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Plan to limit obscure regulations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Head of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Legal Department, Dau Anh Tuan, spoke to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about legal regulations that affect local enterprises.

Fruit-like rocks for home décor

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fond of rocks, Le Tri Tue, 57, and his wife have been collecting beautiful rocks from mountainous regions for over ten years. They are now famous for their impressive collections of different types of rock,

Death penalty ends in some cases

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hoan, deputy head of the group compiling revisions to the 2015 Penal Code, spoke to Nong thon Ngay nay (Countryside Today) about changes relating to capital punishment.

VN aims to rise to ASEAN top half by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is striving to boost its development in the ASEAN bloc and rise to the upper half within five years, according to the country's latest strategy on international integration.

HCM City aims to reduce accidents

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities said yesterday that the city's Traffic Safety Board this year would aim to reduce the number of traffic accidents by 5 per cent and the time of traffic jams to no more than 30 minutes.

Bomb prevention campaign aims to educate youth, rural residents

 VietNamNet Bridge – A joint working programme on bomb accident prevention and control from 2016 to 2020 was enacted yesterday (Jan 15) in Ha Noi.

International aid cuts hinder VN efforts to curb HIV/AIDS

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will continue facing difficulties controlling HIV/AIDS due to a shortage of international aid, which accounted for more than 70 per cent of the country's HIV/AIDS response funding,

Courts should strive to deserve people’s confidence

 VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang urged court officials to take actions against the degradation in political thought, morals and lifestyles, and raise their prestige in order to deserve people’s confidence.

Vietnamese hydro plants badly affected by El Nino

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam may face difficulties in power generation this dry season as El Nino has led to reservoirs running out of water in the central regions, the Vietnamese Group of Electricity (EVN) said.

Restructuring drives changes in banks’ top leader positions

Major local banks see top tier leadership changes as the sector has undergone more than three years of restructuring. This trend is forecasted to ramp up even further when the process enters its final stages. 

Vietnam requests ICAO correct Sanya FIR map in East Sea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has requested the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) correct the Sanya flight information region (FIR) map – which includes Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Art, handicraft fair opens in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country's biggest art and handicraft products fair opened yesterday in Ha Noi for three weeks.

Ha Noi outlines key tasks for 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi Party Committee held a conference on Thursday to review its activities in 2015 and put forward key tasks for this year.

HCM City expects 5.1m foreign tourists in 2016

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Tourism in HCM City will strengthen management and inspection of travel and hospitality companies to ensure an attractive and safe tourism environment,

Vien, Liem win VN sport award

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nineteen-year-old swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has earned the Victory Cup, the first ever national sport ‘Oscar' award, as voted by fans and sports journalists and experts from around Viet Nam.

A space for creativity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese women who studied abroad have turned a warehouse at 44/10 Nguyen Van Dau Street in Binh Thanh District, HCMC into a small fabrication laboratory for technology enthusiasts.

National Assembly election day slated for May 22

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly Standing Committee has declared Sunday May 22 as election day for deputies to the NA (14th tenure), and the People’s Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 tenure.

Private businesses join ‘VND1 trillion club’

VietNamNet Bridge - The ‘VND1 trillion club’, comprising listed enterprises with the profit of VND1 trillion and more, have admitted many new faces from the private economic sector.

Photo journal reveals life of Gia Rai ethnic group

VietNamNet Bridge – Although fifty five years have passed since renowned French anthropologist Jacques Dournes took pictures of the Gia Rai (Jrai) ethnic group in the Central Highlands, the author and his precious photos have not been forgotten.

VN taekwondo team aim to secure Olympic berths

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese taekwondo martial arts fighters aim to secure two berths for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil in August.