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HCM City to host VN's largest motor show

 The Vietnam International Motor Show (VIMS 2016), the largest show of car importers, will take place in HCM City from October 26 to 30.

Vietnam ICT Comm 2016 officially opens

  Vietnam ICT COMM 2016, an exhibition on products and technologies from the telecommunication, IT and communication sector officially opened in the capital city on July 20.

Vietnam, Japan promotes establishment of sci-tech centre

Vietnam and Japan should make meticulous preparations to set up the Vietnam-Japan Science and Technology Centre under Le Quy Don Technical University.

Algeria’s senate speaker receives outgoing Vietnamese ambassador

Speaker of Algerian Council of the Nation Abdelkader Bensalah hosted a reception for outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Vu The Hiep on July 20.

Vietnam expected to export dairy products to China

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese agencies have said they are considering opening the market to Vietnam dairy exports through official channels. 

Taxis causing more traffic jams in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Department of Transport confirmed that the number of taxis in the city is still within the plan, but the current number is much more than that of personal vehicles.

Vovinam absent at 29th SEA Games

The 29th Southeast AsianGames will feature 38 sports and 405 events but it will not include vovinam (Vietnam’s traditional martial art), according to a recent meeting of the hosts Malaysia and the SEA Games Federation.

Tan Son Nhat Customs Office opens 24/7 hotline

VietNamNet Bridge - To receive passenger’s complaints about problems and harassment they have while working with customs officers, the customs office of Tan Son Nhat airport has made public its hotline and email address.

Vietnam take silver at SEA U-19 volleyball championship

 Vietnam won a silver medal at the Southeast Asian U19 Women’s Volleyball Championship which ended in Thailand on July 20.

Vietnamese Olympians ready for Rio

 A sending-off ceremony was organised in Hanoi to see the Vietnam delegation to Brazil for this Summer’s Olympic Games.

Riverside factories poisoning rivers

VietNamNet Bridge - When building factories, investors often neglect applying environment protection solutions and  waste water treatment systems. As a result, rivers become polluted. 

VN Index exceeds 8-year peak, but stays among frontier markets

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese stock market has been hot these days with the VN Index breaking new records. However, it is still far below other frontier markets in the region.

Southern Phu Quoc: Paradise of the near future

From a little-known region, the southern part of Phu Quoc is becoming a "hot spot" for investment. With wonderful beauty, this place is forecasted to be the centre of Phu Quoc, an international resort island, in the near future.

Businesses need workers but many graduates remain jobless

VietNamNet Bridge - The latest labor bulletin shows that about 200,000 university graduates remained jobless, while businesses complain they cannot find enough workers to prepare for economic recovery. 

Hanoi traffic police investigated for kicking motorbike driver

VietNamNet Bridge – A traffic police officer in Hanoi has been suspended from work for investigation after a short video clip was posted on the Internet, in which he was kicking a motorbike running back up the street.

Man almost dies as anabas slips down his throat

 VietNamNet Bridge - A man in Thanh Hoa province who was fishing recently caught an anabas from his net and held the fish in his mouth. The fish struggled and slipped down his throat.

Central Group rejects rumor that Chinese firms own Big C Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Central Group Vietnam has confirmed that Central Group is 100% owned by a Thai family and that other information about the owner of Big C Vietnam was fabricated.

Hanoi to offer free wireless Internet on 200 buses

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Transport Corporation in July will complete the installation of devices to provide free Wi-Fi services on 200 buses. In the future all buses in Hanoi will have free Internet services.

More waste dump from Formosa found in Ha Tinh

The people in Ky Long ward in Ky Anh town of Ha Tinh province have unexpectedly found an additional hundreds of tons of waste originating from Taiwanese Formosa group’s steel plant at a private farm about 3 km from the plant.

Local radio channels disrupted by Chinese radio waves

 VietNamNet Bridge – The radio-television station of Phu Loc District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has reported a jam caused by Chinese radio waves on the 98MHz frequency band.