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Businesses rush to enlarge room for foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more listed companies have asked for permission to give larger room to foreign investors in their businesses, a move which is expected to lead to a new price increase wave.

Objectives and guiding viewpoints of international integration through 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has promulgated an Overall strategy for international integration through 2020, vision to 2030 which states objectives and viewpoints of international integration.

Sino-Vietnamese conflict to receive more attention in history books

 It could be said that it is unfair for people who sacrificed their lives in the wars against the Chinese have been forgotten.

Heart Beat to throw New Year gig next week

Heart Beat, a HCMC-based group of DJs from different countries, will host a gig of German DJ Oliver Deutschmann and three other popular artists on March 11 from 9 p.m. at The Observatory in HCMC’s District 4.

Chinese contractor’s money issues put Hanoi metro line on the ice

  A representative of China Railway 6th Bureau Group, the principal contractor of the Cat Linh-Hadong metro line in Hanoi, attributed the delay in the completion of the project to financial issues.

The best bites of bun in the Old Quarter

VietNamNet Bridge – Phat Loc Lane in the east of Ha Noi's Old Quarter is famous for its fragrant bun dau mam tom (fresh rice vermicelli, tofu and shrimp paste) - particularly Trung Huong Shop, Nguyen Thanh Ha reports.

High-qualified staff remain a problem for Hanoi

Hanoi is facing difficulties realising the government's staff reduction policy because officials working at the city's state agencies are all well-qualified. 

HCM City needs over $22 mln to control air pollution

HCM has built a project on an air quality observation center in the phase 2016-2020, which will need a total fund of U$22.18 million to build 27 automatic and 200 semiautomatic observation stations.

15 movies to be released in Vietnam this March

 VietNamNet Bridge – March will be the month of the two blockbusters "Kung Fu Panda 3" and "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice".

Challenges lie ahead for Vietnam's economic growth

 Vietnam has challenges to tackle if it wants to achieve economic targets and deeply integrate into the world's economy in the context of new trade agreements.

App brings busy parents closer to children

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four students from Ha Noi University of Technology designed an app that helps parents stay present in their young children's lives with recorded story-telling and messages.

Degenerate festivals

The Vietnamese are indulging themselves in a festive atmosphere as the first lunar month has the most festivals in a year. While some festivals bring joys and teach youth history, others are plagued with chaos and violence.

Mouse chase ends in house fire

 A man in the northern Quang Ninh Province thought he found a surefire way to kill a mouse: by setting it ablaze with petrol. But only when his house and car were razed last week did he start to feel pangs of regret.

Vietnam: Returning to a country I have loved since I was 16 years old

 VietNamNet Bridge – Maybe you don't know this about me, but I was against the Vietnam War when I was a teenage girl living in Franklin Square, Long Island.

Vietnam’s manufacturing sector resilient: HSBC

 HSBC attributed the resilience of Vietnam’s manufacturing sector to the country’s rising attractiveness as a manufacturing hub, which helped reel in record FDI in 2015 and should boost exports in 2016.

Vietnamese primatologists discover 500 grey-shanked douc langurs

 Vietnamese primatologists and their foreign partners from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have discovered more than 500 grey-shanked douc langurs, an extremely rare primate species, in the Central Highlands region.

Aeroports de Paris appointed for sole strategic stake in Airport Coproration of Vietnam

  The Ministry of Transport has just ratified the list of strategic investors in Airport Corporation of Vietnam, appointing Aeroports de Paris as the sole candidate.

Song, poster competitions mark 40 years of HCM City

 To celebrate 40 years of the city named after late President Ho Chi Minh, the municipal Department of Culture and Sports launched a song-writing and poster contests on March 3.

Vietnamese top chess players to compete at int'l HDBank Cup

 Vietnamese top grandmasters are expected to face a tough challenge with contenders around the world during the sixth HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-13.

Vietnam remains 146th in FIFA world ranking

 Vietnam remained its 146th position out of 204 in FIFA’s March ranking, according to the Vietnam Football Federation on March 4.