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Young filmmaker to screen at Cannes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Short film Vo Dien (Faceless) by Nguyen Phan Thao Dan is among 23 movies from all over the world to compete at Festival Corner’s SVA Computer Art at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 from May 8-19.

Ly Hoang Nam wins first round of VN F2 Futures

Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam came from behind to beat Ji Hoon Son of South Korea in the first round of the Viet Nam F2 Futures tennis tournament held in Hue yesterday.

Vietnam to beat Indonesia in AFC’s quarter-finals

Viet Nam has set its sights on beating Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Futsal Championship 2018 today.

Vietnamese pianist wins prize in Italian music contest

Popular Vietnamese pianist Luu Hong Quang won the second prize at the Oleggio International Piano Competition held in Italy from May 3-6.

Museum honours Argentine reporter

The HCM City War Remnants Museum yesterday held a commemoration ceremony for Argentine journalist and photographer Ignacio Ezcurra, who disappeared in Saigon in 1968 while covering the war.

Vietnam faces serious shortage of qualified nursing care workers for elderly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing an alarming shortage of qualified nursing care workers for the elderly. Most elderly people are cared for by their relatives or domestic helpers with little medical expertise,

Noodle Noodle offers the best of Asian cuisine

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although noodles are a staple ingredient in Asian cuisine, the popularity of such dishes are not limited to this part of the world. 

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/5

VNG to reach out Silicon Valley's Vietnamese talents for cooperation, The four domestic developers behind smart city near Nhat Tan Bridge, Vietnam's first reinsurance company ranks high

Social News In Brief 9/5

 VN Red Cross announces 2018 disaster prevention plan, Deputy PM highlights importance of salary policy, Programme prevents drowning among children, Hanoi works to ensure power supply during summer

Conflict of interest in BOT projects continues to be heady issue

While vehicle owners complain that the toll fees lead to high logistics and production costs, BOT project developers complain that the fee is not high enough to recover investment capital.

Coal-fired power plants’ slag and ash cannot find outlets

VietNamNet Bridge - As Vietnam develops more coal-fired thermal power plants, the volume of slag and ash they discharge has increased rapidly. 

Stricter rules against multi-level marketing only a partial solution

 Vietnamese have avoided multi-level marketing as though it were the plague, and for fair reason. 

Quang Nam to revive silk farming culture

 The central province of Quang Nam is preparing thousands of hectares to develop silk-worm cultivation and silk production.  

Solar power market attracts flood of investors

VietNamNet Bridge - The great potential of solar energy sources in Vietnam has attracted many foreign investors.

New public salary system to boost transparency

Nguyen Quang Dung, director general of the Department of Salary Affairs under the Ministry of Home Affairs, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about proposed changes in the future wage system. 

Binh Duong couple care for dozens of orphans

A couple in the southern province of Binh Duong use their hotel as the accommodation for nearly 40 orphans and two lonely elderly people.

GDP of 6.7 percent is within reach

Dr. Luu Bich Ho is the former director of the Institute for Strategic Development, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. He talks to newspaper Hải Quan (Customs) on challenges in the course of reforming the State apparatus.

Phone app train ticket booking service launched

 Vietnam Railways (VNR) has launched service to allow customers to book train tickets and make the payments through mobile phones since May 7.

State-owned firms could have wage autonomy

 The Ministry of Finance has proposed salary reform that will allow state-owned firms to decide salaries so that boards of directors will be hired rather than appointed as currently.

Midfielder Tai suspended 5 matches

 The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) has suspended midfielder Huynh Tan Tai of Long An for a dangerous error during the match against Viettel in the third round of V.League 2.