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Filming set to begin on TV series featuring crime fighters

 VietNamNet Bridge – The filming of the longest-running TV series on the lives of Viet Nam’s criminal police will start in HCM City next week.

Expenditures for law-making are insufficient

 VietNamNet would like to introduce part 3 of the talks "To not make laws in heaven" with the participation of Prof. Dang Hung Vo, Dr. Hoang Ngoc Giao and Lawyer Nguyen Ngoc Lan.

Explore special ancient temple in Vung Tau

VietNamNet Bridge – Hon Ba Temple in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau is one of the most special temples in Vietnam. It was built in 1781 to worship the Thuy Long goddess.

Life still difficult for HIV/AIDS affected kids

 VietNamNet Bridge – Children affected by HIV/AIDS continue to face discrimination and other challenges despite significant gains made in efforts to help them, officials said at a meeting yesterday.

Young people join environmental protection communication

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send two entries to an international photo and poster contest on environmental protection, launched by United Nations in Vienna.

800,000 addicts need Methadone

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Tin Tuc (News) about the need to screen drug addicts before sending them to rehabilitation centres.

Vietnam cashew exporters to add value with further processing

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam aims to increase export value of cashew nuts by more extensive processing instead of exporting raw or preliminarily processed products.

HCM City hopes technology can clean up dirty pork industry

 Pork is by far the most consumed meat in Vietnam – which has an average annual consumption rate of approximately 30 kg per person per year, according to official statistics.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau reports second Zika case

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on Monday reported a second Zika virus infection, an older sister of the first patient.

Five Vietnamese among World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese scientists have been recognised as among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds in a list compiled by the multinational media and information firm Thomson Reuters.

Quang Ninh’s expressway project goes to local investors

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province on Monday (Nov 21) announced a domestic investor partnership to build a US$622million expressway, after rejecting a proposal to borrow money from China for the project.

Vietnam Music Academy celebrates 60th birthday

 VietNamNet Bridge – A variety of activities will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM),

VinaCapital sells trophy asset for $100 million

 The Vietnam Opportunity Fund, managed by VinaCapital Group, has sold its entire holding in an unnamed trophy asset for US$100 million to a newly-formed hospitality joint venture between it and US private equity firm Warburg Pincus.

VN says dependence on Chinese imports shrinks

 Efforts to decrease the trade deficit with China is an important policy and one of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s chief concerns, in addition to increasing exports to this market, says Industry and Trade Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai.

VietinBank to strengthen operational risk management

 VietNamNet Bridge – In mid-November, VietinBank hosted a conference entitled “Operational risk management: An update on current trends and recommended application in commercial banks of Vietnam” in Hanoi. 

Management of river environment to be improved

 Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha has decided to establish a steering committee to monitor the project on strengthening the environmental management of river basins.

Nguyen Dynasty documents on display

 King Minh Mạng’s various administrative and royal documents under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are on display at an exhibition that opened yesterday in Hanoi.

Badminton festival to take place in HCM City

 The 2016 badminton tournament is scheduled to take place at the Ho Xuan Huong Gymnasium in HCM City between November 25-27.

New Australia Awards scholars set to study in Australia

 The Australian Embassy has invited a new group of 53 Australia Awards scholars to leave Việt Nam for postgraduate studies in Australia in early 2017.

Initiative aims to boost tourism in Mekong area

 The Mekong Initiative for Startup Tourism (MIST) has been launched in HCM City to boost investment and innovation in the tourism sector in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.