VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution in rural areas is reaching alarming levels, but not much work has been done to settle it because of the lack of money

After applying a safeguard measure to protect local fertilizer production, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has proposed to amend the tax law to help fertilizer plants incurring big losses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has begun implementing gene and immune cell therapies, with the goal of tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients.

VietNamNet Bridge - To be sure that their products can satisfy employers’ requirements, schools have decided to join forces with businesses to train students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of houses in Ha Noi still lack fire exits, according to an official from the Ha Noi Department of Fire Fighting and Prevention.

VietNamNet Bridge – Several well-known movies from France and the USA will be introduced to Hanoian audiences this weekend.

 Deputy chief inspector of the State Bank of Vietnam Pham Huyen Anh on Tuesday granted business licence to the Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB).

 Relevant authorities are taking measures to safely pump petrol out of a cargo ship that exploded last week in northern port Hai Phong City.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged the APEC Business Advisory Council in Vietnam to join hands with relevant agencies and organisations to thoroughly prepare for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week slated for November in Da Nang. 

The fifth foreign affairs and defence strategic dialogue at the deputy ministerial level between Vietnam and Australia was organised in Canberra on September 27.

Streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter are full of colours as the Mid-autumn Festival nears.

The event “Pattern Story” including an antique Thai fabrics showcase, talk, embroidery workshop and weaving experimentation will be held from September 30 through October 8 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hungarian painter Anna-Maria Ory’s exhibition “West Lake” will be held at the Dong Phong Art Gallery, 3 Ly Dao Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi from October 1 to 30.

Views among Vietnamese consumers towards brands, both local and foreign, continue to change over time.

 Nominations for the 2017 Golden Lotus Bud Awards have been announced for three categories - short films, teen films and documentaries.

 Central Quang Binh Province officials today began clearing an abandoned warehouse storing toxic chemicals that was discovered after typhoon Doksuri swept through the locality in mid-September.

 Some four to five storms and tropical depressions are forecast to appear on the East Sea from October to this year-end, according to the National Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre.

With limited manufacturing capability, Vietnam has to import 55 percent of drugs it needs every year.

Many high-skilled craftsmen in Phu Binh Parish in District 11 have tried to preserve the 50-year-old traditional lantern making village. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with foreign diplomats in Vietnam attending the Conference on Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development of the Mekong Delta in Can Tho on September 27, calling for more support from foreign countries for the delta.