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Singer to celebrate birthday with debut concerts

 VietNamNet Bridge – A decade after rising to fame in the "Sao Mai – Rendezvous" national song contest, singer Ha Anh Tuan will celebrate his birthday with his first concert this month.

Vietnam – easy on your pocketbook

 Forbes listed Vietnam as one of the 30 most affordable destinations in 2017.

Samsung to disable Note 7 phones in the U.S. via software update

 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a software update for Galaxy Note 7 smartphones will be released mid-December in the United States preventing them from charging and functioning as mobile phones, rendering them useless.

Social News 12/12

Free treatment offered for poor patients with severe tumours, hematoma, 2017 UPU letter-writing contest launches in Hai Duong, Labour exports hurt by lack of foreign language skills, 130,000 overseas Vietnamese to return home for Tet holiday 

Oil surges as non-OPEC, OPEC producers agree on output cuts; dollar strong

 Oil prices jumped more than 5 percent on Monday after OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to curb oil output and ease a global glut, while the U.S. dollar extended gains ahead of an expected rate hike this week.

Foreign groups are major players in high-end property management market

VietNamNet Bridge - Luxury real estate projects can be developed by either Vietnamese or foreign investors, but most of them are managed by international management groups.

Italy hurries to form new government as banking crisis looms

Italian President Sergio Mattarella asked Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Sunday to try to form a new government, giving him a mandate to lead Italy out of a political crisis caused by the resignation of Matteo Renzi. 

More than 100 killed in church collapse in Nigeria -journalist, resident

 At least 100 people were killed by the collapse of a church in southeastern Nigeria, a resident and photojournalist who visited a morgue said on Sunday, but officials put the death toll at just 27.

Protect sea environment to protect sea tourism

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s sea tourism industry has immense potential for development, yet the sector faces a number of challenges due to increasing environmental pollution. 

Plain of Reeds during monsoon season

 The monsoon season is the busiest time in the Plain of Reeds of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. This is also the best time to explore the region’s beauty and the generosity of nature.

Children more dependent as parents become overly protective

VietNamNet Bridge - As there are many adverse factors in society, many Vietnamese parents tend to protect their children in unreasonable ways. 

Apps for domestic help services represent $1 million market

VietNamNet Bridge - A government report shows that Vietnam needed 250,000 domestic helpers in 2015, while HCMC alone needed 10,000 helpers. But only 30 percent of the demand could be met.

Foreign investors make more M&A deals in pharmaceutical industry

VietNamNet Bridge - Many merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in the pharmaceutical industry have been made this year, in which the buyers were foreign investors. 

Storing water is must for water resource management: experts

Vietnam, which has proposed a transboundary water resources management policy, will take the initiative in storing water to cover its needs instead of relying on other countries, experts have said.

Record high fruit and veggie exports in 2016

 Fruit and vegetable exports hit US$186 million in November, bringing the value in 11 months of this year to approximately US$2.2 billion, up from the 2015 record of $1.8 billion.

Hanoi's abandoned water park

 The large water park inside Tuoi Tre (Youth) Park, Hai Ba Trung District, has been abandoned for years despite supposedly being a key Hanoi leisure option.

Ministry questioned over violent online game contest at schools

 Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has requested schools to halt the organising of an online game contest following public worry about its violence.

Hardships for farmers in rural agricultural areas

In our country, the people who live on agriculture account for 70% of the national population. At least 57% of working-age people work in the agricultural sector, but they generate less than 20% of the country’s GDP.

Hooliganism in the name of love for football is not to be tolerated

 The second leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup semifinal between Vietnam and Indonesia at My Dinh Stadium ended in a 2-2 draw after extra time, sending Indonesia into the final with a 4-3 aggregate score.

Quang Binh destroys 606 tons of cadmium contaminated fish

 Implementing the Government’s instruction, the central province of Quang Binh had destroyed 606 tons of cadmium contaminated fish which businesses bought from fishermen from April to August 30.