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Minibus, a good solution for the current traffic problem: experts

Passenger bus network have been developed extensively in the districts, wards and towns to encourage people to use public transport to avoid traffic congestion as well as help the environment.

Park named among ’Asians of the Year’

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo has been selected as one of the ‘Asians of the Year’ for 2018 by the Asia Journalist Association (AJA).

More people register to donate organs, bodies

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 300 people voluntarily registered to donate their tissues, organs and bodies after death for scientific purposes at a ceremony of Tissue and Organ Donation held in HCM City.

Da Lat’s 125th anniversary of establishment celebrated

An exhibition displaying smart city products and solutions kicked off yesterday in the provincial administrative building of Da Lat, opening a series of activities celebrating the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the city

Vietnamese muay thai boxers defend their titles at USC event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fighters defended their titles at the second Uni Super Championship (USC) Muay Thai Tournament held at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City on Sunday.

Vietnam to play N Korea in friendly ahead of Asian Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Today’s friendly match against North Korea will be Vietnam’s final test before the upcoming Asian Cup tournament next month, said coach Park Hang-seo of Vietnam.

Doctors perform VN’s first kidney transplant on child from brain-dead adult

Doctors have performed a successful kidney transplant on a 15-year-old boy with kidney failure at Pediatrics Hospital No2 in HCM City, the country’s first organ transplant on a child using a donated kidney from a brain-dead adult.

7-cm-long parasite removed from man’s brain

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Medical University Hospital on Monday announced that its doctors removed a 7-cm-long parasite from the brain of a 52-year-old man.

Counting on football and foreign policy

In this digital age of the internet and social media, you can grasp what’s on trend and what’s hot at the touch of a button: how many views and comments does a Facebook post get, how many likes and shares does it attract.

Hanoi student claims gold at astrophysics Olympiad

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese team achieved its best result at the 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2018 (IOAA) in Beijing recently. 

Epizode could be just what Vietnam’s rave scene needs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Epizode festival returns to Vietnam for its third year this week, not a moment too soon for the country’s reeling dance music scene.

Where all villagers embrace brass culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Enjoying a fine brass band performance by an all-female band in a church, you’d hardly think you were in a rural part of Nam Dinh Province.

Hoi An opens old temple complex to the public

 VietNamNet Bridge – The administration in the central central city of Hoi An has opened a temple complex first built in 1626 to the public for visits in early December.

Try a duck massage in Quang Binh Province

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Duck Stop Farm in Quang Binh Province near the famous Phong Nha – Ke Bang Cave offers visitors an unusual experience: a free "massage" given by ducks that eat out of their hands.

Banks earn increasing profits from services

In the first nine months of the year, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Viet Nam (Vietcombank)’s pre-tax profit exceeded the full-year 2017 figure and closed in on the year’s target.

’Barefoot’ engineer helps farmers ease hardship

Nguyen Hong Chuong, a 43-year-old farmer in Lac Lam Commune of Don Duong District in Lam Dong Province has succeeded in manufacturing 15 kinds of agricultural machineries which have been sold domestically and internationally.

Loan sharks traps poor people

The recent rise in ‘black credit’ has trapped individuals and families in big cities of Hanoi and HCM City as well as other provinces. When approaching this source of funds, most borrowers fall into the high interest trap

People called to act for better air quality

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Clean Air Day 2018 opened in Hanoi on Saturday, drawing about 1,000 people through different activities to spread information on air pollution and settlement solutions.

Vietnam's tourism resources under threat

 VietNamNet Bridge – The emerging mass tourism in coastal provinces in recent years has destroyed natural beauty spots at a furious pace.

Vietnam wants to contribute to world peace mission

 VietNamNet Bridge – Colonel General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Defence Minister, talked to Tuyên Giáo magazine about the new mission for Vietnam’s military sector.