Vegetarian food popular on first full-moon day, Oriental medicine week to open in HCM City, Binh Dinh welcomes first sea tourists of new lunar year, Bac Giang: over 9.7 mln USD for new-style rural building

VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam continues importing chemicals from China, it will have to rely on Chinese imports and accept low-quality products, experts have warned.

 Plum flowers are blossoming all across the mountains and forests in the northwestern province of Son La, drawing numerous tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Viet Trung of the Institute of Mathematics under the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology tells Khoa hoc & Doi song that funds allotted for sci-tech development need to be used wisely.

 It is a great delight for those who have a chance to visit Ma Rung Lu Quan, an inn located in the forest in the Central Highlands city of Dalat in Lam Dong Province.

 Binh Duong Province has been known nationwide for its craft villages of making wooden clogs, lacquer and pottery products.

Some parents are seeking extracurricular classes including piano, painting, swimming, martial art, and ballet dancing for their children apart from formal classes and after-school classes for further knowledge and high marks at school.  

The government has finally allowed Vietnamese to gamble at casinos. However, because of strict requirements set by the watchdog agency, it will be not easy for locals to enter casinos.

VietNamNet Bridge - In HCMC and Hanoi, air pollution caused by vehicles is even more serious than pollution from industrial zones, environmental experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Technological and financial limitations are major development constraints for the local supply industry,

 Leading telecom service providers Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone are scrambling to put up base transceiver stations and pilot 4G services to be ready to officially offer them this quarter.

 In the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, there are folk games across the country, including tug-of-war, swinging and cock fighting. For many Vietnamese, the games are part of their childhood.

“Brain-drain” has become a common phrase for recent years. As start-up movement in Vietnam has been developing, making Vietnam a start-up nation, young generations have planned to come back the motherland.

 Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha said he would take responsibility for a 13-fold increase in school violence over the past 10 years.

 The Ministry of Transport has changed plans for the north-south highway project due to capital shortages. Only around 600km of the total route will be built first.

 The National Traffic Safety Committee has asked Hanoi police to investigate a state-owned blue number-plated car which was found travelling along a lane reserved for the bus rapid transit (BRT).

 Chinese investment into Vietnam has been on a sharp rise, putting the country among the top ten foreign investors in Vietnam.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on February 10 held lengthy and substantive talks with Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mirzaev Zoiyr in Hanoi.

 Chairman of the Czech-Vietnam Association Marcel Winter criticised the arguments against the Czech Republic’s reception of foreign workers, including Vietnamese ones, during a TV debate programme on February 9.

 Tourists from China have descended upon the quiet city of Nha Trang with selfie-sticks waving in the air and cameras flashing every few seconds. Locals would like to know what all the fuss is about.