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Vietnam win seven medals at world taekwondo champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national taekwondo team bagged seven medals at the 11th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships that concluded on Sunday in Chinese Taipei.

Vu defeats Spanish player in World Cup 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s billiard star Duong Anh Vu beat Spanish player Daniel Sanchez 40-35 in the first qualifying round of Three-Cushion World Cup 2018, held on Saturday in South Korea. 

Wildlife crime becomes more serious in Vietnam

 As wildlife-related crimes are able to generate profits almost equal to those from the trafficking of drugs, firearms, and human beings, they are quickly becoming increasingly more of a threat to Vietnam.

The special teacher who writes by foot

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being a teacher standing in front of a blackboard was Huynh Thi Xam’s childhood dream but she thought it was impossible due to her disabilities.

Hanoi gears up for less traffic congestion

Vu Van Vien, director general of the Ha Noi Department of Transport, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị newspaper on the drafting of the Proposal to collect fees from motor vehicles on some Hanoi streets.

VN leaders welcome Russian PM

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev discussed measures to further promote partnership between the two countries in various fields during their talks in Hanoi on November 19.

Hanoi updates traditional markets

 VietNamNet Bridge – As Hanoi has rapidly urbanised, many traditional markets have been replaced with supermarkets, convenience stores and trade centres.

An Giang offers incentives to investors in renewable energy plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of An Giang will offer preferential policies to investors in renewable energy plants as part of its strategy on sustainable development.

Stronger links between businesses, university researchers needed

Production of innovative and competitive products would be enhanced if enterprises took advantage of research conducted by local universities and academic institutes, the head of the HCM City Party Committee Secretary 

Poor infrastructure keeps Vietnam’s cruise tourism at bay

Despite welcoming 500 international cruises each year, Vietnam only hosts around 300,000 tourists from cruises – just 3 per cent of the total number of foreigners visiting the country in a year – and the percentage of tourists ...

HCM City urged to follow party committee’s guidance on building Thu Thiem central square

The vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has urged agencies to follow guidance from the city’s Party Committee in building the country’s largest public square in the Thu Thiem new urban area.

Through the lens: 90-year-old Binh Tay Market reopens after renovation

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,440 stalls selling thousands of goods at Binh Tay Market in HCM City’s District 6 reopened on Wednesday (November 15) after a two-year period of repairs and upgrades to the facility. 

HCM City to upgrade highways at northwest gateway

 VietNamNet Bridge – Provincial highways No 9, 15 and 8 in HCM City’s Cu Chi District will be upgraded, widened and repaired with the aim of reducing traffic jams in the city’s northwest gateway.

Da Nang City wants to build US$320 million-worth port

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City authorities plan to construct Lien Chieu Port at a total cost of VND7.4 trillion (US$320 million).

Nghe An woman detained for wild animal trading

 A woman in the central province of Nghe An has been detained while transporting wild animals for sale. 

Severe competitiveness between legal and illegal inter-provincial buses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Booking a car to travel from Hanoi to another province has never been easier.

Pop stars to sing in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American pop stars Tuan Ngoc and Thanh Ha will perform in a concert in HCM City next week.  

Better control of imports-exports needed to shelter VN from US-China trade war

Authorities should closely monitor the import and export of goods for origin to prevent customs declaration fraud, a seminar heard in HCM City on Friday. 

Ceremony dedicated to ancient tea trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mong ethnic minority group in Van Chan District, the northern province of Yen Bai, has long made a living from local tea trees.

Vietnam wins big at international kids model contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Little models from Vietnam wowed judges at the Luxury Brand Kids Model Awards 2018 held in South Korea.