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Teams of volunteers monitor dengue-prevention compliance

Nguyen Van Duc, a volunteer with a dengue-fever prevention team in District 12’s Hiep Thanh Ward, takes a walk around his residential quarter three times a week with a handheld loudspeaker, calling on residents ...

Must-visit coffee shops in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Here are the best coffee shops in Hanoi for tourists and locals to discover.

Hanoi seeks solutions to boost tourism development

Hanoi’s officials have proposed eight key measures to boost the city’s tourism development in the 2016-2020 period, including promoting high quality tourism products in line with building the city’s tourism trademark. 

Hung Yen police smashes illegal drug-making facility

 Police in the northern province of Hung Yen and authorised agencies on August 9 busted a ring producing and trading substances to make drugs.

Occupancy rate at operational industrial parks at nearly 73 percent

 The occupancy rate at active industrial parks (IPs) nationwide in January-July was about 73 percent, according to the Management Department of Economic Zones under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Ministry prepares plan for restructuring service sector

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drawing up a plan for restructuring the service sector from 2016-2020, making it compatible with the economic restructuring plan for the same period.

Social News 9/8

 Vietnamese students won top prizes at Australian video competition, Ben Tre strives for sustainable poverty alleviation, Can Tho oncology hospital building contract signed, Ca Mau authority urgent to tackle rabies

Scant oversight, corporate secrecy preceded U.S. weed killer crisis

 As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.

Hanoi police propose to move inter-provincial rail tracks out of inner city

The Ha Noi Police Department has proposed to move the Ha Noi Railway Station and all the inter-provincial rail tracks to the suburbs to avoid traffic congestion and fatal accidents in the inner city.

Most hepatitis C patients cannot afford treatment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only around 10 per cent of patients infected with hepatitis C can afford treatment costs because the medications are expensive and not covered by medical insurance,

Ly Hoang Nam struggles to win Thailand F5 first match

 It took Ly Hoang Nam nearly three hours to beat Arata Onozawa in the first round match of the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday in Nonthaburi Province.

Starbucks to re-sell Da Lat reserve coffee

Starbucks will start re-selling Viet Nam’s Da Lat coffee globally this year after a year of disruption, the company announced in a session with the Starbucks Coffee Ambassador on Tuesday. 

Ship sinks, Thanh Hoa tries to prevent oil spill

Rescue forces are trying to prevent an oil spill incident that might occur after a ship carrying 18 tonnes of diesel sank in the waters between Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces on Sunday.

Bear rescued after decade bred as pet

 A Tibetan bear was rescued by the Asian Animal Foundation after being transferred by a bear breeder in the nothern mountainous province of Lai Chau.

Notos Quartet to perform in Da Nang

 The award-winning Notos Quartet will play works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms under the direction of Tran Thi Nguyet Sa at the third Da Nang Chamber Music Festival on August 15.

Vietnam makes substantive contributions to AMM 50’s success

Vietnam has made substantive contributions to the success of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 50) and related meetings held in the Philippines from August 4-8.

Quake in China's Sichuan kills 19, including tourists, injures 247

 A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including six tourists, and injuring 247,

Sneaky Chinese buyers swaying Vietnam’s pepper prices

 The price of pepper in Vietnam has gone up and down recently, allegedly due to unexpected Chinese purchases.

SEA Games 29: Vietnamese delegation pins hope on key sports

 Vietnam’s key sport events like track & fields, swimming, shooting and gymnastics are expected to help its sport delegation secure the third place at the Southeast Asia Games 29, the position that it has retained since 2003.

Vietnam, Cambodia forge legislative ties

 The Vietnam National Assembly will continue its close cooperation with the National Assembly and Senate of Cambodia in the time ahead, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the NA Tong Thi Phong has said.