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Heritage sites set for development

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern Quang Ninh Province will develop three important heritage sites from next month until 2025.

Small banks have to become big to exist

The steps taken today in the bank restructuring process would decide the face of the Vietnamese banking system in the next three years.

Young fencers claim medals at Asian champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won one gold and two bronze medals at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Thailand.

Communist Party’s leadership must be constitutionalized

VietNamNet Bridge – The role and the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam must be constitutionalized and is suitable with the people’s will and aspiration.

Hanoi’s largest resettlement area degraded

Elevators are broken very often, even do not work for a week; corridors are dirty and smelly; water spills everywhere; garbage is rampant… That is the situation in the B6A Nam Trung Yen building in Hanoi’s largest resettlement area – Nam Trung Yen.

Saigon Heat to hosts Southeast Asian Basketball Festival

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's first professional basketball team is honored to be the first club to host the Southeast Asian basketball festival 2013, which will take place at the Tan Binh and Phu Tho stadiums, HCM City, on March 15-17.

Commune chairman filmed while playing cards

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman Nguyen Cong Tien of Xuan Yen Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa was filmed while playing cards. The clip was sent to the higher authorities and relevant agencies.

Several provinces stop hydropower projects

After Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Phu Yen provinces decided to discontinue hydropower projects, Kon Tum Province in the central highlands of Vietnam has followed suit and decided against any further hydropower projects.

U.S. Senate Democrats offer budget plan with tax increases and spending cuts

 U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their budget blueprint for the new fiscal year starting October 1, a competing version to the House GOP plan and the first budget in the Senate in four years.

Chinese teaching books for kids with “U-shaped line” confiscated

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 2,000 books teaching Chinese language for children that are published and released in Vietnam were detected to include Chinese maps with the "U-shaped line."

HCM City’s tourism feels stronger pressure of competition

VietNamNet Bridge – The hospitality industry in HCMC is feeling the ever-stronger pressure of competition from other localities in terms of international arrivals, although the city still maintains its leading position,

Saigontourist prepares new river tours

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigontourist Holding Company is in preparations to boost river tourism in HCMC, checking existing products and preparing to launch new ones in the next few weeks, the corporation said.

Contemporary art event ends in chaos

 VietNamNet Bridge – The performance of a contemporary dance named “Rural market” by artist Dao Anh Khanh has been boycotted by the public, including farmers.

Thousands of bachelors employed as workers at Da Nang’s factory

The Poster Da Nang Electronic Co. Ltd has nearly 1,000 bachelor degree holders who work as normal workers. This is just a single example demonstrating the shortcomings and imbalance of the current human resource training in Vietnam.

Alarm raised over traffic accidents on national highway

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of fatal accidents have continuously occurred along National Highway 1A in the central provinces, raising concerns about traffic safety on this stretch of road.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 14/3

 PM Dung: ACMECS focuses on three goals; Vietnam wants stronger ASEAN-Japan defence ties; Vietnamese, German top legislators hold talks; President welcomes Lao legislator

Viet Nam paves the way to welcome more US investment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam hoped to further its economic integration into major markets, including the US, through negotiations at regional and world forums.

National Assembly panel debates revised Constitution

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly's specialised deputies generally approved of the drafted revision of the 1992 Constitution, especially the leading role of the Party laid out in Article 4 of the constitution.

Dykes blown off, people live in fear

Having been settling in the western area of the southern region for the last decades, local residents still cannot lead peaceful lives because their houses may blown off at any time, making them homeless.

Famous royal garden in Hue to be rebuilt

VietNamNet Bridge – The famous royal garden in the former imperial city of Hue will be brought back to its original design in a restoration project to be completed next month.