VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is buying new buses, upgrading existing buses and creating more bus routes to attract riders as the number of riders continues to fall.  

 Ho Chi Minh City-based Terra Wood is planning to develop two renewable energy plants in the central province of Quang Ngai to tap into the local wind and solar resources.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam loses 2.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually due to traffic accidents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Viet Hung, former deputy head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee on Forest Management, Protection Development, spoke to Viet Nam News Agency about forest management.

 The fish sauce market is witnessing increasingly fierce competition between many famous brand names that use both industrial and traditional methods like Unilever, Masan Consumer, Phu Quoc, and Phan Thiet.

Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh hailed the Vietnam-Indonesia Strategic Partnership relations in all areas at a meeting on August 5.

 The first season of Junior Masterchef Vietnam has been launched to search for budding kid chefs in the country. Children aged between 8 and 14 can now register to attend the cooking competition at www.vuadaubepnhi.vtv.vn until September 5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 1968, the Beatles came out with a song called “Money Can’t Buy Me Love”. The idea that money, or material goods, doesn’t equal happiness has since become somewhat clichéd.

The number of business disputes brought to commercial arbitration has been increasing steadily. Around 146 cases were resolved at VIAC (Vietnam International Arbitration Center) in 2015, while 80 cases were resolved in the first half of 2016.

 VNPT has proposed the government allow it to own a 20 per cent stake in MobiFone.

At 1,800 metres above sea level, the Muong La District in northern Vietnam is famous for its cool climate and hot mineral springs. It is commonly referred to as a miniature Da Lat and a great tourist destination.

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VietNamNet Bridge – The showbiz network and audiences in Viet Nam are familiar with professional dancer Daniel Denev, who performed on Dancing with the Stars, winning the televised contest in 2014 and 2015.

 Vietnam aims to win one or two medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with highest hope pinned on weightlifters Thach Kim Tuan and Vuong Thi Huyen and marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh. 

 Authorities of the northern city of Ha Long have suspended a golf course project which has resulted in a mud overflowing into local houses after heavy rain on Wednesday.

After hackers stole $65 million Bitcoins from Hongkong-based Bitfinex, many Bitcoin exchange platforms in the world have suspended Bitcoin transactions. The incident directly affected the Bitcoin transaction market in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Ho lotus tea is listed among 1,793 intangible cultural heritages in Ha Noi,

 Many industries in Vietnam, especially those relating to engineering, information technology, health care, textiles and footwear, are forecast to have a great demand for employees in the coming years. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Earlier this week, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who has been in his post for three months, asked his cabinet to be pioneers in practising thriftiness and cutting spending.

Vietnam’s real estate market has seen scores of cross-border marriages over the past years, but not all of them saw a happy ending due to the parties’ disagreements.