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VN public happy with admin services: survey

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent survey has found that people in 10 selected Vietnamese provinces and cities are generally satisfied with local public administration services.

Music in HCMC for late Tran Lap

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dozens of musicians will participate in a music programme tomorrow night at HCM City’s Acoustic Bar in memory of 42-year-old rocker Tran Lap, former leader of the rock band Buc Tuong (The Wall),

Japanese firm inks Saigon bus ads deal

The HCM City’s Department of Transport’s Public Transport Management and Operation Center and Koa Sha Media Vietnam, a Japanese-based out-of-home ad agency, this week signed a contract to launch a pilot project to offer ads

HCM City to inspect, replace old bridges

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to inspect the conditions of bridges and ensure safety after a barge hit the Ghenh Bridge recently on Dong Nai River, causing it to collapse. 

Victims of Brussels terror attacks commemorated in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Belgian Embassy held a ceremony in Hanoi on late March 23 in commemoration of innocent victims of the bomb attacks in Brussels one day earlier.

Chief Justice on working visit to China

 Chief Justice of the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court Truong Hoa Binh is paying a working visit to China from March 23-25.

Hanoi seeks Amsterdam’s cooperation in environment, climate change

 Hanoi wishes to receive Amsterdam city’s assistance in building an environment monitoring system, clean energies and sharing of experience in climate change adaptation, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.

Vietnam welcomes US President’s official visit to Cuba

 Vietnam welcomes the official visit to Cuba by US President Barack Obama, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh on March 24 in reply to a reporters’ query on this visit.

How has Vietnam's richest businesswoman spent their billions of dollars?

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2015 alone, Nguyen Thi Nga, who is believed to be the richest Vietnamese businesswoman, spent billions of dollars on big business affairs.

Should Vietnam build military submarines?

VietNamNet Bridge - While some experts are pessimistic about Vietnam’s capability of building military submarines, others believe that building the ships is within reach and that Vietnam needs to build its own subs.

Child abuse cases discovered

VietNamNet Bridge - Many child abuse cases have been discovered just within one month. On education forums, parents are expressing their anxiety about the unsafe schooling environment.

HCM City: data on environmental pollution unreliable

VietNamNet Bridge - The pollution situation in HCM City has no effective warning system that would allow the city authorities to take timely action.

Vietnam warned of national branding failure

 International branding experts have damned Vietnam’s national brand building efforts at a recent meeting in Hanoi.

Saturday night market in Bac Ha

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourists to Bac Ha District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on weekends will have the opportunity to drop by the Saturday night market, a unique cultural aspect of ethnic people there.

Vietnam defeat Chinese Taipei 4-1 in World Cup qualifier

 Two goals each by Nguyen Cong Vinh and Nguyen Van Toan helped Vietnam to secure their first international win under coach Nguyen Huu Thang over Chinese Taipei in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification’s Asian category.

Barriers still block doors to foreign investors in businesses

VietNamNet Bridge - Decree 60 took effect in September 2015, allowing Vietnamese businesses to lift the ceiling for foreign investors. However, barriers still exist.

Local banks to see changes in high personnel

As the process of restructuring the banking sector is coming to an end, with the number of banks expected to decrease to 15, monetary institutions are going to see a lot of changes in high personnel.

Land for housing to be 200,000ha by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will have nearly two million hectares of urban area by 2020, the natural resources and environment ministry has said.

New humanitarian changes to surrogacy laws

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien told Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the review of the law on surrogate pregnancies one year after it took effect.

Healthcare, education costs set to rise this year: expert

 VietNamNet Bridge – The prices of some public and strategic services are expected to increase this year, including health care and education services.