VietNamNet Bridge - A group of university students in Da Nang has invented a hydroponic vegetable production system by using a smartphone app. The invention won third prize at Danang Runway Startup 2016, a competition for startup ideas.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked concerned departments for a plan to solve the issue of lead contamination and poisoning in Hung Yen Province’s Dong Mai craft village.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to make a list of State-owned enterprises that refuse to publish information, so that appropriate punishment can be determined.

VietNamNet Bridge - Holding huge assets worth billions of dollars, these Vietnamese billionaires are not on the world’s lists of billionaires because the information about their assets has not been exposed to the public.

Head of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee has said debt owed to contractors of construction projects under a rural development program in 53 provinces and cities had amounted to VND15.27 trillion (US$685 million) by end-January.

GE Aviation is providing the newest technologies to Vietnamese airlines, treating Vietnam as a focal point as the country grows into a regional hub of business and tourism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Preventive Health Centre will continue to monitor and test tap and ground water quality throughout the city.

 A collection of golden books of the Nguyen Dynasty was opened to the public in March. The Nguyen Dynasty was a powerful Vietnamese dynasty whose 13 Kings ruled for 143 years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Will Vietnamese businesses have to share the multi-billion dollar lottery market with foreign investors?

All polluting businesses or businesses that deliberately fail or delay to implement environmental remediation measures will be publicised and penalised, Ha Noi’s leaders ordered.

Mekong Delta – the ‘land of rivers and water’  – is predicted to lack water in the future, experts warned at a conference on climate change and water resource management in late September. 

 Vietnam has a population of approximately 93 million people with, according to official reports, an average pork consumption of about 20 kg per capita annually that is on a trajectory to double over the next few years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A special percussion music concert from the Go Group band will be held on October 21 at The Heritage Space, 28 Tran Binh Street, My Dinh 2 Ward, Tu Liem Distrist, Ha Noi.

  Thanks to creativity and the spirit of environment protection, high school student members of the Relight project are turning used plastic items into beautiful lamps.

 As Vietnam looks to raise the nation’s renewable energy sources, foreign investors are sensing an opportunity for solar energy projects. But low feed-in-tariffs are slowing this movement, to the dismay of both local and international organisations.

 Former national midfielder Phan Van Tai Em on October 8 announced his retirement from football. 

 Vietnamese policemen in uniform and girls in Ao dai (traditional long dress) made an impressive performance at the 21st World Police Band Concert that kicked off in Tokyo, Japan, on October 10. 

 The most unique and impressive collections will be on show at the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) in Hanoi next month, promising a turning point for the local fashion market by the year’s end. 

 Remittances poured into Ho Chi Minh City through official channels are estimated at 3.25 billion USD from January to September, up 4 percent year on year, mostly sourced from the US and Europe.