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HCM City launches first ‘food street’ for local vendors

 VietNamNet Bridge – After months of anticipation, the first official “food street” in HCM City opened on Monday (August 28) in District 1.

Sugar mills await policies to produce electricity from bagasse

VietNamNet Bridge - The amount of bagasse, a sugarcane byproduct, that Vietnamese throw away every year could be used to generate billions of kwh of electricity.

Education Ministry’s decision on suspending online competitions stirs controversy

Many people have supported MOET's decision to temporarily stop Math and English competitions because they think the competition puts pressure on teachers and students, while others believe it would be unreasonable to remove them.

Land in Hanoi’s old quarters as expensive as gold

VietNamNet Bridge - The land price in old quarters is quoted at nearly VND1 billion per square meter, but few plots are available for sale.

Inky-black waste water polluting My Khe sea near Da Nang

VietNamNet Bridge - A clip on Facebook showing dark waste water flowing into the My Khe sea near Da Nang has shocked the public. 

New ’ginseng’ revitalizes highlands commune

The early onset of the monsoon has prompted ethnic minority residents of Ngoc Lay Commune in the Central Highlands to look for faster ways to cultivate duong quy.

Indian monks brought Buddhism to Vietnam

As Vietnam and Indian developed ties in the third century, Buddhist monks played a major role in cementing the relationship.

Tool eases cassava uprooting

A secondary school student, Vo Hoang Khanh, from Thua Thien-Hue Province, has designed an agricultural tool that allows farmers to easily uproot the cassava plant during harvest.

VN to make $835 million on radical divestment bout

The Vietnamese government continues to publicise the portfolio of investment assets to be restructured. This time, it laid out the detailed list of state-owned enterprises marked for divestment during the 2017-2020 period. 

Conference spotlights recovery of central marine ecology

A conference took place in Thua Thien – Hue on August 31 to discuss the protection and resilience of the marine ecosystem in the waters in the four central regions that suffered from mass fish deaths last year.

State budget collection hits $27bil. in eight months

 The total State budget collection hit upwards $27 billion in the first eight months this year, meeting 64.4 percent of the yearly estimate and rising by 10.8 percent annually.

English teachers need to be culturally sensitive

Teaching and learning a foreign language is not easy. If the teachers themselves began learning the language late in their lives, and if they learnt it from non-native speakers, the task becomes even more difficult.

Internet traffic insignificantly affected by undersea cable rupture

The rupture of two undersea cable lines Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and Intra-Asia (IA) in waters off Hong Kong’s coast on August 28 has insignificant impacts on Internet traffic in Vietnam, said domestic Internet service providers.

Fine arts exhibition in Mekong Delta region opens

The 22nd fine arts exhibition in the Mekong Delta region featuring 200 art works of 181 artists has opened in Hau Giang Province.

Fireworks show to light up HCM City on National Day

 The fireworks display in Ho Chi Minh City will be organized at the Dam Sen Park in District 11 on the National Day (September 2).

Schools asked to collect tuition fee in accordance with law

 The Ministry of Education and Training has sent its document to public facilities of higher education and vocational training institutions, asking them to collect tuition fee of the academic year 2017-2018 in accordance with the law.

Quang Tri’s boy wins Olympia competition 2017

Phan Dang Nhat Minh of Hai Lang High School in Quang Tri won the championship at the 17th season of the competition The Road to Olympia Peak in Hanoi on August 27.

Sexual imbalance at birth remains critical in Vietnam

 Sexual imbalance at birth is increasing and is currently at a serious level in Vietnam, with the sex ratio at birth (boys per 100 girls) remaining quite high, stated a report on population and family planning, released on August 29.

VietnamWorks & TopITworks release latest salary report

 There are pay gaps among application groups, programming languages, and scope of work, according to a report from VietnamWorks and TopITworks on Salary in Information Technology in mid-2017.

Hungry wild elephants hurt domestic ones

 Shrinking and degrading wild elephant habitats in Dak Lak have led to a shortage of food and more conflicts between wild and domestic animals, according to Director of the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre.