VietNamNet Bridge – Having visited Vietnam as a tourist, Ando Saeko, a Japanese woman spent a month in HCM City before travelling to Hanoi to explore Vietnamese culture.

Vietnamese architecture company VTN Architects has just received two prizes for two buildings in HCM City and Hanoi at the International Architecture Awards 2018 (IAA) hosted by the Chicago Design Museum.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Night of Film Music will be held at 8pm on September 29-30 at the Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square in HCM City’s District 1.

The ASEAN Photo and Documentary Exhibition will be launched in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang on Friday. This will be the first time the province has hosted an international photo exhibition. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Healthcare facilities in HCM City have reported many cases of measles among children, most of whom have not been vaccinated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the Mekong Delta are setting up safe sites for children in flooded areas and ensuring the safety of students going to school.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of HCM City have asked the Government to increase investment in the city’s first two metro lines because of a capital shortage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public employees and officials can take early retirement if they do not meet new job specifications after their company gets restructured.

Having reached the milestone age of 100, Dang Van Viet still impresses with his gentle voice and vivid memories. His face is full or pride recalling the years he spent fighting the resistance war against French colonialists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southernmost province of Ca Mau is installing black box devices for monitoring trips on fishing ships longer than 15 metres.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An additional 2,430 people with HIV were diagnosed in the first six months of the year, an increase of 732 compared to the same period last year, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nga Son District in the central province of Thanh Hoa still has traces of the Ba Dinh guerrilla base among villages weaving sedge mats, familiar to many generations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The festive atmosphere is reflected in paintings depicting young men and women playing games such as catching eels, swing and blind man’s buff.

A book on Thang Trần Phềnh (1895 - 1973) was recently launched in Hanoi and HCM City. The book is compiled by author Ngo Kim Khoi and is a rare chance to learn about one of Vietnam’s least-documented artists. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pop star My Tam’s free concert, Mối Tình Đầu Mỹ Tâm - 1st (The First Love), will be held at the Jangchung Arena in Seoul, South Korea, next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health plans to use at least seven types of domestically produced vaccines as part of the expanded national immunisation programme by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City plans to move electrical and telecommunication utility boxes underground in an effort to improve safety and the city’s beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – You’ve probably heard of multiple measures to ease traffic congestion in HCM City, but are you aware that the city plans to restrict motorbikes by 2030?

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is merging various management boards, departments and districts in an effort to streamline its administrative procedures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A student of Le Chan District of the northern Hai Phong City has received VND1.8 billion (US$77,400) from the Viet Nam’s Health Insurance Fund for his treatment of thrombocytopenia.