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VN's rice supply may decrease due to drought and saline intrusion

VietNamNet Bridge - Opinions vary about the rice supply in the context of the serious drought and saline intrusion in the Mekong River Delta, the rice granary of Vietnam. 

Students think vocational schools offer more job opportunities

VietNamNet Bridge - Going to vocational schools instead of university tends to be the choice of more students. Reports show workers with good skills can have better incomes than some university graduates.

A relaxing trip to Vung Tau

 VietNamNet Bridge – For a two-day weekend, those working and living in HCMC can make a relaxing trip to the southern coast city of Vung Tau, a one-and-a-half-hour drive from downtown HCMC.

Vietnam's big businesses dogged by huge debts

VietNamNet Bridge - Once the richest millionaire on the stock market, making big money in many business affairs and earning nearly $1 million a day sometimes, Dang Thanh Tam is now pursued by bad luck.

Water source for Da Lat City compromised

Dankia-Suoi Vang Lake, a famous beautiful site in the tourism city of Da Lat, has been repeatedly compromised, causing big impact on the natural landscape and water supply for Da Lat City and Lac Duong district of Lam Dong province.

Enterprises' business licence fee may be tripled

 The business licence fee for enterprises is likely to double or triple in the coming period, according to a draft decree by the Ministry of Finance.

VN sees growth opportunity in retail sector

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s retail sector offers great potential for investors in the context of various free trade agreements and the Trans-Pacific Partnership the country has signed.

National budget law must be upheld: Minister Bui Quang Vinh

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment, spoke to the newspaper Tien Phong (Vanguard) about money disbursement in the central and local budgets. 

ANZ: USD to settle at VND23,000 at year-end

 ANZ Research is seeing fewer risks in the USD/VND exchange rate towards the end of 2016 and the green back is likely settling at VND23,000 a dollar in the last month of the year.

Life in the floating village of Chau Doc

 VietNamNet Bridge - Chau Doc, located at the junction of Hau River, is a very famous destination of the southwestern region of Vietnam. It would be a big mistake for tourists here if they don’t visit the floating village.

Triumphs in popularising dance

In recent years, local choreographers and dancers have brought dance close to the people, who often ignored this art form in the past. 

Vietnamese banks prefer borrowing from foreign banks to domestic sources

VietNamNet Bridge - The dollar deposit interest rate in Vietnam remains at zero percent, but commercial banks are still trying to borrow dollars from foreign banks.

Xuan La Village preserves art of traditional rice powder figurines

 VietNamNet Bridge – When I was a child, some of my favourite toys were small, colourful figurines made from glutinous rice powder. The figurines, called to he, were brought back to me by my mother from the Xuan La Village,

Banned ’superstitious’ items keep selling

Despite efforts of local authorities to stamp out superstitious practices as well as publications of unsavoury reading materials, sales of "mystical cultural” items and books of superstitious practices boomed after the Tet holiday

“Scrap villages” might explode in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a narrow alley on Hoang Cau Street in Dong Da District, among a residential complex and multi-storey buildings, there is a row of shabby one-storey houses without address plaques.

Population increase outstrips school building

 VietNamNet Bridge – While some districts in inner Ha Noi lack land to build schools, dozens of pieces of land in the suburbs of the capital city are left fallow, or used for other purposes.

A hobby for a better work-life balance

VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid growth of the Internet has turned the world into a smaller and more connected place. Postal services, therefore, are getting less popular.

Long term solution needed for Mekong drought

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta is facing severe drought and critical inland salination at the same time. El Nino and the shortage of water to the delta due to dams built by countries in the upper Mekong mainstream are the main causes

TripAdvisor names Nha Trang rising destination

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha Trang received TripAdvisor’s “Destinations on the Rise – Asia” award for its growth in ratings and international recognition it received from online travel communities,

Expectations for Vietnam's first female National Assembly leader

 Many National Assembly (NA) deputies and voters consider the election of Madam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan as Vietnam's first female top legislator a turning point for the legislature.