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Stilt house of the Raglai

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Raglai prefer to build their stilt houses on high land areas near a water resource. Each hamlet has several stilt houses and the villagers are of the same clan.

Tax Office gets tough on defaults

 VietNamNet Bridge – Companies that fail to pay taxes will face consequences, Nguyen Thi Hai Yen, head of the Department of Communications and Support Office of the Ha Noi Tax Office, told Dau Tu newspaper.

Original houses of Ha Nhi ethnic minority people

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Nhi ethnic minority people in Nam Pung Commune, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province are well-known for houses with old-fashioned grass roofs.

Facebook an important part of daily life in Vietnam

30 million Vietnamese people use social networks at some time, primarily on a smartphone. Every day nearly 20 million people do so, with some 17 million using smartphones, which is around 13 per cent higher than the global average.

Joint declaration underlines US-Viet Nam ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Tuan, director of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, spoke with Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper on the meaning of the Joint Declaration on Vision of the Viet Nam-US Relationship

Government News 18/7

 Chinese Vice Premier tours Vietnam-China Friendship Palace, Seminar spotlights legal harmonisation in building ASEAN Community, NA chairman receives Lao PM, Vietnam, Cambodia conduct joint field inspection on border incident

Sabeco rejects tax arrears finding

 Beverage giant challenges decision of State Audit Office that it must pay tax arrears for 2013.

Obesity: 'Slim chance' of return to normal weight

 The chance of returning to a normal weight after becoming obese is only one in 210 for men and one in 124 for women over a year, research suggests.

Vietnamese fresh rolls bewitch international travelers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banh xeo (pancakes), nem nuong (baked rolls), banh cong (cong cakes)... are the roll cuisines that foreign tourists highly recommended to try in Vietnam.

More foreign investors listed on VN’s stock market

 As many as 81 foreign investors, including 15 organizations and 66 individuals were granted with stock transaction codes in June only, according to the Viet Nam Securities Depository (VSD).

Hosting the SEA Games - tale of two cities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Will it be Ha Noi or HCM City? Cost considerations may prove decisive as the government mulls where to organise the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2021.

HCM City metro costs increase by $700 million

  The cost of constructing Metro Line 2 in HCM City is expected to exceed the initial estimate by more than US$700 million, the head of the metro project said yesterday.

Vietnamese question use of Japanese post-harvesting preservation technology

VietNamNet Bridge - While the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) says the cell alive system (CAS), a farm produce preservation technology, is suitable to Vietnam, farmers and exporters remain undecided.

Place to play in Hanoi Old Quarter

 Every Saturday night a free playground for kids is set up on Dao Duy Tu Street in the Old Quarter, with about 30 different pieces of equipment and other things to keep the kids occupied.

Underground water in Hanoi contains arsenic

VietNamNet Bridge - Several districts in Hanoi have been listed by scientists as areas with underground water contaminated with arsenic.

What do unemployed university graduates do?

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2015 report by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed that one out of every four unemployed workers has either junior college (3-year training) or higher tertiary level education. 

Health insurance coverage starts to fall

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Luong Son, Director, Department of Health Insurance Policy, speaks to Nong thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) about Viet Nam's healthcare coverage expansion plans

ASEAN community festival celebrates with films and photos

 VietNamNet Bridge – A festival of photos and documentaries on the ASEAN peoples will be organised in December following the success of previous events in 2010 and 2013.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/7

Farmers gain lower profit in H1, VND18 trillion raised in treasury bill sale, High-end apartments by West Lake attractive to customers, Many machines sold at MTA Vietnam 2015, Bosch joins hands with International University

Credit Suisse sells 5 million shares of Hoang Anh Gia Lai

 VietNamNet Bridge – On July 6-9, Credit Suisse sold 5 million shares of Hoang Anh Gia Lai JSC (HAGL). But this organization does not currently have any representative at HAGL.