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Hollywood director to serve as judge in short film-making contest

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”  will serve as head judge in the 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam.

Strong steel export may invite sanctions abroad

 Vietnam’s steel export has grown a strong 35% in the first five months of this year but such robust growth may induce protectionist actions by overseas markets, said the Vietnam Steel Association.

Localism impedes central region’s tourist development

The central region and Central Highlands of Vietnam have developed tourism in a manner of every man for himself and localism, resulting in benefit dispute among localities who have restrained each other’s development at all levels.

Internet TV: challenge and opportunity

It is golden time for transfering tradition television to internet television, said Internet TV Phan Thanh Gian, managing director of Clip TV at a recent seminar.

Fashion show features “retro-style” clothes in HCM City

 The fashion show titled “Away We Wow - Things we do for love" featuring latest designs by Adrian Anh Tuan will take place in  Ho Chi Minh City on June 18.

Vietnam Junior Fashion Week returns

 The third Vietnam Junior Fashion Week will be held at Gamuda Gardens in Hanoi on June 16-18.

Preschoolers in disadvantaged areas exempted tuition fee from 2018

Preschool students in disadvantaged areas will get tuition fee exemption from 2018 as per new policies of Vietnam.

Medical insurance to be adjusted by 2019

 Vietnamese Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien proposed to change medical insurance pledging no more overloaded hospitals from 2020.

HCM City needs over $5.64 billion for development investment

 Ho Chi Minh City needs to mobilize VND128 trillion (US$5.64 billion) from now until 2020 for development investment, reported the Department of Planning and Investment yesterday.

Rescuers asked to avoid pollution in saving stranded foreign tanker

A delegation of the National Committee for Search and Rescue arrived on Phu Quy Island, the south central province of Binh Thuan, on June 14 to direct the rescue of a foreign cargo vessel stranded near the island. 

International cuisine at festival in Hanoi

Locals and tourists in Hanoi will have the opportunity to taste different cuisines during a food festival at the Octagon House near Ly Thai To flower garden from June 16-17.

Sculptor Ta Quang Bao: I can assert myself only through art

Veteran sculptor Ta Quang Bao was recently honoured at the 2016 Ho Chi Minh Awards for Literature and the Arts for his endless contributions to the country’s development of the arts. 

CEG Music Festival 2017 to open in July

 CEG Music Festival 2017 (CMF 2017) will take place from July 29 to August 6, promising to offer a professional art playground with a series of art activities.

Child patient treated successfully for rare internal carotid artery aneurysm

 Doctors at Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital have successfully performed surgery on a child patient with a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm, a rare case in Vietnamese medicine.

How to control medical imports

Nguyen Viet Tien, Deputy Minister of Health, speaks to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about challenges the health sector faces when importing second-hand high tech medical equipment.

Famed singer Thu Minh to debut in her birthplace, Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Viet Nam’s A-listed songstress Thu Minh will perform this month in Ha Noi for the first time in a concert called "Fire Phoenix".

Ice Cube gets Hollywood star, thanks all 'who helped me get here'

 Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday and thanked everyone who helped his career in music and movies.

Foreign tourists may be subject to $1 surcharge

 Draft amendments to the Law on Tourism submitted to the National Assembly on June 19 include a proposal to impose a $1 surcharge on all foreign tourists coming to the country.

Japanese support pushing agriculture forward

Mr. Kakioka Naoki, Senior Representative at JICA Vietnam, tells VET's Quynh Nguyen about the advantages and disadvantages for Vietnam's agriculture sector in the global value chain.

Vietnamese real estate market continues showing irresistible appeal to foreign investors

 The Vietnamese real estate market continues to attract capital from regional foreign investors, mostly through mergers and acquisitions.