The Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Le Thanh Hai hosted a reception on April 29 for the newly-accredited Archbishop Bui Van Doc.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Jogadanz will become the first Indonesian band to be resident at Hard Rock Cafe HCMC from May 1.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries and sectors to intensify the disbursement of public investment, FDI and ODA sources and ensure the efficient use of the capital in order to boost national development.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In Saigon, along with Vietnamese sandwiches, many kinds of foreign sandwiches are available, to serve the different tastes of the people.

Da Lat city, dubbed as a “small Paris” or a “city of thousands of flowers”, in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will be introduced to Thai people through their television channels in the coming time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Salary and bonuses provided to companies’ top brass has always been a fixture of attention from the public.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition showcasing autographs of famous personalities from all over the world will open to the public in Ha Noi on Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the other localities dream of waste treatment plants, the Mekong Delta’s most modern plant in Vinh Long Province is shutting down, even though locals have been living with it for the last several years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign direct investment into the real estate sector in Vietnam is expected to resume in the days to come. But investors would be well-advised to listen to the news carefully before injecting money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Hong Quat, deputy director-general of the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship, told Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan (Youth Weekly) about the need to remove hurdles for science and tech entrepreneurs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic investors are seeing great opportunities to dominate the international education market in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge - This guitar making facility is located on Highway 50, Binh Chanh District, in HCM City. It produces 2,000 guitars for the domestic and foreign markets each month.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – With drinks priced at only VND15,000-VND28,000 ($0.7-1.2)/ glass, the coffee shop on Hoa Phuong Road, in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan District, uses reptiles like pythons, snakes, and South America dragons to attract tourists.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of over 4,000 licensed housing development projects throughout the country, 287 have been canceled because the investors could not mobilize enough capital.

 VietNamNet Bridge – All schools nation-wide have been given targets to enroll children affected by HIV/AIDS by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has postponed submission of a plan on textbook reform to the National Assembly after facing the public opposition for the price tag of VND34 trillion (USD1.61 billion).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will create favorable conditions for the business community to increase productivity, competitiveness, quality and competitiveness and make contribution to the nation’s socio-economic development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After falling into the sea without water, food, or life jacket, fisherman Tran Minh Sang drifted alone for over a day. During his ordeal, he spotted some 15 cargo vessels and attempted to summon them for help.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many universities are facing difficulties in enrolling disabled students following a recently-issued regulation on special incentives for these candidates.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction (MOC) has insisted that the investor, design consultant, project planner and EPC contractor must accept responsibility for the projected cost overruns of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project.

 A teacher has been stabbed to death in front of pupils inside a school in Leeds. Spanish teacher Anne Maguire, 61, was taken to hospital following the attack but later pronounced dead.

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