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Three kindergarten teachers suspended for child abuse

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three teachers were suspended after being caught on video allow students to beat up a classmate at Ninh Binh City’s Cau Vong (Rainbow) kindergarten.

Broken dam inundates Ba Ria-Vung Tau villages

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households in Phu My Town in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province were flooded due to a broken dam on Monday.

HCM City seeks new tourism products

Given the rising number of foreign tourist arrivals to HCM City, the city’s tourism sector should focus on strengthening human resource training, diversifying tourism products, and promoting linkage with neighbouring provinces, 

The residents of Red River

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Red River that dissects Hanoi takes its name from the colour of the silt that tints the water.

Grab riders to get penalised for using phones while riding

Viet Nam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) has ordered the traffic safety boards of Ha Noi and HCMC and GrabTaxi Viet Nam Co Ltd to regulate and strictly handle Grab riders using mobile phones when riding.

Chieu wins National Motorcycle Racing Championship

 Pham Minh Chieu of Bac Lieu triumphed in the professional 125cc category at the National Motorcycle Racing Championship held in the southern province of Can Tho on Sunday, 

Ironman 2019 officially launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – Registration for the fifth annual Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship 2019 tournament has officially kicked off.

Floods leave 19 dead or missing in northern, central provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods and landslides in northern mountainous and central provinces have killed 15 people and left four missing, while causing heavy losses to property, 

President Quang calls for education reform towards improved workforce

President Tran Dai Quang has called for the education sector to continue working on a comprehensive reform for education and training activities to produce high-quality human resources for national development

Spam messages plague phone users

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Private higher education institutions face hurdles

 VietNamNet Bridge – Private higher education plays an important role in promoting human resource quality, however, policies to develop private universities still face obstacles. 

Construction violations still rampant in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Construction violations ranging from ignoring building permits to illegal construction on farm land remain a hot issue in HCM City.

Nghe An music clubs preserve old Thai folk songs

For members of art clubs in Con Cuong District in the central province of Nghe An, performing ethnic Thai folk songs and dances is not only for entertainment but also helps preserve the traditional music.

Community-based tourism improves local lives in Thanh Hoa

 Precede: Community-based tourism has attracted an increasing number of tourists to Ba Thuoc District in the central province of Thanh Hoa. Here, visitors enjoy the picturesque natural scenery and get immersed in local life. 

Cinema Support Fund to be set up next year

 VietNamNet Bridge – It has been nearly seven years since Vietnamese filmmakers started talking about establishing a Cinema Support Fund at the 17th Viet Nam National Film Festival in 2011 in the central province of Phu Yen. 

Plastic interventions that promise nothing but ugliness

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite many people believing that plastic surgery is the magic wand that leads to perfection, it can also lead to serious complications when performed by uncertified doctors.  

VN firms set sights on joining int’l value chain

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nhan Dan (People) newspaper talks to experts about what should Vietnamese enterprises do to export their agricultural products to foreign markets.

The most scenic ride of Nghe An

The 200km route from Que Phong to Ky Son districts is regarded as the most beautiful route in Nghe An. The drive takes one past scenic mountainscapes, refreshing rice terrace fields and colourful flower forests. 

500 year-old village faces preservation conundrum

Though they face each other across the O Lau River, the old village of Hoi Ky in Quang Tri Province has had very different fortunes from its sister village Phuoc Tich in Thua Thien-Hue Province.

War correspondent turns diary into book

August brings a cooler wind and the gentle yellow sunlight of autumn. The entire country remembers the historic moment of the revolutionary wars to liberate the country from colonialism: the August 1945 Revolution.