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TuoiTreNews.vn - The construction of the 8.93 km bridge, the seventh and the longest bridge spanning the Hong River, began in March 2009 with a total investment of VND13.6 trillion (US$639.2 million). Built with cutting-edge Japanese technology, Nhat Tan Bridge is 33.2 meters wide for six lanes of traffic and two emergency stop lanes. The number of its suspension spans is among the largest in the world. The travel time by car from the bridge to Noi Bai International Airport is only 15 minutes. The bridge is expected to help deal with traffic jams on the Thang Long-Noi Bai route and reduce traveling costs from the center of Hanoi to adjacent provinces, officials said.

TuoiTreNews.vn - The goat is mainly used as an offering to the gods of locals in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan, w ith vast steep, hilly land covered with sand and big rocks and shrubs. The province thus features the most suitable conditions for the goat and the animal has become the symbol of the breeding that takes place there. It is considered ‘Vietnam’s goat town’ and goat tenders there live as nomads to take care of their herds.

TuoiTreNews -  Son Doong,  the world’s largest cave, located in central Vietnam, will be featured in 360-degree images in a historic project funded by National Geographic Magazine – the leader in featuring stories about the exploration of natural and heritage sites around the world. Although the magazine has already published a story and images of the cave, located in UNESCO-recognized Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh Province, it continued to carry out the Son Doong 360 project late last month for further detailed publications. The cave has made  headlines  in other famous media outlets, including national television channels from Japan, Germany, the U.S., England, Italy, and Spain, apart from NatGeo, which publishes nine million copies a month in 33 languages.

A young Vietnamese, along with his friends, who were all born in 1990, has completed a project called “Vietnam Free Foto For Children,” which was aimed at taking 10,000 free photos for mountain kids.

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ThanhNienNews - To say “Chuc mung nam moi” in Vietnamese is no sweat. But, to  li xi , or to give red envelopes containing lucky money, to the right people with the right amount, can be a real big headache not only to foreigners, but Vietnamese as well. In fact, in the weeks before  Tet , one of the most talked about topics in local media is the perplexing custom.

Past and present Author: Jet Huynh “I took this picture on the occasion of last year’s Tet holiday at Nguyen Thai Binh Condominium [in District 1]. I once passed the place and was impressed by this angle. I then came back one afternoon to take this picture.” “I think such an image combining the past – the old condominium – and the present – the gorgeous Bitexco skyscraper right in the middle of the downtown city – will no longer exist over time.” Jet Huynh, whose real name is Huynh Thu, 38, is an informatics businessman whose passion is night exposure photography, especially that about Saigon.