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Central Highlands eyes regional tourism connectivity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Enhancing regional connectivity is key to fulfilling the tourism potential of the Central Highlands, according to the Government’s master plan on tourism development for the period through 2020.

Love amongst steaming, stinky fish in Quy Nhon

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 1am, when most people are sleeping, a small corner near the Quy Nhon Seaport in Hai Cang Ward, Quy Nhon City in the central province of Binh Dinh, is bustling.

Private drama troupe offers training

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City-based Hong Van Drama Troupe, a leading private theatre, is offering training courses in performance skills as the number of talented actors has declined in recent years.

HCM City reviews ongoing flood-prevention programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – Flood prevention works in HCM City between 2016 and 2020 are estimated to cost more than VND96.3 trillion (US$4.2 billion), 

Nam wins overall yellow jersey at Return to the Countryside

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Nhat Nam of Domesco Dong Thap won the overall yellow jersey of Return to the Countryside cycling tournament which wrapped up on Saturday.

FLC Thanh Hoa beat Quang Ninh Coal at V.League 1

 VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa had their first win under the guidance of new coach Nguyen Duc Thang, defeating Quang Ninh Coal 3-1 in the eighth round of the V.League 1 yesterday.

Students snub Can Tho vocational schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – While many universities in Can Tho City have managed to reach 65-100 per cent of their enrolment quotas this year, many vocational schools and colleges there are struggling to find students

Shell explodes leaving two dead, three injuried in central VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shell exploded at 8.30am on Friday at a military camp in the central province of Binh Dinh killing two soldiers and injuring three others, according to the Ministry of Defence.

Illegal logging found in Quang Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – An illegal logging site has been found in part of the Kon River protected forest – the fourth recorded case of logging violations in the central province since January.

Chemical factory close to Ha Long Bay raises concerns

 VietNamNet Bridge – A chemical factory project, originally set to be opened not far from the World Heritage of Ha Long Bay, is sparking public concerns in the northeastern province.

Little girl’s battle against leukaemia

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five-year-old Bui Thi Hong Ngoc smiles and chats to her grandmother just like any other child of her age would do.

Tan, 78, is a man on a mission to clean up the canals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wooden stick in hand, with his wrinkled and tanned skin, 78-year-old Pham Van Tan is doing what he’s done for four decades. Picking up trash.

Paddle to Eagle Island for a dose of tranquility

If you are seeking a tourism destination with luxurious accommodations and plenty of services, do not visit O (Eagle Island) on Tri An Lake in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Hanoi highly polluted in Jan-Mar 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi witnessed severe air pollution exceeding air quality guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on nine out of every 10 days in the first three months of 2018.

Korean artists resumes mural project in fishing commune

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ten Korean artists have resumed painting a mural in the coastal Tam Thanh Commune in Tam Ky City of Quang Nam Province.

Three men prosecuted in stabbing deaths of two “street knights”

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City’s investigation police on May 17 started legal proceedings against three men arrested in connection with the murder of two volunteers from a team set up to protect residents.

Southern residents fight against landslides

 VietNamNet Bridge – Residents living alongside a river in Can Tho City have put coconut trunks around an area wrecked by landslides during the past month to protect their houses.

Islanders urged non-use plastic bags and straws

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has launched a communication campaign to cut the use of plastic bags on Ly Son Island, as a prelude to its sea turtle conservation programme on the island.

Japan to recruit engineering labourers in central Vietnam

Japan Material Engineering Services Company and Da Nang-based Dong A College have inked an agreement on training in electronics and engineering, as well as controls and automation for the Japanese labour market.

3 tonnes of plant protection products destroyed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some three tonnes of plant protection products smuggled from China were disposed on Wednesday.