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Vietnam beat Indonesia at AFF Beach Soccer Champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s men’s beach soccer team defeat host Indonesia in the second round of ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) beach soccer championships 2018 on Monday in Bali, Indonesia.

Vibrant comtemporary artists join affordable art fair

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artwork by more than 150 contemporary Vietnamese artists will be on sale at attractive prices during the ninth “Art For You” – an affordable art fair taking place in Hanoi this week.

Unlicensed fire therapy threatens safety

While few healthcare centres in Vietnam have been licensed to use fire therapy in medical treatment, a number of spas and beauty salons in HCM City still advertise the dangerous service to cure thousands of illness.

Have a bite of nostalgia with cháo sườn

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi’s Old Quarter is considered the top tourist destination in the capital, and for me, Ly Quoc Su Street is the soul of the Old Quarter.

Vietnam want three points in Myanmar

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will meet Myanmar in their third match of Group A in the AFF Suzuki Cup at Thuwanna YTC Stadium in Yangon today.

Vietnam becomes national team with the most consecutive undefeated matches

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national team has the longest current unbeaten run in world football after the 2-0 loss of World Cup champion France against the Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League last weekend.

Chien becomes Asian’s top cueist

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top cueist Tran Quyet Chien has recently become Asian’s top ranked billiard player, recognised by Union Mondiale de Billiard (UMB).

Labour Code to be adjusted to be compatible with new-generation FTAs

The retirement age for male and female workers could increase from 60 and 55 at present to 62 and 60 respectively from 2021, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Company found to make laughing gas

 VietNamNet Bridge – A company in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District has recently been found selling nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas used to make “funky balls”,

26 tonnes of acid successfully collected from sunken ship

Officers from southern Dong Nai Province’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in co-operation with Bien Hoa Chemical Plant, have successfully collected all hydrochloric acid from a sunken ship

Traditional trade of bronze casting receives National Heritage title

Bronze casting in Chè Đông Village in the central province of Thanh Hóa has officially received a certification recognising it as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage, making it the seventh local heritage to receive the title

VN film won Best Film at Kolkata Film Fest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The movie The Third Wife by director Nguyễn Phương Anh (Ash Mayfair) has won the Best Film title at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival in India.

Two Dutch nationals drown in sea near Hue

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Monday afternoon announced the death of two Dutch nationals.

Vietnam win seven medals at world taekwondo champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national taekwondo team bagged seven medals at the 11th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships that concluded on Sunday in Chinese Taipei.

Vu defeats Spanish player in World Cup 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s billiard star Duong Anh Vu beat Spanish player Daniel Sanchez 40-35 in the first qualifying round of Three-Cushion World Cup 2018, held on Saturday in South Korea. 

The special teacher who writes by foot

 VietNamNet Bridge – Being a teacher standing in front of a blackboard was Huynh Thi Xam’s childhood dream but she thought it was impossible due to her disabilities.

Hanoi gears up for less traffic congestion

Vu Van Vien, director general of the Ha Noi Department of Transport, talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị newspaper on the drafting of the Proposal to collect fees from motor vehicles on some Hanoi streets.

Hanoi updates traditional markets

 VietNamNet Bridge – As Hanoi has rapidly urbanised, many traditional markets have been replaced with supermarkets, convenience stores and trade centres.

An Giang offers incentives to investors in renewable energy plants

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta province of An Giang will offer preferential policies to investors in renewable energy plants as part of its strategy on sustainable development.

Stronger links between businesses, university researchers needed

Production of innovative and competitive products would be enhanced if enterprises took advantage of research conducted by local universities and academic institutes, the head of the HCM City Party Committee Secretary