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Women's football champs kicked off

 VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Ha Noi 1 beat Ha Noi 2 4-1 in the opening game of the National Women's Football Championships that kicked off yesterday, Feb 20, at the Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City.

HCM City seeks additional funding for Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe canal project

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has asked the World Bank to continue lending US$450 million for the second phase of the HCM City environmental sanitation project (Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Basin), according to the city's Transport Department.

Sports News Headlines 20/2

 Vietnam to host tennis play-off matches versus Sri Lanka; Thousand to join fun run to be held in HCM City; Bouldering competition aims to expand

HCM City to relocate 1,300 households to avoid natural disasters

675 households in areas at risk of landslides and storms will be relocated this year, and the rest will be removed from the dangerous areas before the end of 2016, according to a plan that has just been approved by HCM City authorities.

HCM City seizes 4.2 kg of elephant tusks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Suspect goods seized by Ho Chi Minh City’s customs officials have been identified as three African ivory tusks weighing a total of 4.2 kg, the Institute of Tropical Biology reported on February 17.

Urban agriculture grows amid pesticide fears

 VietNamNet Bridge – With many urbanites worrying about the use of growth chemicals in vegetables, services providing small hanging gardens and care for fresh vegetables grown at home are prospering.

HCM City still cannot clear unlicensed privately run nursery classes

HCM City vows to dissolve 866 unlicensed privately run nursery classes after a series of child abuse cases were discovered. However, this proves to be an “impossible mission.”

Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde comes to VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – The ADGE and TNT Theatre Britain will present the thriller-cum-horror comedy Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Ha Noi and HCM City in early March.

HCM City to choose government officials through contests

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City People's Committee has approved a plan on organizing contests to select heads and vice heads of departments of the municipal and district-level agencies in order to choose qualified officials.

Social News Headlines 10/2

 Cold spell hits north, fog covers south; Ship with 260 on board rescued; Three dead and four injured in car crash; Authorities bust drug smuggling syndicate; Tunnel to be built in Hoan Kiem District; Nation put on bird flu alert

HCM City needs $600mil for transport infrastructure

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City will need over 13 trillion VND (611 million USD) to build and repair roads this year, a local newspaper reports, citing information from the municipal Department of Transport.  

The winter specialties of Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The following is a list of some of the most typical snack foods that have become a part of winter in Hanoi.

HCM City reports growing demand for IT workers

 VietNamNet Bridge – IT workers have been much in demand in January, according to HCM City's Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information.

Entertainment centres hope to attract Tet visitors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tourism parks and entertainment centres in HCM City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on Friday.

Electricity industry seeks more investment capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – Capital demand for building infrastructure of the electricity industry is increasing, but the industry still has difficulty in gaining access to it, stated Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN).

HCM City gets behind business tech innovations

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is taking steps to support enterprises to implement technological innovations, according to director of the city's Sciences and Technology Department, Phan Minh Tan.

Overseas Vietnamese return for Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – "There's no better place to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year) than in our homeland," an overseas Vietnamese who travels frequently between the US and Viet Nam said.

Abusive sitters given jail terms

 VietNamNet Bridge – Justice has been swift for the two women caught on camera horribly ill-treating children at a pre-school in HCM City's Thu Duc District last month.

Women inspire spring exhibit

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's renowned artists are heralding the new year with their latest exhibition titled Mua Xuan (Spring).

Water and miseries

 VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City is rated as one of the 10 cities worldwide that are most severely affected from climate change, and in Vietnam, it is only the Mekong Delta in terms of suffering from climate change.