Quan makes contemporary dance for VNOBVietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will premiere a contemporary dance entitled Đáy Mắt (In the Eye) – a collaboration by choreographer Bui Ngoc Quan and musician Tri Minh on August 19 at Ha Noi Opera House. "The performance by VNOB’s dancers with choreographer Quan and musician Minh is full of emotion which will inspire the audience," said VNOB director Tran Ly Ly. After studied dance at the Viet Nam Dance School and working at VNOB he began to work abroad including France, Germany, Hungary, Brazil and Belgium. In between his European projects, Quan also worked on projects in Vietnam introduced a series of classes and workshops at dance schools in Hanoi and HCM City. Quan is currently artistic assistance of Alain Platel who is the founder of Belgian Les Ballets C de la B dance company.

Vietnam listed among markets of potential in AsiaVietnam has been listed among Asian markets that have a full house of positive factors for the long-term growth of real estate as an investment class, according to JLL’s latest Global Capital Flows Research. It has now the essential components that would enable it to move forward and reach its full potential for sustainable development in the future. First half volumes were at $81 billion, up 29 per cent from a year earlier and the highest on record. The boost from Asia-Pacific has had an impact on global volumes, which in the first half of 2018 rose 13 per cent to $341 billion. The latest research from JLL shows that the gap between the risk-free rate and prime real estate yields continues to close.

Ecommerce platform Sendo gets US$51m from new investorsHo Chi Minh City-based ecommerce portal Sendo.vn has raised US$51 million in a round of Series B funding from eight foreign investors, Sen Do Technology JSC (Sendo) said in a statement issued today, August 16, by PRNewswire. The latest funding round will increase SBI Holdings’ ownership in Sendo to 20.8%. SoftBank Ventures Korea, Daiwa PI Partners and SKS Ventures are the new investors in this round. “The funding will help the company to expand the C2C (consumer-to-consumer) platform Sendo, launch the B2C (business-to-consumer) marketplace SenMall and make SenPay the leading fintech platform in Vietnam,” said Nguyen Dac Viet Dung, executive chairman and co-founder of Sendo. Founded in 2012, Sendo is an online platform on which individuals and small businesses sell their goods.

Two killed, three others in critical condition following wasp attackTwo people have been killed, while three others from a family in the southern province of Bac Lieu have been left in critical condition after being stung by wasps. The two boys are still in critical conditionThe attacked included two grandmothers and three young grandchildren. According to initial information, the children were taken care of by their grandmothers as their parents were away from home. The five people were found by their neighbours in critical condition. Le Vu Phuong Thy from the hospital said that the children were hospitalised in the serious condition with swelling across their whole bodies.

Billions of dollars worth of car parts exported but not from Vietnamese manufacturersVietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam spends billions of dollars to import car parts each year for domestic assembling, but it also exports billions of dollars worth of vehicle parts. Vietnam needs to import car parts for domestic assemblingToyota Vietnam reported that it exported $34 million worth of car parts in the first half of the year, an increase of 13 percent compared with the same period last year. In 2017, the manufacturer from Japan earned $64 million from car part exports, an increase of 5 percent over 2016. This was record high export turnover gained since its export center opened in 2004. They set up factories in Vietnam and turned Vietnam into a production base from which car parts are brought to the world.

Vietnamese football fans miss out on Asian Games coverageMany football fans in Vietnam have to turn to online channels to watch the Asian Games as the organisers expressed surprise that Vietnam failed to buy the rights for the event. Fans have to watch the Asian Games onlineOver 100 Vietnamese fans went to Wibawa Mukti Stadium in Indonesia for the Vietnam-Pakistan match where Vietnam won 3-0. However, despite the Asian Games being usually aired in Vietnam in previous years, this year, fans had to resort to online channels to find coverage. Vietnam Television failed to secure the broadcasting rights for the Asian Games with Kjsmworld Corp because of what they described as 'high prices'. According to Linda Wahyudi, the broadcasting director of the Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee, 75 countries have bought broadcasting rights for the Asian Games.

VN's top swimmer Anh Vien aims to make a splash at ASIADVietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is confident she will change her medal’s colour at the upcoming Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia. Going for gold: Vietnamese top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is ready to compete at the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia. “The ASIAD is an arena which is quite different from the Southeast Asian Games,” said Vien. My best result in the 400m medley is 4:36.85 which I set in the qualifying round of the Olympic Rio 2016. It aims to snatch at least three gold medals, with at least one in an Olympic sports category.

US threatens more action against Turkey unless pastor freedThe US has threatened to impose more economic sanctions on Turkey if it does not free a detained American pastor. He said early on Friday that Turkey had "taken advantage of the United States for many years" and that he was "cutting back on Turkey". On Thursday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said: "We have more that we are planning to do if they don't release him [Mr Brunson] quickly." Mr Brunson has denied charges of espionage, but faces up to 35 years in jail if found guilty. Mr Erdogan wrote in the New York Times earlier that unless the US changed course, Turkey would look for new friends and allies.

Petrolimex asks for divestment extensionThe Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) has asked the Government to extend its deadline for selling the State’s capital to the 2019-20 period instead of this year as currently planned. A corner of Petrolimex Quang Ninh Company’s port, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex). The largest petrol retailer has asked the Government to extend the deadline for its State divestment plan from 2018 to 2019-20. The amount of shares that should be offered for sale to reduce State ownership in Petrolimex to 51 per cent is estimated at 509.2 million shares, Petrolimex said. Net foreign capital was nearly VND47 trillion in 2017.

VN artists to attend Carnegie International exhibitionA group of artists from Viet Nam known as Art Labor and Joan Jonas will attend the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the US. The Art Labor group with Thao Nguyen, Cong Tung and Arlette Quynh - Anh Tran. The Carnegie Museum of Art was established in 1896 and has sinve been a rendezvous point for contemporary artists from around the world. The Art Labor group was formed in 2012 by painters Thao Nguyen and Cong Tung and curator Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran. She has co-ordinated with Art Labor on various projects.

US military parade ordered by Trump postponed 'to 2019'President Trump's plans for a Veterans Day military parade through the streets of Washington DC have been delayed until at least 2019. Mr Trump was impressed by France's Bastille Day parade on a visit in 2017 and said the US could "top it". The Pentagon said the military would march from the White House to the Capitol, and the parade would feature a "heavy air component at the end". The focus was to be on the work of US military veterans through the ages, starting with the American Revolutionary War. The US had a military parade in 1991 following the end of its successful campaign to force Saddam Hussein's troops out of Kuwait.

Rose Park to open in HanoiVietNamNet Bridge – The capital city’s first ever rose park will open soon in Long Bien District, 10km east of the city centre. The first rose park will soon open in capital. Guests will be able to enjoy popular Vietnamese rose species like the Hue ancient red rose, Sa Pa rose, Van Khoi rose, Hai Phong pink rose and Nam Dinh white rose. The park will also play host to hundreds of international rose species from Bulgaria, the UK and France that have been imported from Thailand. The park, located in Dam Tranh, Thach Ban Ward, Long Bien District, will officially open to the public on September 2.

HCM City loses out on cruise tourism without large portsVietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City tourism sector needs to provide better inputs to the Government and improve marketing and promotion to maximise the city’s tourism potential, experts have said. Tourists in downtown HCM City. HCM City has thus missed the chance to attract high-spending cruise passengers, most of them from Europe, who spend an average of $100 a day, she said. City authorities should quickly resolve this problem since large cruise ships would hugely benefit the city’s tourism industry, she added. Bui Ta Hoang Vu, director of the city Department of Tourism, said ports in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province prefer container ships purely for economic reasons.

Tokyo Medical University apologises for changing female exam scoresOne of Japan's most prestigious medical universities has apologised for tampering with entrance exam scores to limit its intake of female students. The university has apologised for "betraying" the trust of the public -- Photo: REUTERSAn internal investigation found that Tokyo Medical University (TMU) had been manipulating the scores of female applicants from as early as 2006. It also marked down the scores of male applicants who had taken the entrance test at least four times. The university also admitted to adding extra points to the scores of 19 students who had made donations to the school. The newspaper reported that after the two-round application process earlier this year, only 30 female applicants were accepted to study, versus 141 men.

Developing 3D printing in VN: priting machines cheap, but materials lackingVietNamNet Bridge - The biggest problem hindering the development of 3D printing in Vietnam is not technology and equipment, but the lack of materials, according to Dr Hoang Xuan Tung from the HCM City University of Science & Technology. 3D printing is used widely in many business fields, from manufacturing and fine arts to healthcare and industrial production. Complex parts in industry such as wind power turbines and aircraft parts can also be made with 3D printing technology. Complex parts in industry such as wind power turbines and aircraft parts can also be made with 3D printing technology. Other types of materials such as ceramics, organic materials and metals have also been used for 3D printing.