Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has ordered an investigation into a primary teacher who has been accused of beating 11 pupils with a ruler.

 Despite the VND2.3trn (US$101m) investment, the Hanoi Museum is almost deserted due to lack of good exhibits.

 Instead of performing in a communal house, the typical venue, the singers perform on boats on Nguyen Phi Y Lan Lake in BacNinh city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – From August 30 to September 1, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha and representatives of Vietnamese schools visited Denmark and Sweden to seek cooperation opportunities.

Dozens of love duets artists in the northern province of Bac Ninh are coming together every Saturday night to entertain audiences in a very special performance.

 A 50km long electric fence has been put into operation on a trial basis to prevent wild elephants from wandering into residential areas in the southern province of Dong Nai.

 Pop singer Ha Anh Tuan will perform at the “New York – City of Dreams” concert for overseas Vietnamese in New York on August 19.

 Vietnamese music from the early 20th century will be honoured in the project “100 years of Vietnamese music” with a series of concerts at Tuoi Tre Theatre in Hanoi.

The fast-growing tourist development coupled with thousands of fishing vessels operating off its coast has resulted in large amounts of rubbish being dumped into the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay.

 A Vietnamese children’s ensemble led by Dang Chau Anh won gold medals at the International Choir Competition in Hoi An and the International Johannes Brahms Choir Festival in Germany in 2017.

 The second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2016, Thuy Dung, will represent Vietnam at the Miss International pageant scheduled to open on October 25th in Tokyo, Japan.

 A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events will take place in in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam has launched its first energy efficiency network in HCM City.

 Vietnamese model Mau Thuy appeared on Dolce & Gabanna’s Instagram page on July 17th.

The Empire Group and ViDe Bridge Limited Company of Vietnam will implement a project producing electricity from urban solid waste using advanced technology in the central city of Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam-Korea Friendship Piano Concert will be organized this weekend at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, with the participation of famous Vietnamese and Korean pianists.

 Vietnam aims to increase the nationwide forest coverage to 42 percent, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020, according to the target programme on sustainable forest development during 2016-2020 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

If you are bored of old styles of weekend celebrations like sipping coffee in specially-styled cafés, enjoying fabulous buffet programs at luxury restaurants, listening to music at night clubs...

 People in Hanoi and throughout the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam are starting to wake up and realize the gravity of the country’s air pollution problem, Nguy Thi Khanh told an air quality panel this past May.

VietNamNet Bridge – A dance show by talented choreographers Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung will be organized at the HCM City Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square on June 17.