The output of U19 Vietnam is J-League?

Chairman Vo Quoc Thang of the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) said that next year, J-League will likely allow each club to register one Vietnamese player. This is the good news for many players of the Vietnam U19 football team.

Three women rescued in London after being enslaved for 30 years

 Three women who had been working as slaves for some 30 years were rescued in a south London house Thursday morning, according to local media reports.

Cu Chi tunnels an underground tourist attraction

 VietNamNet Bridge – CNN has listed a system of tunnels in HCM City’s Cu Chi District as one of the world’s top underground tourist attractions.

Norwegian conductor blown away by HCM City singers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Magnus Loddgard is a Norwegian pianist and conductor who lives in Berlin, Germany. He has worked with many genres and styles, but now he conducts mostly opera and contemporary music.

Embezzlement in banking sector gets alarming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banking has been named as the leading sector in terms of embezzlement with 9 out of the 10 embezzlement cases treated in 2013.

Vietnam’s WHC membership proves its int’l status

Vietnam’s election to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has proved the country’s consolidated role, position and its determination of full integration into world cultural cooperation.

iPhone maker Foxconn invests $40 million in US

 Taiwan's Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, is to invest $40 million in the United States to ramp up manufacturing of high-end products.

Prime Minister promises to ensure stability at hydro-power projects

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday, Nov 21, said he was optimistic that the country was on track to achieve higher economic growth in 2014, at around 5.8 per cent,

New penalties on inappropriate public cultural behavior

VietNamNet Bridge – In an attempt to restore a sense of decorum in the field of culture, sports, tourism and advertising, the government has issued a new decree proposing increased penalties on lip-syncers,

HCM City speeds up investment to modernise schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training will invest in more modern school equipment, including interactive whiteboards for primary schools and kindergartens by 2015.

Beautiful November’s day in Tram Chim National Park

 VietNamNet Bridge –I found my trip to the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and Tram Chim National Park such an amazing opportunity to discover fantastic landscapes and local people’s activities during the flooding season.

Cable TV market heats up with M&A deals

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pay-TV market is believed to witness big changes in the time to come when a lot of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are made and announced.

FDI firms may open local currency accounts

 VietNamNet Bridge – International investors and foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises operating in the country may be allowed to open investment accounts in Vietnamese dong in addition to those in foreign currency.

Eating nuts makes people live longer: study

People who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause than those who didn't consume nuts, a U.S. study said Wednesday.

The men who saved 240 people in floods

"Until now I do not understand why that day my stamina was so huge. The flood has passed, seeing everybody in my village is safe, I’m very happy," said the man who saved 42 families.

Mezcal Jazz Unit returns to Hanoi

Jazz lovers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will have a chance to hear French band Mezcal Jazz Unit once more at a special concert entitled ‘Friends Reunited’.

Children hospitalised for quinvaxem reactions

More than 300 children in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are recovering from reactions to a combined Quinvaxem vaccination, reported the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/11

 CFO conference sheds light on business growth; Vietnamese tea exports slump to $186m this year; State Bank of Viet Nam mulls local gold purchases; Consumers opt for local goods

Import meat sold at below production costs in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian beef has been flooding supermarkets. In the first 10 months of 2013, the import chicken and pork increased by three folds over 2012.

HCM City hosts international telecoms expo

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 15th International Telecoms and Information Technology (Viet Nam Telecoms 2013) exhibition in HCM City is displaying the latest telecommunication technologies and services to local companies and customers.

Tran Thi Quynh is prominent at Mrs. World 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Quynh is an outstanding contestant of the 2013 Mrs. World pageant for her beauty and her ideal height.

Truck plunges into abyss, three people died in Nghe An

In the darkness, the truck suddenly lost control and plunged into an abyss in Tuong Duong district of the central province of Nghe An. The driver thrown out of the cabin, stuck on the cliff while two others died and one was badly injured.

National sports delegation headed for 27th SEA Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's athletes have said they are prepared to compete in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar next month.

Experts, products honoured at 2013 VN Talent Awards

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leading researchers and products in the fields of IT, applied sciences and medicine were honoured yesterday evening as State leaders presented the Nhan Tai Dat Viet 2013 in Ha Noi.

New round of Iran nuclear talks resumes in Geneva

 Talks between five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany and Iran over its controversial nuclear program resumed Wednesday.