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Gardener's passion for orchids blooms

 VietNamNet Bridge – People call Tran Tuan Anh "the King of Orchids" because he owns two large gardens measuring more than 4,000 square metres in Ha Noi and Bac Ninh.

Registration time for silent electric scooters

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those low-slung electric scooters ridden silently through the streets by Vietnamese children now have to be registered.

Concert to mark musical heritage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some of the most outstanding Vietnamese musical works created since the beginning of the last century will be performed at a concert at the HCM City Opera House on Sunday.

Fight against corruption highlights lingering issues

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's campaign against corruption continues to progress, although the lack of a system to control corruption is a major impediment, financial expert Bui Kien Thanh told Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

Hanoians lack clean water, blame use of Chinese technology

Many Hanoians often lack clean water because the pipeline, made with low-cost Chinese technology, often breaks down.

Logistics firms to cater to foreigners’ demand for warehouses

Building workshops and warehouses to lease to foreign investors proves to be a good way for Vietnamese logistics firms to “obtain some pieces of the logistics cake”.

Highlights of int’l responses to current developments in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – The following are the highlights of international responses to current developments provoked by the illegal installation of Chinese oil rig in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Viet Nam.

An impetus for Vietnamese karate

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Karate Federation has recently decided to dismiss Le Cong, the veteran coach of the national karate team, after his 13 years of working hard and training many generations of the country’s karate martial artists.

Extensive activities to protect national sovereignty

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past month, Viet Nam has conducted a string of diplomatic activities to request China to immediately withdraw its oil rig from Viet Nam’s waters and call on the international community to support

iPhone users in VN safe from recent hacker attacks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Millions of iPhone users in Vietnam can sigh with relief as BKAV, the best known internet security solution provider in Vietnam, has said that users were not hurt by hacking of many iPhone users in Australia and the US.

Impressive bends on Hanh Phuc Road

The 4C highway from Ha Giang town through Quan Ba, Yen Minh to Dong Van rock plateau is especially attractive to tourists with its bends. Some photos of the bends on the road named Hanh Phuc (Happiness).

Buddhism shines light into HIV/AIDS darkness

 VietNamNet Bridge – When I arrived, Nguyen Van Kien (name changed) was lying on a bare, rickety bed made of thin wooden planks.

Vietnam’s chance in a possible suit against China

Dr Nguyen Ba Dien, director of the Centre for the Sea and International Marine Law under the Hanoi-based National University, says Vietnam is likely to bring China to international jurisdiction organisations given its violation of international law

With its oil rig deployment, China has multiple goals

When setting its oil rig in Vietnam's waters, China has targeted more than one goal. It has tried to alleviate tension, but at the same time continue the East Sea de facto occupation and its economic resource exploitation plans.

New laws promote ease of business

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is changing its laws on enterprises and investment to boost the ease of doing business in the country.

PM calls for public service reform

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has vowed to build a clean and effective public service, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Tuan Anh told the Viet Nam Economics Times.

Expert discloses how to popularise Vietnamese cuisine

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director of the Vietnam Institute of Culinary Research Dr. Han Nguyen Nguyen Nha launched a project entitled ‘Vietnamese Kitchen’ to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the world.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/6

 Rice exports to China up in volume, value; Vietnam, Russia accelerate interbank payments; Vietnam endorses investment protection agreement with Palestine; Hanoi named in Asia-Pacific top crowded retail markets

List of US$1-billion export earners lengthened

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade said there had been 12 groups of products with export revenue exceeding US$1 billion in the first five months of this year and these goods had generated combined outbound sales

Choreographer John Huy helps change local thinking on dancing

 VietNamNet Bridge – While dancers are gearing up for the third season of the Vietnamese version of the world acclaimed reality show “So you think you can dance,” local audiences might wonder whether John Huy Tran, . . .