Sports News Headlines 18/2

Female volleyball team left in limbo; Flying dragon stadium to host Da Nang matches in 2015; Top-form Thanh Hoa continue domination; Vietnam invests US$ 200,000 for swimmer Anh Vien

10 killed in resort building collapse in S.Korea

A resort building crashed down in the southeastern city of South Korea Monday night, killing 10 people, including nine college students, and injuring dozens of others,

Bank shareholders defy regulations on ceiling ownership ratios

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Law on Credit Institutions has been taking effects for three years already, but a lot of the provisions of the laws have not been implemented, including the one on the individuals’ ceiling ownership proportions.

Alien creatures kill fish in Kien Giang

 VietNamNet Bridge - The strange creatures appeared in Kien Hai district of the southern province of Kien Giang after the Lunar New Year. They produce poison that kills fish.

Japanese expert appointed V-League chief organizer

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 3pm today, February 18, Tanaka Koji will officially become the chief organizer of V-League - the most important football league in Vietnam after a signing ceremony with the Vietnam Professional Football JSC.

In photos: Great ceremony for peace attracts thousands of people

 VietNamNet Bridge – On February 17, thousands of people and around 1,000 Buddhists from Da Nang City and Quang Nam province attended a ceremony praying for nation’s peace and prosperity at the Ba Da Pagoda, Da Nang.

Hundreds of curious people watch Saigon police fishing a toy arm

 VietNamNet Bridge - At around 11am yesterday, February 17, hundreds of curious people gathered along the 19/5 canal, HCM City, to witness the police examining the scene and fishing a “human arm" from the black canal.

HCM City: Over 2,000 young men to join the army

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Military Service Council of HCM City, 2,050 young men in 12 districts will be admitted to the army on February 19.

Tokyo plans to welcome more Vietnamese tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from 30 Tokyo tourism companies, travel agencies, airlines and hotels have launched a scheme in Hanoi to attract Vietnamese to the Japanese capital.

Spring festivals help to revive folk games across the country

 VietNamNet Bridge – The crowd quickly shaped into a circle in the front yard of the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology as drumbeats resounded and amateur artisans put down heaps of clay.

Vietnam invests in science-technology enterprises

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam hopes to have 5,000 businesses operating in science-technology by 2020, which should generate between 7-15 percent of the country’s gross domestic product

Universities’ presidents argue with MOET about floor marks

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of education experts have suggested removing the “floor mark mechanism” from the 2014 exam season because it is “unreasonable” and “unscientific.”

Android TV Box believed to be the biggest choice for TV users

 VietNamNet Bridge – The reasonable prices of Android TV Box proves to be the great advantage that helps Android TV Box become more favored than smart TVs. Experts believe that this would be the biggest choice for TV users in the near future.

McDonald’s hamburger shows dong undervalued

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam dong is believed to be undervalued by 39 percent if compared with the US dollar.

FDI: Vietnam tries to catch “big fish”

 VietNamNet Bridge – Samsung is the big foreign investor Vietnam wants to attract and the one which has expressed its willingness to make investments in many different business fields in Vietnam.

Flappy Bird success story encourages domestic developers

 VietNamNet Bridge – The popular Flappy Bird game marked a bright point for Viet Nam's application industry, raising excitement amongst developers, Vietnamese technology experts told Vietnamplus online newspaper.

Locals outraged by polluting shrimp firm

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of households in southern Soc Trang Province's Thanh Phu Commune are demanding strong action against a local shrimp processing company that has continued to pollute their main water source

Rare brain infection reported in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tropical Diseases Hospital received a patient suffering from meningococcal disease, a rare but serious brain infection, early this week.

Vietnamese students battle wits in virtual stock competition

 VietNamNet Bridge – The third edition of the only virtual stock investment competition for Vietnamese students in the UK – the Student Investment Challenge (SIC) – declared a winner on February 15.

EVN to slash 98 mln USD from non-core ops

 VietNamNet Bridge – Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) plans to withdraw capital worth 2.07 trillion VND (97.64 million USD) from seven non-core companies by 2015.

Unique soil firecracker festival in pictures

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the morning of February 15, at the Con Son – Kiep Bac Festival in Chi Linh district of Hai Duong province, 100 local men competed in a soil firecracker making competition.

Jazz star Tung Duong to perform Doc Dao in Paris

VietNamNet Bridge – After their successful performance in Ha Noi, "Divo of Viet Nam," Tung Duong and Vietnamese-French musician/producer Nguyen Le will present their music project Doc Dao (Only Path) at Theatre Adyar, Paris on March 2. 

The Khmer temple in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - This is a destination that should not to be missed for those who are interested in architectural heritage and traditional arts of the Khmer in Hanoi.

Nam Du Archipelago’s beaches attract tourist

VietNamNet Bridge – From the observation deck of Radar Station 600, Nam Du Archipelago’s island landscape of sparkling beaches paints a watercolor image. The vast ocean is crowded with small boats and big ships.

Cherishing a space dream

 VietNamNet Bridge – For Vu Thanh Long, the winner of the Unilever Group’s Axe “Finding Vietnam’s Second Person in Space” competition, stratospheric ambitions are intimately tied to helping his homeland.