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 VietNamNet Bridge – Unrealistic regulations and corruption emerging from the decentralisation of hiring and administration of civil servants in the education sector have led to uneven distribution of teachers nationwide,

Non-aviation revenue in the airport business, including sales per passenger through ACV (Airports Corporation of Vietnam), is $1, compared with the average of $10-12 in Asia and $4-5 in Thailand and Malaysia.

 New generation train of Saigon- Nha Trang route opened, Vietnam short on food safety control budget, HCMC to replace 196,000 energy-guzzling bulbs, Ben Tre to build dams to cope with drought and salinity intrusion

Not only are they expanding networks by setting up new shops, home appliance chains are also trying to change their business models and increase online sales in an effort to get bigger market share.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Like many other craft villages around the country, a village making kitchen god statues in Thua Thien-Hue Province struggles to survive in the market economy. But one family has set aside economic rules to preserve the craft.

 Endowed with the charming natural scenery, Thoi Son isle in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang now becomes an ecotourism site.

 2016 was a successful year for the tourism sector, with a record number of 10 million foreign tourists along with a breakthrough in improving the image of Vietnam’s tourism through a campaign to scrutinize the accommodation system nationwide.

 When it comes to Luc Ngan (Bac Giang province), people usually think about bunches of red lychees from garden to garden. Few people know that this midland area is home to a bewitching landscape – Khuon Than Lake. 

  Bai Tu Long Bay in the northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh is described as a secret heaven as it is less known than its sister Ha Long Bay, which is compared a glamorous beauty queen surrounded by flowers.

 Engaging farmers in tourism is a new way to boost the sustainable development of the non-smoking industry in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

 Hon Do beach in the central province of Ninh Thuan is a dormant treasure waiting to be discovered and developed. Tourists should come, but only if they promise to protect the pristine beauty of the site.

 Vietnam energy development toward 2020

 Sea desertification is a problem that is becoming more severe around the globe, including in Vietnam.

Nearly 60 kilometres away from the centre of HCMC, Can Gio Mangrove has been recognised by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve with primeval forests and abundant floral cover. It was also the sight of a number of glorious battles in the past.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the 140th meeting of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland from January 23-25. 

 Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has been invited to share Vietnam’s experience and success lessons on tuberculosis (TB) prevention at a WHO global conference on the fight against TB in Moscow, Russia, this November.

 Whenever the Lunar New Year (Tet) comes, normally from the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year to the New Year eve, Vietnamese families visit their ancestors’ tombs and clean gravesites. 

There is a unique market of ethnic minorities in the mountainous region which is located about 15km from the centre of Son La city. The fair is held on Wednesday and Sunday and has become part of the cultural life of the local ethnic people.

 "Banh Chung" (square glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake of Vietnamese people during Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.