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Teachers key to education reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Nguyen Mau Banh, general secretary and vice president of the Viet Nam Veteran Teacher Association, spoke to Vanguard (Tien Phong) newspaper about changes in the country's education system.

Stylish billboards and lighting fill Saigon skyline

 Another year has flown by and the skyline of Saigon is once again filled with a cornucopia of vibrantly colourful and fashionable billboards and LED displays in the lead up to National Reunification Day (April 30).

Images: The most special birds in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge - Flocks of pigeons appear regularly near the Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral and have been there a long time, thanks to the efforts of

Investment incentives under new regulations to take effect from July

VietNamNet Bridge - Unlike the 2005 Investment Law, the new Investment Law in 2014 includes clearer details about business sectors subject to investment incentives.

Three-striped box turtles a precious commodity in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - The price of Golden coin turtle (or Chinese three-striped box turtle) in Vietnam is around VND300 million (nearly $15,000) per kilo. In China and Hong Kong, the price is nearly VND1 billion ($50,000) per kilo.

New book records war stories for posterity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Colonel Tran Minh Son, the former chief of the Sai Gon - Cho Lon - Gia Dinh liberation army commandos during the Anti-American War, says he'll remember the words of his supervisor until the day he dies.

1975 spring victory features Vietnam’s military art success

The great victory of the resistance war against the US aggressors constitutes “the triumph of Vietnam’s military arts and guidelines under the Party’s sound and creative leadership”, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asserted.

Hanoi takes measures to prepare for monsoon season

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the monsoon season approaches, Ha Noi authorities have developed several scenarios to cope with flooding to protect people and their produce.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/4

 Vietnam to set up five fishery centres, Life insurance records strong growth in first two months, Hanoi to drop stagnant FDI projects, Customs officers accused of asking for bribes, Japan's Nitori to build second furniture plant in Vietnam

Metro’s transfer pricing practices unmasked by GDT

VietNamNet Bridge - Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam, the German invested retailer, which repeatedly reported losses over the last 12 years in Vietnam, has engaged in transfer pricing to evade tax, according to the General Department of Taxation (GDT).

Japanese take prudent steps towards Vietnamese housing market

VietNamNet Bridge - Japanese investors have shown their interest in the Vietnamese housing market, but they have been very cautious about their investment decisions.  

Villagers worship 22m-long whale skeleton

 VietNamNet Bridge - The largest whale skeleton in Vietnam dating back 250 years is preserved in the central province of Binh Thuan. Every day local people still burn incense and worship the skeleton with special respect.

Photos: Visit the old house of Tan Ky in Hoi An

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located at 101 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street of Hoi An ancient town, Tan Ky old house is a perfect example of an 18th merchant’s residence in this once-important commercial port town.

Da Nang to build stronger homes in disaster prone areas

VietNamNet Bridge – The central city has created a pilot programme to build stronger houses in disaster-affected areas in co-operation with domestic and foreign insurance companies. 

VN firms can succeed in huge halal food market

 VietNamNet Bridge – While Muslims are a minority in Viet Nam, the halal food industry here has great potential, Abdullah Abdulrohman, director of the Halal Viet Nam Export and Import Co Ltd, said.

The kids of Babylift campaign in the past and present

Forty years after the US airlift campaign that brought about 3,000 Vietnamese orphans abroad, how are the kids today? Some of them are lucky to have a family, some are still searching for their origins, and some now live in Vietnam.

Bookfest fosters the reading habit

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a small stage decorated minimally with a bamboo bed and a house made out of a carton with a thatched roof, a group of students from To Hoang primary school performed the play Su Tich Cay Vu Sua

Sua wood dispute between Hanoi authorities and people turns violent

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has approved the sale of sua trees grown by local residents, but Hanoi People’s Committee says that city authorities have the right to decide what to do with the precious wood.

Thyroid gland endoscopy technique popular among world’s surgeons

The sophisticated endoscopy surgery technique invented by Associate Professor Dr Tran Ngoc Luong, the director of the Hanoi-based Central Hospital of Endocrinology, has been recognized worldwide.

Teacher’s slap raises controversy among modern Vietnamese parents

“I raised my hand towards my student and gave him a slap as he irritated me by answering me back,” is a sentence written by a teacher found in an “advice column” of a local newspaper.