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Ao Dai around the world

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ao Dai Around the World is a non-profit community project which was started by a young Vietnamese girl Thuy Nguyen who has a great passion for her national costume.

Parents say one thing and do another, teachers afraid of students

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers as well as the entire society should take responsibility to stop school violence, educators say.

Central region still lacks water as reservoirs are depleted

VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the hydropower dams in the southern part of the central region and Central Highlands are depleted. 

Banks sell non-performing loans to reduce bad debt

VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks offloaded a large volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) to the Viet Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) in 2015 to reduce the bad debt rate to below 3 per cent. 

Hoi An tailors help promote Vietnam to the world

Tailoring services in Hoi An are fast and cheap, one of the reasons why so many domestic and foreign tourists want to visit the ancient town. While exploring the town and sampling its specialties, visitors can drop in at any tailor’s shop

Leading theatre to perform Hamlet

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Drama Theatre will perform global masterpiece Hamlet at Victoria Theatre in Singapore on March 25.

Big investment incentives only benefit foreign investors: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Only foreign-invested automobile manufacturers can benefit from the current investment incentives, while Vietnamese automobile cannot grow, experts say.

Update puts FDI approvals in 2015 at US$24 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fresh foreign direct investment approvals in Vietnam last year amounted to US$24.1 billion, up from US$22.76 billion announced more than two months ago, .

Voluntary American doctors offer free services

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four-hundred people filled the auditorium of Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital last Saturday, listening raptly to advice given by American doctors about guided methods of intervention for their autistic children.

AEC brings opportunity to Vietnam’s insurance sector

 Vietnamese insurance firms have been offered great opportunities to expand their market share in the regional market thanks to the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

Vietnam hopes for strengthened relations with Cuba: official

 Hoang Binh Quan, special envoy of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, said he hopes the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the Parties, States and people of Vietnam and Cuba will deepen.

Forbes list of 20 Most Influential Women in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the occasion of  International Women’s Day (March 8), Forbes magazine has released the list of 20 most influential women in Vietnam.

Experts seek solutions to Mekong Delta's worst drought in 100 years

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the future, the Mekong Delta will suffer increasingly severe impact from climate change. Drought, saltwater intrusion, lack of sediment and severe flooding in the rainy season will all occur, scientists said.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son wins Int’l HDBank Cup matches

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local title favourite Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son successfully won the first two matches of the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2016 - Masters Tournament yesterday in HCM City.

Photos feature Vietnamese ethnic women’s beauties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Women of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam all have their own characteristics and costumes, which help diversify and make the beauty of each ethnic group more attractive.

People line up to get wealth SIM cards of cellphones

 VietNamNet Bridge – People queued up for lucky mobile-phone SIM cards from local telecoms company Vinaphone in the north and the south of Vietnam on March 7.

Finnish minister seeks economic cooperation with Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Education, Cleantech and ICT have been on the top of the agenda during the visit of Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka between March 6 and 11 in Viet Nam.  

Saigon's unused water towers to be demolished

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven unused water towers in HCM City will be demolished, according to the municipal water supply authority.

First non-stop flight from Sweden to Phu Quoc Island begins

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island welcomed the first arrival of the premier nonstop flight on a B-787 Dreamliner from Sweden yesterday, March 8.

Defence officer observes military exercise in India

 Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, was among more than 80 observers from 28 countries witnessing the largest-ever foreign military exercise hosted by India.