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Vietnam first in ranking at Tour de Siak cycling tournament

 Trinh Duc Tam won the Tour de Siak cycling tournament in Indonesia on October 22, while Vietnam topped the team ranking in Siak.

AFC U19: Vietnam enter semifinals, securing World Cup berth

 Vietnam beat hosts Bahrain 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-19 Football Championship to reach the semifinals, securing a berth at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. 

Civil servants are valuable state treasures

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Tran Anh Tuan speaks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam about the imperative need to reform the salary system for public employees.

Officially distributed iPhone 7 won’t be available by October as expected

VietNamNet Bridge - Some sources said iPhone 7 may not be available in Vietnam through official channels by the end of October as hoped.

Scientists warn inshore water quality is deteriorating

VietNamNet Bridge - The General Department of Vietnam Sea and Islands said that Vietnam’s inshore water quality is still good, with most of the indexes meeting the Vietnamese standard. 

Students hurry to prepare for multiple-choice math exam

VietnamNet Bridge - Worried about the new form of exam questions, students rush to exam preparation centers to practice the skills of solving multiple-choice exam questions. Exam preparation centers have been increasing in number.

Vietnam open Consulate General in Nepal

 Vietnam’s Consulate General in Nepal went into operation on October 23 after an opening ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. 

Vietnamese goods lose ground in regional market

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese-made products have become inferior to imports, while others cannot penetrate regional markets.

VN faces growing human trafficking to China

The number of human trafficking cases uncovered in Viet Nam between 2011 and 2015 increased by 11.6 per cent compared to the previous five-year period, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

Top lawmakers concern over lack of spending discipline

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top lawmakers meeting Saturday urged stricter financial discipline and better public debt management consistent with international standards.

No inorganic arsenic found in Vietnamese fish sauce: Health Ministry

 The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on October 22 that 100% samples of fish sauce taken for testing were found to contain no inorganic arsenic or other heavy metals, such as lead, mercury and cadmium.

Investigation into fatal shooting in Dak Nong

 Deputy PM Truong Hoa Binh has just asked the Ministry of Public Security and authorities in Dak Nong Province to investigate a shooting which killed three forest rangers in the area on Sunday.


Monsoon Music Festival features legendary German rock band, Scorpions

 The international Monsoon Music Festival 2016 themed “I participate- I act- I change- I share”   opened at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi from October 21-23.

VND 10 bln for supporting young scientists

 The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union in collaboration with the Quang Trung Software Park yesterday held the seventh Young Creative Program under theme of ‘Building a smart city’ at HCMC Youth Culture House. 

Secondary school tuition fees to be axed

The government is planning to remove tuition fees for ethnic minority preschoolers and secondary school students, the annual government conference held recently heard.

Hello Kitty Park coming to Hanoi

 The BRG Group and Sanrio Wave Hong Kong, which owns the world famous Hello Kitty character, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 21 to develop the Hello Kitty Park in Hanoi, the first internationally-branded park in Vietnam.

Huu Bao – Photographer of Hanoi’s daily life

 Huu Bao, a photographer passionate about Hanoi, has lived through the city’s major changes. Hanoi through his lens is busy or tranquil, old or modern.

Malware targets IP cameras in VN

 Around 76 per cent of Vietnamese internet protocol (IP) cameras are susceptible to illegal access because users keep the fixed accounts of the makers rather than changing them, a report by the Bach Khoa Technology Group (BKAV) revealed on Thursday.


VN needs fair trade certification system

 Viet Nam needs to develop a fair trade certification system as the fastest route to the sustainable development of Vietnamese agricultural products, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.


HCM City win swimming championship

 HCM City won the top position in the National Swimming Championship, which ended in Hanoi on Saturday.