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Police bust online gambling ring, arrest 10

 VietNamNet Bridge – An online gambling ring involving over VND100 billion (US$4.4 million) was busted in Thanh Hoa City on Tuesday.

Hanoi to install 15 cameras in flood-prone areas

Hanoi plans to install cameras at 15 locations at risk of flooding throughout the city, to better supervise the level of rising waters and put in place timely measures to avoid flooding during heavy rainfalls.

Residents in high-rises suffer water cuts

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Hanoi are suffering the twin pains of hot weather along with water shortages in many areas.

Ao dai to go on show at We Are Together Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese designer Lan Huong will showcase around 60 ao dai creations at an exhibition and performance in Seoul next month.

“Street knight” teams keep HCM City neighbourhoods safe

As a way of respect, many people in HCM City call the men who volunteer to protect them from neighbourhood thieves "knights of the street", an expression that was first used in Binh Duong Province.

Local health station struggles burden nat’l system

Vietnam’s grassroots healthcare system is failing to win public trust, resulting in overcrowding at provincial-level hospitals and hampering efforts to ensure universal health coverage in the country.

Hanoi theatres to go their own way

 Thang Long Theatre is one Hanoi’s art units and theatres chosen to become financially autonomous, under the strategy approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to develop the Vietnamese culture industry

Vietnam faces challenges applying stem cell therapy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is facing challenges keeping pace with other countries in the application of stem cell therapy, many doctors say. 

Drone for monitoring forests passes flytest

The southern province of Binh Thuan’s Military Command deployed the first test of using drone on Monday afternoon to inspect forest management in Ham Thanh Commune in Ham Thuan Nam District.

Da Nang residents suffer odour from polluted channel

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households living along Khe Can Channel in central Da Nang City have been complaining about the foul odour emitting from the polluted channel.

Solutions proposed to protect environment from project impacts

Binh Thuan Province People’s Committee has proposed to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc the establishment of a focal agency to address the problems posed by five thermal power plants at Vinh Tan Power Centre, 

Top seed Ly Hoang Nam defeated in F3’s first round

No 1 seed Ly Hoang Nam suffered another shock loss at the Futures tennis tournament on home turf after being eliminated from the first round of the F3 event in Hue yesterday.

Hot weather disrupts country

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hot weather has caused an increase in patients in hospitals in Hanoi in the past week due to exhaustion and summer diseases.

Vietnam third at Para Athletics Grand Prix

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam grabbed nine gold, 11 silver and five bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix Series which closed in China on Monday.

8% of couples face infertility

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country’s infertility rate currently stands at about 8 per cent of Vietnamese couples, experts say, indicating that infertility is a major task for the obstetrics and gynecology sector in Vietnam.

Two men arrested in stabbing deaths of two volunteer “street knights”

Two men were arrested on Monday by HCM City police in a stabbing incident on Sunday evening which killed two men who were part of a team of volunteer “knights” who protect local residents. 

History glitters through archaeological treasures

 VietNamNet Bridge – Glorious jade sceptres, precious terracotta mythical creatures and gigantic bronze drums are few among 300 artefacts being showcased in public for the first time.

Anan Saigon: New take on traditional favourites

 VietNamNet Bridge – If you think you already know dishes like banh xeo, banh trang or nem nuong too well, Anan Saigon’s creative versions might surprise you. Plus, their unique location is a bonus. 

Loan sharks cause suffering in Mekong Delta, central provinces

On May 9 police in Sa Dec City accosted Nguyen Van Thu at a car wash in Ward 1 and seized notebooks with records of his loans, more than 400 deposit contracts and identity documents and 3,000 flyers

Loose management of slaughterhouses in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal authorities of Hanoi put plans in motion to control poultry and cattle slaughter activities by setting up modern industrial-scale houses last year.