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Art & Entertainment News 9/6

 HCM City to host 19th Vietnam Film Festival, Designer Chung to judge Atlantic City pageant, RoK ensemble to tune up for HCM City, Mountainous Lang Son moves to preserve festivals, Vietnam named Environmental Photographer of the Year 2015

Swedish Music Night in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three bands from Sweden will perform at ATK, 73A Mai Hac De, Hanoi on June 11.

MOIT, experts disagree on bauxite projects

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said the Tan Rai and Nhan Co bauxite projects are highly efficient, but scientists say they will cause serious consequences.

Vietnamese shuttlers up for the challenge

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam are taking part in the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with their best badminton players who are expected to defend their two bronze medals in Singapore.

HSBC to cut 20,000 jobs globally

 HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, is planning to cut 20,000 jobs around the world as it tries to reduce costs and simplify its business.

ISPs ensure Internet connectivity as AAG undergoes maintenance

 Viet Nam's Internet service providers announced that they have implemented solutions to ensure the stability of Internet connections between the country and other nations.

VN counters Indonesia steel tariffs

 Viet Nam is taking steps to protect local steel exporters' rights in the wake of safeguard measures taken by some import countries.

Seventh death in South Korea Mers outbreak

 A seventh person has died in South Korea after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), says the health ministry.

NA urges change to agricultural sector

 National Assembly deputies yesterday voiced their opinions about the government's supplementary reports on several socio-economic development plans' implementation in 2014 and early 2015.

Travel News in Brief

Marvelling at the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay, Vietjet launches HCMC-Seoul route, Vietnam likely to scrap visas for UK, France, Australia and more, A green valley of serenity in northern Vietnam

VN are in Group G at AFC Championship

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will be in Group G at the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship 2016 qualifiers that will be held in Bahrain from September 28 to October 6.

Health Ministry issues plan against MERS-CoV

 The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on June 6 issued an action plan against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in an effort to promptly detect and treat infected cases and to prevent an outbreak of the disease in Vietnam.

Hanoi to host Vietnam ICT summit

The Vietnam information and communication technology (ITC) summit will be held in Hanoi later this month, drawing about 600 leaders of State agencies, and domestic and foreign economic groups, scientists, experts and journalists.

Historic dam renovated in Hue City

 Dap Da, an almost-one-hundred-year-old dam in central Thua Thien-Hue province, will be renovated at a total cost of 19 billion VND (8.7 million USD), said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Cao.

SEA Games 28: More gold medals secured for Vietnam

 Wushu artists Hoang Van Cao and Nguyen Van Tai on June 8 brought home two gold medals in the men’s Sanda-60kg and men’s Sanda-65kg categories after beating their rivals from the Philippines and Myanmar at the 28th SEA Games.

Vietnam’s first Dreamliner to fly at Paris Air Show

 The national carrier Vietnam Airlines said on June 8 that its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will participate in a flying display at the 51 st Paris Air Show, running from June 15-21 at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France.

$950mil. homebuyer support package launched

 A credit package worth some 20 trillion VND (952.3 million USD) will be released to support homebuyers interested in commercial and urban housing projects, reported Xay Dung, the Ministry of Construction's e-paper.

Chinese try to corner farm produce market in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - The Central Highlands’ pepper market has heated up with the presence of Chinese businessmen who are scrambling to compete with Vietnamese to buy pepper.

Vietnam attends FAO Conference’s 39th session

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan has joined 193 others from member nations of FAO at the ongoing 39 th session of the FAO Conference in Rome, Italy.

Image: The most expensive roads in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a projected cost of VND2.5 billion per meter for the belt road No. 1 in Hanoi, a new record for the most expensive road in Vietnam is about to be made.