HCM City may allow battery-powered vehicles on downtown streets next year; New proposal tackles rural poverty; Education authority issues new regulations on private tutoring; Hanoi pilots e-ticket system for buses; Bird flu could spread by bus

Vietnam attracts US$10 bil in FDI in eight months; Japanese firm keen to invest in Dung Quat EZ; Office rentals in Vietnam higher than Malaysia, Philippines; Experts talk up VN as investment destination; Real estate signals recovery

 If you still think January is the only month of festivals, you’re probably wrong. Never before have September and October been so festive with a series of festivals enough to fill up your bucket list.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport said any ports found to violate regulations on overloading from the second time will be closed for a period of between one and three months, a sanction accepted by all ports at a meeting here on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large amounts of money are expected to be pumped into the southern housing market, especially in HCM City, which is recovering rapidly, according to analysts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FIFA has announced a US$800,000 grant to the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) to develop their youth football.

 The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on September 19 selected Indonesia as a host country of the next Asian Games in 2019 (ASIAD 18) in lieu of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City collects environmental protection fees equal to 10 percent of the tap water price, and is now planning a fee for water drainage, to be equal to 25 percent of the tap water price.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Van Du's machine to split bamboo not only enriched the inventor; it also raised earnings for his fellow villagers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A desolate church in Van Ly commune, Hai Hau district, in Nam Dinh province still attracts many tourists and photographers as it is a beautiful spot where the sky, sea, sun, wind and sand converge.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Famed Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant, who has staged a number of ballet performances in HCM City, has high regard for the talent of Vietnamese ballet dancers.

 VietNamNet Bridge –  The average monthly income of a Vietnamese worker was ND4.6 million in the second quarter of the year, a figure that the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in its report called “fabulous”.  

 With its vast cajeput forests and beautiful scenery, the Gao Giong Eco-Tourism Area in the Mekong Delta is an attractive destination, especially in the flood season.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the shortage of funding for Vietnamese researchers, Hoang Ngoc Anh persevered with her work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It would be difficult to achieve the target of universalising pre-school education for five-year-old children by the end of next year, agreed educational experts at a conference this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thach Kim Tuan is Viet Nam's top hope for the men's 56kg category at the upcoming 17th Asian Games in South Korea, following an impressive performance at the recent Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more urbanites are frequenting shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores, but traditional markets remain even more popular among consumers, a survey has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This chicken has four legs, with four toes per foot. The two extra legs appear just above the left thigh, below the anus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World-level marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh of Vietnam has won the right to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Soc Trang musician Danh Sol brought new life to the Khmer tradition of pentatonic music.