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Cycling up the mountains with a purpose

It was dinner time. A group of six bamboo tables were scattered around the two-storey stone house of Ngoc Thi Ngot, 30, and her husband. The food was plentiful and freshly cooked by the family. 

Manpower export: benefits, risks

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam exports laborers to help youth get a good job and to improve the professional qualifications of Vietnamese workers. 

Vietnam building roadmap on greenhouse gas emissions mitigation

The draft decree stipulating the schedule and modalities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been opened for public opinion by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE).

Education Ministry participates in administrative reform, cuts sub-licenses

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten years ago, FPT University had to wait only nine months from the time of the school establishment approval to the opening of the first training course. 

The man with a ‘made-in-Vietnam’ software dream

On a nice day in 2013, Lam Quoc Vu, full of hope, met investors to raise funds for QA Symphony, his two-year-old business. But investors in Silicon Valley took the wind out of his sail.

Designing homes, chasing dolls

 VietNamNet Bridge – Working in any field requires sound physical and mental health, while passion is required to work and live to the fullest.

A man on a mission to clean up the beaches

 VietNamNet Bridge – Locals and tourists of southern Vung Tau City are used to seeing a young man run along the beach every early morning.

Ahead in green lending

Vietnam is moving in the right direction in terms of promoting green lending, Mr. Kyle Kelhofer, IFC Country Manager for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, said.

One million successful enterprises by 2020 is achievable

Vu Tien Loc, chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry tells the Cong Thuong (Trade and Commerce) newspaper that the target of having a million successful enterprises by 2020 is feasible.

Unlicensed beaches in Quang Ninh threaten public safety

 Unlicensed beaches operating in Ha Long City in Quang Ninh Province during summer have made local authorities worried, reported the online newspaper vov.vn.

Hung resigns as deputy chairman of VPF

Deputy chairman of the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) Tran Manh Hung has resigned after a tape of him insulting Duong Van Hien, deputy head of the referee board of the VFF, was circulated online. 

Quang Ninh will upgrade Cam Pha stadium to 20,000 seats

Quang Ninh has approved the spending ofUS$7,857 million on upgrading the grand stand and re-decorating function rooms of Cam Pha stadium in order to host big international football events.

Three suspended for selling expired medicine

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three hospital staff members in the southern province of Dong Nai were suspended from work on Monday after selling expired medicines to a patient last week.

Can Tho riverbank landslide destroys five houses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Landslides on Monday occurred along the O Mon River in Can Tho City’s O Mon District, causing five houses to fall into the river.

Social News In Brief 23/5

Working for safer buildings in smart cities, Artistic programme marks 25 years of action for biodiversity, Public, private agencies commit to achieve green growth, “Don’t play with natural disasters” wins first prize of film contest

VN aims to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis

Children and pregnant women lack access to health services in remote, border and island areas, creating a major challenge for the national programme to eliminate the transmission of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis from mothers to children, 

Police bust illegal gambling ring in poker tournament disguise

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s police busted an illegal gambling operation run by Dang Van Quy, 45, a native of southern Dong Nai Province on Tuesday.

4 struck by lightning in Nghe An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four members of a family, including an 18-month-old baby, were struck by lightning on Monday afternoon inside their house in central Nghe An Province’s Quy Hop Commune.

VN among countries with highest gestational diabetes rate in Asia-Pacific

 Viet Nam is among the countries in the Asia-Pacific with an alarming incidence of gestational diabetes, Dr Le Quang Thanh, head of Tu Du Hospital in HCM City, has said.

Pollution behind mass fish deaths incident in Dong Nai

 Southern Dong Nai Province’s agriculture department said the unsual high level of NH4 (Amoni) and NO2 (Nitrite) may be the reason behind Monday’s mass fish deaths on the La Nga River based on a test done on water sample collected at the site.