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Net sells by foreign investors not a worry: analysts

 Local investors are concerned with recent increases in net selling by foreign traders, fearing a capital flight, but experts have tried to calm the market with positive recommendations.

Red Flamboyant Flower Festival kicks off in Hai Phong

 A gala night was held at the Opera House Square in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 12 as the first out of more than 50 activities within the Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival.

K-pop contest comes to Vietnam

 Four young people and 15 bands are competing at the K-pop World Festival’s country round at the Vietnam Youth Academy (VYA).

Do we want to reverse or advance our brain drain?

A professor at Hoa Sen University in HCM City who shot to fame when he taught a class on innovation wearing a pair of shorts has come up short at the hand of some bureaucrats’ rigid interpretation of regulations.

Sugar producers worried as inventory remains high

VietNamNet Bridge - Sugar companies have once again shouted for help as the volume of inventory is increasing rapidly, while the domestic market is flooded with smuggled sugar.

Fintechs, with technology and big data, jump into consumer lending market

VietNamNet Bridge - Commercial banks are becoming digitalized, while fintechs, with great advantages in technology, have joined the consumer lending market.

Vietnam's SOE equitisation faces strong headwinds

The equitisation of SOE has seen notable results recently, with many companies growing stronger, but the process remains plagued with numerous problems meaning it has failed to meet expectations and has fallen behind schedule.

VN to meet Laos in third-place match at AFF U16 girls' champs

 Vietnam will meet Laos in the third-place match of the AFF U16 Girls' Championship at 3 pm on May 13 at Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia.

La folie des grandeurs

 Around the time Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly, under the orders of Emperor Napoleon III, fired the first canon shots of the Cochinchina campaign to lay claim to what would become France’s colony of Indochina, 

Cashew industry needs support policies

 The Government should have policies to prop up the cashew sector, according to a recent conference on the cashew industry.

Vietnam looks back on the ODA years

VietNamNet Bridge - ODA (official development assistance) capital was allocated to over 2,500 projects from 1993 to 2017, most of which has been used. 

Retirement age increase necessary for Vietnam: ILO specialist

 Nuno Cunha, ILO senior specialist on social security, talks to Vietnam media about a recent proposal to increase the retirement age of Vietnamese labourers.

VN holds largest cyber security drill

 Nearly 150 organisations, including State agencies, banks and enterprises, participated in a cyber security drill on Wednesday and Thursday, recorded as the largest ever in Viet Nam.

Efforts needed to preserve folk art of Then singing

 “Then” singing is an indispensable practice in the cultural and religious life of Tay and Nung ethnic minority communities in the northern province of Thai Nguyen, especially Dinh Hoa region. 

RoK to recruit 7,900 Vietnamese workers this year

 The Republic of Korea will receive 7,900 Vietnamese workers in 2018, said Nguyen Gia Liem, said Deputy General Director of the Overseas Labour Department under the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Localities asked to report public investment disbursement progress

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked centrally-run cities and provinces to promptly submit their reports on the implementation and disbursement of public investment in 2018.

Lang Son establishes clubs to preserve Then singing

 Lang Son province has encouraged the establishment of local Then singing clubs to promote the development of this genre of traditional singing – a typical culture of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic people in the northern mountainous region.

Quang Tri offers free Wi-Fi at tourist attractions

 A public Wi-Fi system was handed over to the central province of Quang Tri by the military-run Viettel Group on May 11.

A generation of ‘super parents’

Parents across the world should admire Vietnamese parents as Vietnamese parents spend an average of 10 hours per week helping their children with homework, according to statistics released by the London-based Varkey Foundation.

Party Central Committee discuss Politburo leadership in 2017

 The 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on May 11 morning discussed in groups a report on the leadership and direction work of the Politburo and the Secretariat in 2017.