SEARCH RESULTS

Advanced search

Law to improve civil compensation

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s new law on State Compensation Liability is expected to create transparent mechanisms for compensating people mistreated by authorities, 

Conjoined twins separated at Children’s Hospital II

 VietNamNet Bridge – Conjoined twins joined at the coccyx area were successfully separated at the Children’s Hospital II, announced the hospital officials at a press conference on Wednesday. 

HCM City to hear fall music

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Classical Music Group will host the “Autumn Melodies” concert at the HCM City Southern Women’s Museum on October 7.

Festival in honour of VN’s widest waterfall

 VietNamNet Bridge – A waterfall festival will be held this weekend at the Ban Gioc Waterfall Tourism Complex in Dam Thuy Commune, Trung Khanh District, in the northern province of Cao Bang.

Lightning kills three in Nghe An and Ha Tinh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lightning occurred yesterday in the central region, killing one people in Ha Tinh and two others in neighbouring Nghe An Province. The three dead include one child.

HCM City hospital operates on Marfan syndrome patient

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at Trung Vuong Hospital in HCM City have performed their first ever surgery to reduce the curvature in the spine of a patient with Marfan syndrome.

Health Ministry orders clarification on cancer patient’s death

Associate Professor Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Health Ministry’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, has asked K Hospital to review its treatment procedure of a female patient

“The beginning of autumn” performance by Dao Anh Khanh

An art performance, entitled "The beginning of autumn" by artist Dao Anh Khanh will take place at Dao Anh Khanh Treehouse, Alleyway 462 Ngoc Thuy, Long Bien District, Hanoi at 7.30pm on October 6.

Panam Anim Animation Film Festival 2017 in Hanoi & HCM City

The Panam Anim Animation Film Festival will take place in Vietnam from October 4 to 9, introducing 12 films selected from Panam Anim Festival throughout the years. 

Watercolor painting exhibition by Chinese artist in Hanoi

The watercolor painting exhibition “Hanh van hoa canh” by Chinese artist Tran Dat from Hangzhou, China will be organized at the Fine Arts and Photography Exhibition Center, 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi on October 2-7.

Four well-known movies to be screened this weekend

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famous movies from the US, France and Hong Kong ̣(China) will be screened in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and HCM City this weekend and early next week.

Foreign investors shun properties with bank debt

VAMC (Vietnam Asset Management Company) is now holding VND230 trillion worth of bad debt, including real estate which is used as collateral for bad debts it has purchased from commercial banks.


Average CPI in nine months goes up 3.79 percent

 Average CPI in nine months goes up 3.79 percent

Vietnam’s economy accelerates in nine months

 Vietnam’s economy witnessed positive changes in the first nine months of 2017 with growth increasing from quarter to quarter, according to Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam.

Poor infrastructure, services hamper growth of sea travel

 Vietnam has seen a significant increase in the number of foreign tourists travelling to the country by sea but poor infrastructure and a lack of high-quality services for cruise tourism may hinder growth.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler shuts down heart attack rumors

 Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler dismissed speculation that he had suffered a heart attack or a seizure but did little to clarify the ailment that led the band to cancel the remainder of its South American tour.

Cao Bang's rustic landscapes fascinate tourists

 Picturesque landscapes in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang have lured the attention of both domestic and foreign tourists.

Colonel speaks out on unregistered cars

 It was unreasonable to deny inspecting and qualifying cars just because the previous owners had not paid traffic fines, according to a former Traffic Police Department official. 

Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team

Luong Duy Hanh, dismissed as head of the Environmental Protection Department for his wrongdoings in the 2016 Formosa plant pollution disaster, was later appointed deputy head of the team inspecting the company’s activities.

Textile association opposes wage hike

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) yesterday proposed that the regional minimum wage (covering four regions in the country) not be increased next year.