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U19 tournament begins in January

 The National U19 Football Championship 2016 will be organised from January 11.

Vietnamese seas, islands showcased

Nearly 200 photos of Viet Nam's sea and islands are on display at the HCM City War Remnants Museum to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Viet Nam People's Army, which falls on December 22. 

Hanoi airport receives Japan's award

Three infrastructure projects in Hanoi, including the capital's airport, were named among the recipients of the sixth Japan International Co-operation Agency President Award, becoming the first in Vietnam to receive the award.

Vietnamese capital flows into overseas real estate markets

 VietNamNet Bridge - While foreign capital is flowing to real estate in Vietnam, domestic capital is going to the international property market.

VN public ask schools to give students instruction for using Facebook

 Curently the public has raised concern over harmful using of the most popular social network Facebook by young people and asked schools to give them instruction on how to use Facebook usefully.

Winter to be warmer this year in VN due to El Nino phenomenon

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting Le Thanh Hai spoke to Viet Nam News about the influence of El Nino and climate change on Viet Nam.

SOE debts may be a threat to VN financial security

The government has denied that acting as a guarantor for enterprises to borrow capital would threaten the nation’s financial security, saying that the involved parties have to follow strict procedures to avoid risks.

Vietnam fish exports to face tough US inspections

 The Vietnamese tra fish exports and those of many other Siluriformes fish will have to struggle with USDA's final inspection rule, said Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Saigon female workers molested by psychopath

 Nine female factory workers are worried about their health after being touched by a stranger on the way to work in District 9, HCM City recently.

Illegal taxis being removed from Noi Bai airport

 The Airport Corporation of Viet Nam will take coercive measures to soon stop illegal taxi services from wooing tourists at the Noi Bai International Airport.

Cancer on the rise among VN's young people

 Cancer cases have been on the rise in Vietnam, particularly among young people, with unsafe food considered a major cause.

Vietnamese shoppers swear by food test kits

 For more than two months now, Hanoian housewife Nguyen Thanh Thuy says a Russian-made food test kit has been an inseparable companion on shopping trips to local markets and supermarkets.

Ho Chi Minh City sets social-economic goals for 2016

The 8th People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City concluded its 20th session on December 11 with the adoption of a resolution on the city’s economic-cultural-social targets for 2016.

Vietnam could face serious freshwater scarcity

 Vietnam could face acute freshwater shortages in the future if water resources, including rivers, kept being degraded at the current pace, heard a seminar in Hanoi on December 11.

What attracts Korean investors to Vietnam?

 VietNamNet Bridge - With a total investment of $25 billion, South Korea has surpassed Japan to become the largest investor in Vietnam.

A new way of life from paper quilling

  Tran Thuy Thuy Vi, 37, started her professional life later than others of her age. She suffered physical and spiritual pains after a severe disease disabled one of her legs at the age of three.

Vietnam’s Internet speed ranks 102nd in the world

Compared with the ranking of 2010, Vietnam’s Internet speed in 2015 has dropped by eight spots, ranking 17th in the Asia - Pacific region and 102nd in the world, according to the latest report of the International Telecommunications Union.

Car prices blamed for sluggish automobile industry growth

 Automobiles which are priced higher in Viet Nam than in regional countries is the reason for the sluggish development of the automobile industry, experts say.

Projects aim to keep rivers above water

 VietNamNet Bridge – Water resource organisations work to maintain a stable flow and reduce pollution in the Red-Thai Binh river system as illegal sand miners continue to devastate the riverbed.

Owner of Vietnam’s largest tamed elephant herd worries about elephant extinction

 VietNamNet Bridge – The director of a travel firm, Mr. Dang Nang Long, resigned to return to his home village in Dak Lak Province to succeed his father in helping to conserve domestic elephants.