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Pop stars to sing in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American pop stars Tuan Ngoc and Thanh Ha will perform in a concert in HCM City next week.  

Ceremony dedicated to ancient tea trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mong ethnic minority group in Van Chan District, the northern province of Yen Bai, has long made a living from local tea trees.

Vietnam wins big at international kids model contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Little models from Vietnam wowed judges at the Luxury Brand Kids Model Awards 2018 held in South Korea.

Tropical depression hits south central provinces, claiming 12 lives

 VietNamNet Bridge – Torrential downpour caused by a tropical depression hit the coastal city of Nha Trang on Sunday, resulting in multiple deaths and damage to infrastructure.

Ancient tombs and jewelries found on Ly Son Island

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archaeologists from Quang Ngai Museum and the Archaeology Institute have found six ancient tombs and jewellery dating back about 2,000 years.

Famous composer’s jazz album released

 VietNamNet Bridge – A music production in jazz by music producer and composer Vo Thien Thanh of HCM City has been released, after six years of composing and recording.  

French adoptee yearns to trace Vietnamese roots

 VietNamNet Bridge – For many years, Auréline Malnoury has never stopped thinking about his Vietnamese roots and his biological parents.

Obscure minority brought to light

 VietNamNet Bridge – Gabor Vargyas was the first foreign anthropologist to study the Bru Vân Kiều people in the central region of Vietnam in depth.

Art exhibition exists forever in public spaces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Virtual art is still a new concept in Vietnam, but Manzi Art Space in Hanoi has launched recently Into Thin Air 2 – an art in public project which offers art lovers a completely new way to enjoy art.

Young scientist discovers eight new bacterial species

At the 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME17) held in Germany in August, Nguyen Viet Hung was the only Vietnamese speaker invited to present his work in front of over 2,000 renowned scientists from over 60 countries.

Phở with Hitachi Wagyu beef

 With chef Vu Anh Duc from Sheraton Hanoi Hotel. Let’s try Vietnamese “Phở” with a foreign addition. Cheers!  

Central Highlands welcomes European Film Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – The screening of A Wedding at the National Cinema Centre kicked off the European Film Festival (EFF) 2018 in Hanoi on Thursday.

Binh Duong to meet Hanoi in national U21 final

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Duong will meet Hanoi in the final of the National U21 Football Championships on Saturday.

PM: Wrongdoings in BOT projects need strict handling

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently urged the Ministry of Transport to upgrade damaged build-operate-transfer (BOT) expressways as soon as possible to ensure the safety of people and vehicles.

Ok Om Bok Festival opens today in Soc Trang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ok Om Bok Festival, also called Festival of Worshipping the Moon, kicks off today, November 16, in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Soc Trang.

Time for the nation to pull up their pants and deal with the toilet problem

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates delivered a presentation on toilets in China last week, but the thing that grabbed headlines was a prop he used: a clear canister of human excrement. 

Central city seeks water shortage solution

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang will speed up the construction of key water plants – the Cau Do, Hoa Trung and Hoa Lien – in order to supply 250,000 cubic metres of clean water each day by 2019-2020.

Visiting Doong Village in Phong Nha – Ke Bang

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a valley close to the breathtaking Son Doong Cave, sits a village surrounded by majestic cliffs.

Quang Ngai explains dumping of dredged soil at sea

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Quang Ngai Province has said the 15 million cubic metres of dredged sand and soil recently dumped into the sea area was a legal activity and had not caused pollution.

HCM City considers 20sq.m house requirement to qualify for permanent residency

Requiring people who want to register for permanent residency in HCM City to rent a floor area of at least 20sq.m is too high, a conference held by the Vietnamese Fatherland Front to discuss the issue has heard.