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HCM City to improve apartment building management

 Disputes between investors and buyers in apartment building complexes have escalated in recent years as the number of buildings in HCM City has increased, according to the city’s Department of Construction.

HCM City touts exercise for a healthier population

 From 5am to 7am every day a 70-year-old man whose nickname is Năm plays badminton with other seniors in a small yard near Tân Phú District’s Nguyễn Sơn Street.

FDI paradox: the bigger incentives FIEs get, the bigger losses they incur

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have reported losses, though they continue to enjoy attractive investment incentives. Economists say this is ‘abnormal’.

Ministry of Health issues guidance to manage synthetic drug abusers

 The Ministry of Health has issued specific guidelines on intervention to manage synthetic drugs abusers amid an increase in drug use in the country.

HCM City cracks down on petrol stations that commit fire-safety violations

 HCM City authorities are strengthening control over the trade of oil and petroleum products to ensure safety at petrol stations and gas shops that sell flammable substances.

Vietnam’s trade deficit is back, but there’s no need to panic

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam attained a trade surplus in three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018. However, the trade deficit has returned in the first two months of this year. 

Bank exec mulls over real estate market growth perspective in 2019

 Pham Hong Hai, CEO of HSBC Vietnam Limited, weighs over customers’ top choices in Vietnam’s real estate market in 2019 and how the bank could support homebuyers to realise their life-time housing dream.

Nature lover makes tea from flowers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Born and raised in Sa Dec City in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, Luong Thi Diem Trinh fell in love with flowers at a young age.

School environment shaken by sexual harassment cases

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of sexual harassment cases in schools in recent months have stunned the public. 


Vietnam’s banking sector eyed by foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say the banking sector will attract huge foreign capital in 2019 as banks need to call for more capital.

What to know before attracting investments from private equity firms

 Private equity funds can bring  Vietnamese businesses more than simple capital: they can help in other aspects of operatio, including corporate governance, business ideas, networking, and experience sharing.  

A house of love and compassion

 Vietnam Friendship Village is the home to children affected by Agent Orange. Despite of their disadvantages, the children at the village receive much love and compassion from their teachers and parents.

Improving assistance for children in disaster-prone areas

 Viet Nam’s vulnerability to climate change puts its children at high risk of physical and psychological injuries after natural disasters, according to experts.

Domestic demand remains high as petrol prices spike

VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnamese enterprises imported no petrol in the first two months of the year, they still raised the retail price.

Learning to travel and travelling to learn

Travel changed Ngo Tran Hai An’s life. The 38-year-old has spent the last 20 years of his life exploring Vietnam and other countries and blogging about his adventures on Facebook, where he has more than 22,000 followers. 

Lighting up hope from medical research

To timely put the new vaccines into mass production in 2019, the authors of two seasonal flu and pandemic flu vaccines have been busy with their products that carry international stature and profound humanitarian.

Were sao la seen in Quang Binh after 10 years of no sightings?

VietNamNet Bridge - Described as a timid species only living in primeval forests, sao la, or Asian unicorn, ( Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) have been spotted in the central province of Quang Binh.


More doctors leaving public hospitals to go private

 VietNamNet Bridge – More talented and experienced doctors are leaving public hospitals to work in private facilities, raising concerns of a shortage of key doctors in the public sector.

Japanese mentally-ill man rescued from Hanoi’s building top

 Police in Hanoi have rescued a Japanese mentally-ill man who was found climbing on the top of several houses for hours.

Success for first Vietnamese dual liver transplant operation

 Doctors from the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital announced they had successfully conducted their first liver transplants from a brain-dead donor for two patients.