Vinamotor seeks strategic investors as IPO launch nears

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Motors Industry Corporation (Vinamotor)'s initial public offering launches in three weeks, but strategic investors remain passive,

Diem Huong banned from performances nationwide

VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Performing Art has officially banned Luu Thi Diem Huong from performing within Vietnam after she was found to have lied about her marital status before competing in Miss Universe 2012.

Land reoccupation shakes Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Hanoi’s Van Loi Village are still stunned after their houses were destroyed in the lead up to Tet holiday despite hasty deadline and incomplete compensation.  

School students receive ASEAN young scientist awards

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students have won second and third prizes for math and science at the Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS) 9th Regional Congress held in Malaysia from March 3-7.

The fourth day searching for the missing jet: Expanding search on land

VietNamNet Bridge - Today, March 11, the rescue forces have expanded the search area to 20,000 km2. Vietnam Air Force has mobilized the most modern patrol aircraft – Casa 212 – for the mission.

Three outstanding female golfers of Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Not only beautiful, Ngo Bao Nghi, Tang Thi Nhung and Brianna Do are great talents, full of ambition and expected to be the future ambassadors for women's golf in Vietnam.

Enjoy a fruitful weekend

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tan Trieu Village is only 60km away from HCM City, but might well be on a different planet with its clean air, greenery, and hectare after hectare of pomelo orchards.

Local students sketch historic Long Bien Bridge

 VietNamNet Bridge – Students from the University of Architecture in Hanoi on March 9 took the day to sketch the cantilever Long Bien Bridge, which has stood as a prominent feature of Hanoi’s image for over 100 years.

Unlicensed daycare centres fill the gap

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities say they are unable to act against thousands of illegal private kindergartens and daycare centres in the country because the latter help fill the wide gap that exists between demand and supply.

What are the 24,000 Vietnamese PhDs doing?

 VietNamNet Bridge – The majority of Vietnamese PhDs do not follow scientific research or work as school lecturers.

Vietnamese warned against casino, brewery, seaport, airport movements

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have pointed out that “following the crowd” is Vietnam’s biggest problem in programming its economic development.

Social News Headlines 11/3

 Taxi driver jailed for fraud and robbery; Hospital staff in blood test scam get jail time; Former bank director faces trial in Dak Nong; Ha Noi drive to inspect vehicles; Forest fires put out in Lao Cai

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/3

 Four oil refineries due to enter operation by 2030; Zero tax levied on two Cambodian import items; VietinBank to loan $7.8m to textile firm; VN forecast to return to fast growth; Work begins on $1.3b thermal power plant in Binh Thuan

HCM City: Adulterer’s penis cut off by his wife

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors of the People's Hospital 115 in HCM City on March 8 successfully rejoined the penis for a 42-year-old man after his penis was cut off by his wife, with a razor.

Veteran coach leaves national karate team after 13 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Le Cong and his assistants have been replaced by an Iranian coach and young assistants.

VN wants to keep at least 65% equity in state-owned banks

Except Vietinbank, other State-owned commercial banks are not allowed to sell more than 35% of the shares. The government has also permitted State-owned corporations to divest from non-core business fields below the face value.

Foreign-invested firm pays for piracy

 VietNamNet Bridge - The first time a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam was sued and had to pay the high compensation for using pirated computer software.

Vietnamese businessman to test his mini-submarine in a lake

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the latest test in a tank in the afternoon of March 7, the homemade submarine named Truong Sa (Spratly) of an entrepreneur in Thai Binh province could still dive and resurface well in the presence of many people.

Quang Ninh: village tourism lures international tourists

 Numerous foreign tourists flock daily to a cultural tourism village in Dong Trieu district, northern Quang Ninh province, to discover the unique cultural identity of the local villagers.

Sports News Headlines 10/3

 International women’s cycling tourney opens in Binh Duong; Swimmers, finswimmers to test skills in nat'l champs; Quang Nam beat Ninh Binh 3-1; VN score sepak takraw win; Nam out of Chang Thailand

Art & Entertainment News Headlines 10/3

HCM City stirs-up interest in South African culture; Local students sketch historic Long Bien bridge; Art show celebrates creativity with do paper; HCM City festival shows beauty of Ao Dai; Japan Cherry blossom festival fascinates local youth

Banking tycoon plans for big affair

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Southern Bank – Sacombank merger deal, once completed, would help Tram Be, one of the Vietnamese most influential tycoons in the banking sector, “kill two birds with one stone.”

Cambodia reports two new bird flu cases, one dies

Two more new human cases of avian influenza H5N1 have been confirmed in Cambodia, and one of them, an 11-year-old boy died on Friday in Phnom Penh's Kantha Bopha Children Hospital, a hospital representative confirmed Monday.

Cameron, Putin want "diplomatic solution" to Ukraine crisis: Spokesperson

 British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed in a phone call that they both want to find a "diplomatic solution" to the situation in Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said Sunday.

Deputy PM orders round-the-clock search for missing jet

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed that the search and rescue operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH 370 must continue round the clock and the search should be expanded to the west.