The proportion of malnourished children is reducing remarkably but the ratio of childhood obesity is on the rise, according to the Ministry of Health’s Department of Preventive Medicine.

The rapid growth of Vietnam’s export-oriented manufacturing sector has boosted the demand for logistics services but the government needs to step up its game to be more competitive.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Sua took me to her house eagerly when I told her I wanted to visit the Mong in Can Chu Phin Commune. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon International Comedy will host a comedy show on July 28 to mark the third visit of Irish comedian Aidan Killian to Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the first half of this year, Vietnam’s economy showed signs of rallying. The macro economy stabilized and GDP increased 5.52%.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since its inauguration in 2012, Dong Que Museum in Nam Dinh Province has established its own trademark among private museums, since it allows visitors to explore the life in the countryside of the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various ministries and agencies have set up hotlines over the years to receive comments and recommendations from the public in order to improve the quality of their service.

 Vietnam will provide special tax incentives to enterprises in the science and technology and agriculture sectors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Every day the 41 male teachers at Tri Le 4 primary school in Tri Le Commune, Nghe An Province take turns teaching at six hamlet schools. From the commune’s center to the hamlet schools, they have to drive 40 kilometers,

Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong, Vice President of IDG Ventures Vietnam, shares his thoughts and provides some advice for Vietnamese startups.

  HCMC-based firm Unicorp has launched a contest from now until October 30 to search for the best national costumes of Vietnam at this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed to invest VND8,000 billion ($363 million) into a target program on information technology in 2016-2020.

 Vietnam has been drawn in Group A along with Thailand and Sri Lanka at the 2016 Asian U19 Women’s Volleyball Championship, to be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from July 23 to 31. 

 Even though the needs for higher education has sharply surged after some cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta revealed incentives for degrees holders, the management and education quality of such courses are still being debated.

 A group of Vietnamese reporters were attacked when they came to a company in the northern province of Phu Tho where 145 tonnes of Formosa’s hazardous waste is being treated.

  The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Competitive Management Department has announced a list of 16 multi-level marketing companies without business licences early this week.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is asking for the government’s proposal to stop the development of Hong Kong-based Lee&Man Paper Group’s $348 million pulp mill due to concerns over environmental pollution.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is expected to continue the shift of investment flows into industries of high pollution risk in Vietnam like textile-dying, paper, iron and steel.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides the lighthouse, the night market and the endless golden sandy beaches, a museum that houses a unique collection of arms from around the world has become an increasingly favourite destination

 Mobile World Investment Corp (MWG), better known as The Gioi Di Dong, is looking to increase the number of its Dien May Xanh electronics and home appliances stores nationwide to 400 next year.