corruption.

 The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has said it was co-operating with police on the investigation of deliberate violation of state regulations by five officials. 

 Ho Tan Phat, who was born and brought up in the land of Saigon, still takes pride in the trivial-income job he has pursued for nearly four decades. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Some years ago, analysts predicted that modern distribution channels would develop rapidly in Vietnam as income continued to rise. 

Vietnam is not only blessed with imposing natural landscapes but also the impressive image of hard-working and diligent people in their work and production.

 The Goethe Institute will host a two-day dance workshop with Isabelle Schad on September 21 and 22, within the framework of the “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance Festival 2017”.

 On the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day on September 2, VIR gets an insight into foreign CEOs’ thoughts and feeling about the country’s vitality and development, and why Vietnam has become their home away from home.