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Award-winning physics student wins full scholarship from MIT

VietNamNet Bridge - Dinh Thi Huong Thao, from Nam Dinh, has been called the ‘golden physics girl’ as she won two gold medals at the International Physics Olympiad in 2015 and 2016. 

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/6

 First Can Tho – Bangkok direct flight takes off, Family businesses make significant contribution to GDP, Vietsovpetro earns $18 million from Thien Ung gas field, Investors unpermitted to sell houses unless fully paying taxes, fees

Make railways top development engine

Former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport, Professor La Ngoc Khue, talks about the glaring imbalance of Viet Nam’s traffic system.

Workers lack motivation to increase productivity

After watching the staff work hard to transport materials and products to and from a coffee processing company, Vu Quang Tho asked them why they didn’t think of a way to save time and effort.

Strong fundamentals

Mr. Sebastian Eckardt, the World Bank’s Lead Economist for Vietnam, talks about the successes and shortcomings of the new government in macroeconomic management during its first year.

Linh wins Mongolia International Series

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thuy Linh won the Mongolia International Series 2017 badminton tournament on June 25.

Vietnam sees record hike in international visitors

The country has seen an estimated 6.2 million international visitors in the first half of this year, up 30.2 per cent year-on-year, 

'Melodrama' scores Lorde her first chart-topping Billboard album

 New Zealand pop singer Lorde landed her first U.S. chart-topping album on Monday as her latest record debuted at the top of the weekly Billboard 200 chart.

Five food streets in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides being sold on streets, street food places have one thing in common: they are groups of shops selling one type of food. Here are the top food streets in Hanoi.

Vietnam Int’l Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2017 to be held in Hanoi & HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam International Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2017 will take place in Hanoi and HCM City on July 18-19.

Learn about Furoshiki - Japanese wrapping technique in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will organize a classroom on Furoshiki, Japanese wrapping technique, at 27 Quang Trung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on July 9.

Two French movies to be screened at L’Espace Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Two French movies “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” (Holidays of Kid Nicolas) and “Vandal” will come to Hanoi on June 30 and July 2.

Billions of VND saved in the recent three in one school exam

Bui Van Ga, Deputy Minister of Education, speaks to Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper about positive changes in launching the ‘three in one’ examination for 12th graders in Viet Nam.

VN, Laos discuss budget, public debt management decentralisation

The Vietnamese National Assembly Finance and Budget Committee and the Planning, Finance and Audit Committee of the Lao NA jointly held a conference to discuss decentralisation of state budget and public debt management on June 27.

VN takes step to own universe technology

 The Vietnam Universe Center will become a modern science and technology center of the country and top universe centers of ASEAN after project of the National Satellite Center is expected to be put into operation in 2018.

Gov’t Inspectorate to investigate asset origin of Yen Bai official

Yen Bai has proposed the Government Inspectorate to investigate the use purpose change of a land parcel for director of the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Sy Quy.

Vietnamese movie joins BIFAN

The film The girl from yesterday by director Phan Gia Nhat Linh will participate in the 21st Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival – BIFAN which will take place in South Korea from July 13-23.

South Korean visitors up sharply

 Vietnam welcomed 890,000 visitors from South Korea in the first five months of this year, a 40 per cent increase year-on-year.

Vietnam wins 20 gold medals at Eastern Asian youth chess championships

Vietnam officially concluded its campaign at the second Eastern Asian Youth Chess Championships 2017 on June 25, racking up a total of 20 gold, 20 silver and 12 bronze medals across different age groups for both boys and girls.

Vietnamese contestant wins prize at international Tchaikovsky competition

 Vietnamese contestant Le Quang Tien, 15, won a special auxiliary prize at the tenth International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians which took place in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana from June 15-25.