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Nghe An’s young players to face Persija Jakarta

 VietNamNet Bridge – Song Lam Nghe An will rest most of their best players when they meet Persija Jakarta in the second-leg Group H match of the Asian Football Confederation Cup today.

Herbal pills put patients’ lives in danger

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Thi Hong, 81, was hospitalised on March 2 and died two days later.

HCM City aims to improve admin services

 VietNamNet Bridge –  HCM City’s People’s Committee targets having more than 80 per cent of local residents and organisations satisfied with public administrative services by 2020.

VN director calls for partners in Cannes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Popular film director Bui Thac Chuyen and producer Tran Thi Bich Ngoc will introduce one of their movie projects, calling for partners at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Artist inspires from debris

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese artist Nana Chen’s first solo exhibition entitled Discarded is open at Heritage Space, featuring a series of large size photos in an ongoing project by the artist in HCM City.

Doctors warn of drug resistance in children with meningitis

 VietNamNet Bridge – Meningococcal disease is not new, but recently, drug-resistance in children with meningitis has been increasing, doctors in HCM City have warned.

Reform may see labourers paid for their productivity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Businesses will likely narrow the pay gap among labourers and recalculate salary scales based on productivity at work instead of seniority, 

Bus stops need renovating to attract riders

After years of decline, in 2017 the number of bus riders in Hanoi increased by more than three per cent, however experts say improved bus stops and shelters will make public transport even more attractive.

Dak Lak halts massive teacher dismissal decision

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Sunday announced that a decision by Krong Pak District to suspend the labour contracts of about 200 teachers in the locality would be halted.

Public in favour of capital’s underground train station plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Locating an underground station (Terminal C9) for the city’s urban railway project near Hoan Kiem Lake is reasonable, 

Watch huts on Hue’s flag tower to be restored

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hue is restoring two watch huts that once sat atop the historic Ky Dai flag tower in this former imperial capital city.

Book reflects astonishing beauty of the Spratlys’ landscape, soldiers, people

 VietNamNet Bridge – The beauty of the nature in the Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) and its people is portrayed in a book of photos taken by photographer and journalist Nguyen My Tra, released yesterday in Hanoi.

Vietnamese designer to host fashion show on cruiser

 VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known Vietnamese designer Le Thanh Hoa will transform a 50m-long luxurious cruiser into a ramp for his upcoming fashion show.

French training programme begins in HCM City

An intensive training course for French teachers and managers, chiefs and communication specialists at French teaching centres and universities in 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific began yesterday

Minh in top three at HDBank chess tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Tuan Minh jumped into the top three of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament’s Masters Pool yesterday in Hanoi.

Thanh Hoa must win to continue at AFC Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – FLC Thanh Hoa will seek revenge for their loss to Bali United last week when the two sides meet again for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.

600 workers abandoned by Texwell Vina find new jobs

Some 1,700 out of 1,928 workers at the Korean-owned Texwell Vina Company, which has closed and whose managers have fled the country, have received unemployment benefits while more than 600 have found new jobs, 

Quang Nam deactivates promotion decisions to planning director

Chairman of central Quang Nam Province People’s Committee Dinh Van Thu on Monday morning decided to deactivate all job promotion decisions to Le Phuoc Hoai Bao – director of the province’s Planning and Investment Department.

Over 70 charged for online gambling

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police of northern Phu Tho Province have launched legal proceedings against more than 70 defendants for their alleged involvement in a major gambling and money laundering case.

HCM City’s private museums attract crowds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private museums in HCM City have changed their ways of doing business and are pulling more audiences away from theatres and cinemas.