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Veteran opera singer celebrates career with live show

 VietNamNet Bridge – People’s Artist Quang Tho will celebrate his 50-year music career with a live show in downtown Hanoi on November 11.

Chamber music concert features Japanese and Korean soloists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese clarinetist Shuhei Isobe and South Korean pianist Ju Sun Young will perform along with Vietnamese musicians in a chamber music concert at the HCM City Opera House on Tuesday.

Photo exhibition to feature famous film locations in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photo exhibition featuring film locations across Vietnam will be held from October 21-31 in Hanoi.

Music project to rock youth

 VietNamNet Bridge – A project has been launched recently by Bức Tường (The Wall) band and Viet Nam Cable Television to encourage youths to join the rock music scene in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s teams rank seventh at Chess Olympiad

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s teams rank 7th after the 11th round of the 2018 Chess Olympiad concluded in Batumi, Georgia on Saturday.

31,000 overloaded vehicles refused entry to highways: VEC

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport authorities have prevented 31,000 trucks overloaded with goods or passengers from entering highways since early this year, 

Seniors prove age is just a number

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some seniors in Vietnam are proving age is just a number and continue to work well into their twilight years.

Environmental tax hike must be rolled out transparently

Dinh Tuan Minh, an economic expert from the Institute for Policy Research and Technology, speaks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on the need for transparency and accountability in the decision to raise the environmental tax

Van Don District plans for the future

 VietNamNet Bridge – Van Don Island is quiet on a rainy day. When we paid them a visit, the range of islands in Bai Tu Long Bay was covered in a blanket of drizzle.

Outdoor activities help stroke patients recover

 VietNamNet Bridge – Organising outdoor activities for patients may be unusual at most hospitals but it is normal at Da Nang Hospital of Traditional Medicine.

Bamboo houses keep old skills alive

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bamboo, clay and straw were traditionally used as building materials in rural Vietnam, when cement, brick and steel were not available. As cities expand, homes made of bamboo have gradually disappeared,

Village leaders show there’s life in old dogs yet

Many elderly people want to relax and spend more time with their families, but some old people in Thanh Hoa Province’s mountainous district of Quan Son are proving they can still play a big role in society.

Deaf video hotline is sign of the times

The telephone on the table rings. Interpreter Vu Hoang Lan receives the call. A pregnant woman standing in a shop is on the phone’s screen. She does not say anything, just shows signals with her hands. 

Wushu artists bring home world golds

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes arrived home on Tuesday with a basket of four gold medals from the third World Taijiquan Championships in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Into the depths of Tram Tau jungle

Trekking a muddy road, treading carefully past precipitous cliffs and sleeping in the middle of the tranquil jungle are among the best memories from our trip to Tram Tau District in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Waste sorting at source ready to begin in HCM City

A programme to sort waste at source has been started at HCM City’s export processing zones (EPZ) and industrial parks (IP) by the HCM City EPZ Authority (HEPZA) and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

All Vietnamese are to have decent houses of their own

Nguyen Van Ly, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policy, speaks to the newspaper Nông thôn Ngày nay about the challenges the bank has faced over the last five months implementing the Government Decree 100/2015

Concerns raised of sewer plans

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of senior architects have objected to plans to build sewer system into Kim Nguu River, one of the most polluted in the city.

Hundreds of tonnes of Khanh Hoa garlic in storage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of tonnes of garlic in Khanh Hoa Province is in danger of rotting, as a lack of demand has forced farmers to put their crops in storage.

Hanoi to have 25 new parks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi People’s Committee aims to implement several projects to strengthen national capacity in response to climate change and environmental pollution in the capital during 2016-2020.