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Red Flamboyant Flower Festival kicks off in Hai Phong

 A gala night was held at the Opera House Square in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 12 as the first out of more than 50 activities within the Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival.

K-pop contest comes to Vietnam

 Four young people and 15 bands are competing at the K-pop World Festival’s country round at the Vietnam Youth Academy (VYA).

Do we want to reverse or advance our brain drain?

A professor at Hoa Sen University in HCM City who shot to fame when he taught a class on innovation wearing a pair of shorts has come up short at the hand of some bureaucrats’ rigid interpretation of regulations.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 13/5

 Tundra Fonder becomes major shareholder of HSG as others withdraw, Walt Disney deal to give facelift to Dai Dong Tien Plastics furnishing, Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park boosts investment climate improvement

Five cosy homestays for a summer vacation in Vung Tau

Uyen’s House, Sea La Vie homestay, and An Yen homestay are among the five ideal destinations for tourists to enjoy a summer vacation in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Sugar producers worried as inventory remains high

VietNamNet Bridge - Sugar companies have once again shouted for help as the volume of inventory is increasing rapidly, while the domestic market is flooded with smuggled sugar.

Social News In Brief 13/5

Police must have plan to protect “street knights”, Youngsters make fortune on agriculture, National vocational contest honours skilled workers, Vietnamese language class opens in Algeria

Bach Dang Giang: An attractive spiritual destination

Lying just 20 kilometres from the centre of Haiphong, the Bach Dang Giang relic site is part of the Trang Kenh complex-a group of historical, cultural and spiritual monuments in Haiphong. 

Fintechs, with technology and big data, jump into consumer lending market

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks are becoming digitalized, while fintechs, with great advantages in technology, have joined the consumer lending market.

Vietnam's SOE equitisation faces strong headwinds

The equitisation of SOE has seen notable results recently, with many companies growing stronger, but the process remains plagued with numerous problems meaning it has failed to meet expectations and has fallen behind schedule.

VN to meet Laos in third-place match at AFF U16 girls' champs

 Vietnam will meet Laos in the third-place match of the AFF U16 Girls' Championship at 3 pm on May 13 at Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia.

La folie des grandeurs

 Around the time Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly, under the orders of Emperor Napoleon III, fired the first canon shots of the Cochinchina campaign to lay claim to what would become France’s colony of Indochina, 

Cashew industry needs support policies

 The Government should have policies to prop up the cashew sector, according to a recent conference on the cashew industry.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/5

Doosan Vietnam exports first rubber-tyred cranes to India, Vitas: Vietnam’s potential of exporting apparel to Australia is huge, Pepper output increases sharply but prices fall, Air freight costs stymie fruit exports

Vietnam looks back on the ODA years

VietNamNet Bridge - ODA (official development assistance) capital was allocated to over 2,500 projects from 1993 to 2017, most of which has been used. 

Retirement age increase necessary for Vietnam: ILO specialist

 Nuno Cunha, ILO senior specialist on social security, talks to Vietnam media about a recent proposal to increase the retirement age of Vietnamese labourers.

VN holds largest cyber security drill

 Nearly 150 organisations, including State agencies, banks and enterprises, participated in a cyber security drill on Wednesday and Thursday, recorded as the largest ever in Viet Nam.

In HCM City, Container truck becomes café

A man in HCM City’s Binh Tan District has made his truck into a coffee shop. 

Efforts needed to preserve folk art of Then singing

 “Then” singing is an indispensable practice in the cultural and religious life of Tay and Nung ethnic minority communities in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, especially Dinh Hoa region. 

RoK to recruit 7,900 Vietnamese workers this year

 The Republic of Korea will receive 7,900 Vietnamese workers in 2018, said Nguyen Gia Liem, said Deputy General Director of the Overseas Labour Department under the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).