Wastewater from energy extraction 'triggers US quake surge'

 Massive injections of wastewater from the oil and gas industry are likely to have triggered a sharp rise in earthquakes in the state of Oklahoma.

Vietnam to become electronics production capital of the world

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of the largest global technology groups have set up their factories in Vietnam, giving many reason to believe that Vietnam is destined to become the world’s major electronics production base.

Viet Nam strives to attract sound FDI

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Planning and Investment Ministry Dang Xuan Quang speaks to Tin Tuc (News) newspaper about Viet Nam's struggle to attract foreign direct investment.

Vietnam sends paper affirming island sovereignty to UN

VietNamNet Bridge – The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations on July 3 sent a paper to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opposing China’s illegal occupation of the Hoang Sa archipelago and asserting Vietnam’s sovereignty over it.

800 to vie for dance prize

Floor Killer, the fourth Viet Nam recreational dance championship, will be held this weekend in Ha Noi, drawing 800 contestants from Viet Nam and overseas.

Speed signs removed from national roads

The Viet Nam Road Administration announced yesterday that it had removed all road signs limiting speed to under 40kmph on national highways.

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Foreign textile firms line up for TPP bonanza in Vietnam; Vietnamese goods hold sway in local markets; EBA cites Vietnamese company among world’s best run; Robins Department Store comes to Ho Chi Minh City

East Sea tensions hit hotel bookings

 VietNamNet Bridge – The tension in the East Sea between Viet Nam and China has led to more booking cancellations for hotels, according to a source.

Famous chef fires up the grill in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – The Windsor Property Management Group Corporation, which runs the Windsor Plaza Hotel and several restaurants in HCM City, has achieved a coup by getting star Chinese-American chef and food writer Martin Yan to create the menu

Da Nang on track to become intelligent city

VietNamNet Bridge – The adoption and effective implementation of IT progress in administrative reform at commune and district levels in the central city of Da Nang have brought many positive changes in recent years.

Germany approves first-ever national minimum wage

 The German parliament has approved the country's first minimum wage, in a vote in the Bundestag on Thursday.

Volunteers swing into action for exam season

VietNamNet Bridge – More than one million candidates sat for the university entrance examinations today, July 4.

18 Vietnamese detained in Malaysia on prostitution charges

 VietNamNet Bridge – Malaysian police on July 1 arrested 39 foreign women, including 18 Vietnamese nationals, believed to be involved in prostitution, Malaysia’s National News Agency Bernama reported.

What tricks do Chinese businessmen play on Vietnamese farmers?

Analysts have summarized some of the more popular tricks Chinese businessmen play on Vietnamese farmers. They maintain that, in the aggregate, these tricks harm not just individual farmers, but the Vietnamese economy as well.

More projects planned for supporting industries though success is uncertain

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is still determined to develop supporting industries to become more attractive to foreign investment, despite past failures.

Hanoi hosts conference on UN peacekeeping operations

 VietNamNet Bridge – A regional conference on ASEAN countries’ participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations was co-organised by the foreign ministries of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea in Hanoi on July 3.

Online prostitution services booming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prostitution services and aphrodisiacs, which are banned in Vietnam, are advertised on many Facebook pages and websites, with pictures and cellphone numbers of women and drug traders.

Whole nation prepares for university entrance exams

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s exam time once again in Vietnam. And if students are feeling under the gun, they can take some comfort in knowing that they’re not alone.

Hurricane Arthur skirts North Carolina

 Hurricane Arthur, packing winds of 100mph, has made landfall in the US state of North Carolina, as thousands abandon their 4 July holiday plans.

Flyover collapses in Brazil World Cup host city

 A flyover has collapsed on to vehicles in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, killing two people.

1,000 cancer deaths in 6 years, reasons unknown

 VietNamNet Bridge – 1,000 cancer-related deaths have been reported in one district in the last six years. In one small town, 115 out of 562 deaths (21 percent) were due to cancer.

Vietnamese bamboo house introduced in Time magazine

 VietNamNet Bridge - The bamboo house of Vietnam that won the AR House Awards 2014 has been written about in Time magazine’s “intelligent house” page.

Volunteers guard stone turtles at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature

Students are flocking to Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi before the university entrance exams to touch the head of stone turtles to wish for good luck. But this year the turtles are being guarded by a dozen volunteers.

Should Vietnam continue power subsidies?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enjoy the lowest electricity rates in the region. But they come at a cost.

Hanoi’s water supply station to close due to high arsenic levels

 VietNamNet Bridge - All 20 water samples taken from water supply plants and stations in Hanoi have a chlorine and arsenic concentrations higher than the permitted level.