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Senior citizens go back to the old school

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many participants being well into their 80s, a group of former teachers in Da Nang still retain their thirst for knowledge and meet regularly in a classroom to educate each other on their specialist topics.

The Ho Tram dream

The investor and the rich Vietnamese once dreamed of having a Vegas in Vietnam by developing the Ho Tram resort project. However, the “Ho Tram dream” has been become far away as MGM has decided to quit the project.

Half a million of the apartments in Hanoi do not have the “red book”

Hanoi takes the lead among provinces and cities in Vietnam for the number of red books (land use right certificates) for houses and plots of land in stock.

A job for the Government

VietNamNet Bridge – More than a million people from all sections of society are currently unemployed, many in the wake of the economic downturn, while graduates are being forced to take manual labour. Is there any hope for the future?

Dig sheds light on ancient citadel

Archaeologists have discovered typical techniques applied in building the Dai La Citadel in the 8th century at an excavation site at the junction of Dao Tan-Nguyen Khanh Toan in downtown Ha Noi.

Finance leasing companies bog down in risky legal framework

Finance leasing companies have been operating in a risky legal framework where they can easily lose capital because of bad debs and incur losses.

Tourism enters sale season

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the peak time in the Tet holiday, many travel firms in HCMC have offered steep discounts to attract domestic tourists, especially those taking tours by air to central and northern Vietnam.

Recent incident brings scrutiny on textbook publishers

VietNamNet Bridge – The editing and censorship of children's textbooks has come under recent scrutiny after certain 'mistakes' were caught in their content.

The smoky streets in Hanoi

Hanoians’ habit of going to pavement food shops have been tormenting themselves. The coal stoves at the food shops have created so many smoky streets in the capital city.

A third of Vietnamese youth have misconceptions about condoms

VietNamNet Bridge – Around a third of Vietnamese youth today have misconceptions about proper use of condoms and consider their use an improper conduct,

Mobile network operators still turn their back to free messaging apps

VNG, Line and some other content service providers affirmed that they have suggested operation projects with the big mobile network operators in Vietnam, but they have not got any replies from the operators.

Only 10 percent of coffee products in VN made of real coffee?

Coffee drinkers would be exceedingly astonished if they know that what they drink is not real coffee, but of the mixture of maize and other burnt grain powder.

Talk with the World Press Photo Contest winner

Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Thanh Hai recently won the first prize for contemporary storytelling through photography at the World Press Photo Contest for her essay of 12 photos

Sapa “obsessed” by money

VietNamNet Bridge - No where in Vietnam do people hear the word "money" as much as in Sa Pa, a tourist destination in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

Project Runway finalists unveiled

The final 12 contestants of the first season of Project Runway Vietnam were named at a ceremony on Wednesday in town as they enter the final round to be aired on VTV3 every Sunday starting from April 28.

Tchaikovsky nights for music lovers

The National Symphony Orchestra and prize-winning pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc will perform Tchaikovsky music under the baton of Japanese conductor Shinozaki Yasuo in Hanoi on April 4 and 5.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/3

Japanese firms keen on support industry; Vietnamese giants eye Myanmar market; Banks see increase in outstanding loans; HCM City’s March CPI down 0.29 pct; First FDI highway project in Vietnam

Ready to pay the price

VietNamNet Bridge – In light of a Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) proposal to hike the pension age to avert social insurance fund from possible collapse,

A year of festivities set to celebrate ties with France

VietNamNet Bridge – The official Viet Nam-France Year will be launched on April 9th, and the two countries will celebrate their long and eventful relationship by organising a wide range of public activities shedding light

More guest workers tipped to go abroad

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the current global economic turmoil, Viet Nam is expected to send 85,000 guest workers abroad in 2013.