VietNamNet Bridge – A team of veterans unwilling to idle their retirement days away deliver yeoman service to their communities by working hard, for free, to build bridges and roads. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Imagine having your left foot almost cut off while on a boat out at sea. Imagine the pain and hopelessness of the situation.

Park Chulho, director general of Kotra Hanoi, discussed with VIR the highlights of South Korean investment and future trends.

 Construction of a reservoir to collect water leaking from the Hon Rọ dumping site in the central Khanh Hoa Province’s Ninh Hoa Commune must be completed soon, the People’s Committee has said.

Vietnamese football clubs are on the hunt for fresh players for the second leg of the national premier league, which will begin in late June.

 Scientists recently unearthed various traces of human beings at three caves in the central province of Nghe An, dating back to 3,000-8,000 years ago.

 The 4th Young Fine Arts Festival, featuring creative works of art by young Vietnamese artists, will be organised in Hanoi this October.

 There have been more than 15,000 cases of dengue fever in the south so far this year, according to the Pasteur Institute of HCM City.

Traditional cultural features of various ethnic groups residing in northern plateau of Moc Chau in Son La Province will be on show at the National Village for Vietnam’s Ethnic Culture and Tourism between April 29 and May 1.

 Viet Nam Tuoi Dep (Beautiful Viet Nam, a new music video praising the beauty of Viet Nam, with 40 Vietnamese artists, has been released to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30).

 As many as 62 new bus routes will be launched in Hanoi by 2020 to meet the local demand and reduce traffic jams, according to Ha Huy Quang, Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Transportation.

Vietnamese movie Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait) earned around VND13billion (US$570,000) in a three-day screening last weekend, making it the highest revenue-earning local film from a sneak preview.

 Companies from Singapore to Finland are racing to improve artificial intelligence so software can automatically spot and block videos of grisly murders and mayhem before they go viral on social media.

Lao newspapers have carried a number of stories on their front pages highlighting the official visit to Laos by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc from April 26-27.

 FDI to Vietnam increases by 40.5% in first 4 months

 FPT will cooperate with French businesses to promote the fourth industrial revolution, FPT chairman Truong Gia Binh said at a workshop held in Paris on Wednesday.

 The CEO of Euro Auto company, an authorised BMW cars dealer in HCM City, has been arrested for allegedly smuggling luxury cars into the country.

 Viet Nam’s Duong Thi Viet Anh won a bronze medal in women’s high jump in the second leg of Asian Grand Prix in China on April 27.

 Police in northern Ha Nam Province’s Kim Bang District will investigate a man for allegedly abusing children, head of the district police Le Van Tuan has said.

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