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Hanoi & HCMC streets sparkling ahead of Christmas

Stores and building facades in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been colourfully decorated over the last days, warming up the atmosphere on the threshold of Christmas.

Gen Y are main target for consumer goods

VietNamNet Bridge - Members of Gen Y are the most important customers for consumer goods manufacturers.

Quang Binh threatened by erosion, landslides

One of the most obvious impacts of climate change on coastal Quang Binh province in the central region is erosion, which has caused landslides and destruction of embankments, threatening people’s property and livelihoods.  

Digital content firms seek fairness in competition with foreign giants

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs new policies to allow domestic firms to compete equally with foreign ones, experts have said. 

Nielsen: Local FMCG brands recording impressive growth

 Local brands continue to gain momentum compared to global counterparts, latest Nielsen study finds.

The new faces pouring big money into education

VietNamNet Bridge - In the past, investments worth tens of billions of dong in the education sector would be considered big affairs. Today, the investment capital is up to trillions of VND.

Standard rules in performing Ca Tru folk singing restored

 Cua Dinh folk singing, the original, standard form of Ca Tru ceremonial performance, was once on the verge of extinction because it was no longer being practiced over the last 60 years.

Farmer builds 300 free houses for poor people

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was early 2003. Truong Van Kiem was returning home after visiting his son’s in-laws when he saw a young man chase a woman with a knife.

Hospitals unsure on payment for malpractice victims

 VietNamNet Bridge – After fatal medical error, the anguish of victims and their families often drags on because of a lack of specific regulations to determine the appropriate compensation for medical malpractice.

Vietnam focuses on early HIV detection

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Hoang Dinh Canh, deputy director of the Viet Nam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about the country’s efforts to increase early HIV screening tests, 

GE to drive wave of solar investment in Vietnam

As the world in general and Vietnam in particular are seeing strong increases in power demand, the prospects of solar power producers all over the world are looking bright.

Social News 11/12

 "Danish Week - Sustainable City Solutions" about to begin, HCM City honours 18 “Heroic Mothers”, Thousands come to int’l cuisine festival in Hanoi, Seven fishermen rescued at sea, Chinese contractor asks to further delay Hanoi's first sky train

Khue Minh becomes youngest golfer to win national champs

 Fourteen-year-old Doan Xuan Khue Minh became Viet Nam’s youngest athlete to win the National Women’s Amateur Golf Championship on Sunday.

Miss VN crowned Miss Eco Tourism Ambassador 2017

Vietnamese beauty representative Nguyen Thi Lien Phuong won the first runner-up title at the World Miss Tourism Ambassador beauty contest which concluded on Saturday night in the Philippines.

Bulgarian wines to be presented in Hanoi

 A festival will be organised in Hanoi with the aim of introducing Bulgarian wine to Asia. The special beverage holds a significant place in Bulgarian culture, habits and traditions.

Drivers protest against BOT station on National Highway 5

 Cars lined up, causing a jam along National Highway 5 on Monday morning, as several drivers paid their tolls in small notes to protest the "unreasonable" tollbooth.

iPhone X sells out in HCM City

 A few days after hitting the market, the new genuine iPhone X is now out of stock, according to traders.

Fifth network operator licensed to provide 4G

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan has just granted Vietnamobile a licence No. 568/GP-BTTTT to create a public telecommunications network and a licence No. 569/GP-BTTTT to provide 4G to its customers. 

Vietnam reports fetus in spleen cases for first time

 For the very first time, Vietnam reports a case that the embryo or fetus is growing and developing in spleen not in the womb in the abdomen.

Ministry takes action for population quality

The Ministry of Health and the People’s Committee in Hanoi jointly organized a meeting to launch the National Action Month on Population on December 9.