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Vietnam triumphs at Vovinam Championship in Algeria

 Vietnamese martial artists secured their fourth consecutive championship title at the World Vovinam (Vietnamese Martial Arts) Championship after bagging 19 gold and five silver medals.

Experts worry about quality of costly museums

A new museum project in HCM City has been met with skepticism and criticism as there are already too few visitors and too few artifacts for the number of museums the city already has.

24-year-old boy becomes Vietnam’s youngest chief pilot

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Quang Dat, 24, from Hanoi is the chief pilot of Jetstar Pacific and the youngest chief pilot of Vietnam.

What is the maximum time of house ownership for foreigners?

Foreigners can buy and own houses in Vietnam for a 50 year period. If the owners sell or give their houses to foreign institutions and individuals within that period, the recipients will have the right to possess the house for the remaining time. 

Famous figures tower over City artist's sculpture garden

Located in a small alley in District 10 in HCM City, the garden in the small house owned by sculptors Nguyen Sang and Lai Thi Kim Thanh is like an outdoor museum, featuring 500 statues of famous figures, both Vietnamese and foreigners.

Photos: Dawn on Ly Son Island – Dawn of work

 Arriving at Ly Son island district, visitors are often met with the sights of industrious local people and fishermen working at the wharfs as well as of the onion and garlic fields and winding paths in the dim light of the early morning.

Construction sends land sliding into rivers, canals

 VietNamNet Bridge – With more and more construction constricting and speeding up the flow of HCM City's canals and rivers, eight more landslides have occurred on their banks this year alone, all at new spots, taking the all-time number to 45.

Housing market has great appeal for foreigners after law changes

The real estate market, especially the high-end segment, has seen a revival and is likely to develop strongly from here thanks to the amendments to the Housing Law that permits foreigners and overseas Vietnamese to buy housing

Impressive village gates in Hanoi

On the road just 2km along To Lich River, Hanoi, there are dozens of large and small village gates, which are entrances to Thanh Liet commune. These gates, the symbol of old villages in northern Vietnam, still exist in modern Hanoi.

Mobile 3G charges in Vietnam are cheap but not good

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many mobile users in Vietnam want to know whether mobile 3G rates in Vietnam are high or low compared to the average of the region and the world.

Ly Hoang Nam to compete in Egypt

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will participate in the men's F26-28 Futures in Egypt, slated for August 10.

Liem aims for top ranking in chess

 Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem aims to be among the top three players in the men's standard event at the 2015 Asian Continental Chess Championships.

Vietnam holds flag-raising ceremony for submarines

 A flag-raising ceremony for two new submarines was solemnly conducted at Cam Ranh military port in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 1.

Singapore’s National Day celebrated in HCM City

 The Singaporean Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City hosted a ceremony in the evening of July 31 to celebrate the country’s 50 th National Day.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan presents credentials

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Nguyen Quoc Cuong presented his credentials to Japanese Emperor Akihito in Tokyo on July 31.

Deputy PM wraps up visit to Mozambique

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai left Mozambique on August 1, concluding his official visit to the African country.

Hundreds die in work accidents

VietNamNet Bridge – Construction and machinery installation jobs are the most dangerous in the country. Together they accounted for 30 per cent of work-related accidents nationwide,

Thailand tops at the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup

 Thailand became the new champion of the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Cup and walked away with 10,000 USD in cash prize after defeating China's Liaoning 3-1 in the final match.

The ask-and-grant mechanism and US billionaires’ beliefs

VietNamNet Bridge - Many American billionaires have made investments in Vietnam because they believe they can find great opportunities here, though Vietnam is a developing country with a different business culture.

Higher jobless rate for workers with tertiary-level education

VietNamNet Bridge - Official reports showed there are more people with higher education are jobless than untrained workers.