Vietnam needs a national strategy to combine environmental protection with socio-economic development policies, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, president of the Viet Nam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment said.

No one guards and protects Bach Ma National Park more zealously than the director of its service and environmental education centre who once hunted animals and cut down trees in the forest to earn a living. 

 There are nearly 700 purebred white horses in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son’s Khau Sao grassland, Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Love does not always fade with time. For Swiss writer Anemi Wick, the deep love story she has had for Viet Nam for eight years has only deepened over the years.  

 Vietnam is pursuing sustainable development in the wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with a focus laid on creating smart cities.

Vietnamese swimming enjoyed a fruitful 29th SEA Games, with young talents Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (21 years old), Nguyen Huy Hoang (17) and Nguyen Huu Kim Son (15) securing 10 gold medals and breaking five records.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The one-storey house of resident Trieu Duc Chinh of the Central Highlands Dak Lak Province is home to ten people: Chinh himself, his three wives, and their six children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unnamed stream runs sinuously around an orange garden owned by five households in Pha Village.

It is no longer easy to sell goods via Facebook as sales are not high enough for many shops to cover expenses of ads. 

 Lotte Card’s purchase of TechcomFinance from Techcombank is considered a move to expand in Vietnam and break into the US$26.55-billion consumer finance market, which has been showing signs of rapid development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Truong Tung, President of FPT University, talks to the Giao duc Viet Nam online publication about some proposed changes in the 2018 revision to the Law on Higher Education.

 The Diwali Fest 2017, the annual Indian light festival, is expected to attract more than 1,200 people in HCM City on October 14, according to the Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (Incham).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second A-festival with various activities and events will take place in Hanoi and HCM City from October 11 to 16.

 State employees and workers will likely be given seven days off during the forthcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet holiday, from February 14 to 20, according to a proposal by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

With a recent tax reform proposal coming from the Ministry of Finance, HSBC Economist Mr. Noelan Arbis tells VET that raising taxes, particularly VAT, is not a bad idea on the surface but the problem lies with its potential effect on growth.

JAL CAN “EYE”: JAL Contemporary Artist Network “Expose Your Emotion”, an international artists’ meet up and exhibition, will take place from October 7-9 at LOTTE Observation Deck 65th floor, LOTTE Center, 54 Lieu Giai, Hanoi.

 Bank points to rising exports and industrial production as well as a continuing strong tech cycle as pushing up growth.

Analysts believe that new car brands will enter the Vietnamese market after 2018 when import tariffs fall, providing products at low prices and targeting middle-income earners. 

 The stunning beauty of Russian nature is captured in photos displayed at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on October 5.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Construction hold a conference about recycling ash and slag waste from coal power plants as construction materials for the Mekong Delta on October 3.