Quoc Anh wins Vietnam Golden Ball Award

 VietNamNet Bridge - Da Nang FC’s midfielder Quoc Anh received the award at the Vietnam Golden Ball 2012 award ceremony held in HCM City last night, May 7.

Ministry requests tax reduction to boost tourism

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a request to the Prime Minister asking for a reduction of 50 percent on Value Added Tax and 50 percent on Income Tax for this year, to help businesses

The steps of Huawei in Vietnam

With the low pricing policy, Chinese telecom group Huawei has taken firm steps to conquer the Vietnamese market.

District deputy chairwoman criticized for drunkenness at work

"I do not like drinking because drinking only bring about diseases. But in this position, receiving guests is also business," explained Mrs. Cut Thi Nguyen, deputy chair of Ky Son district, Nghe An province.

Italian TV promotes Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cities and provinces from north to south Viet Nam have been selected as destinations for a gameshow titled Mission being shot by Italy's RAI TV.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 8/5

 Vietnam People’s Navy honoured; Prime Minister receives WB Vice President; UNDP-funded project promotes legislative information exchange; PM to visit Russia, Belarus

US police probe how triple kidnap was hidden 10 years

 US police descended on an unremarkable home in a working class neighborhood of Cleveland after three women who had been missing for around a decade were rescued from kidnappers.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/5

 ASEAN gender gap hurts working women; Hau Giang brides to receive further support; Hailstorms destroy rubber trees in Lai Chau; VNFU congress scheduled for June

10 percent of excellent students choose history studies for university education

The Vietnam History Science Association has honored 206 general school students who got high prizes at the national history competition.

Interest rates going down and will decrease more sharply

Vietcombank, one of the biggest commercial banks in Vietnam, has pioneered in slashing the deposit interest rate to 6 percent per annum. Other banks have unanimously reduced the lending interest rates.

Three dead, several missing in Italy shipping accident

 Three people died and several others were missing in the water in the port of Genoa on Wednesday, after a container ship smashed into a control tower in a night-time accident.

Capital flows into IT

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investment capital has continued to flow into the information technology (IT) sector via mergers and acquisitions after a number of M&A transactions were announced over the past four months.

Few opportunities for cruise passengers to spend money

VietNamNet Bridge – Travel firms have complained that cruise tourists have few opportunities to spend money in Viet Nam since there are very few points of sales serving the visitors.

Munich Chamber Choir to debut in capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – The famed Munich Chamber Choir will hold their first-ever concert in Asia at the Ha Noi Opera House on Thursday to kick off Europe Day 2013 in Viet Nam.

Pardon given to non-complying FIEs

VietNamNet Bridge – Those foreign-invested enterprises that failed to renew their expired investment certificates before July 1, 2011 may be saved from dissolution as the Government decides to remove such a requirement.

New brain research shows benefits of dual parenting

 Dual parenting may be more beneficial than single parenting as it would lead to enhanced brain cells production in the later stage of life, according to a latest Canadian research.

No end yet to wildlife harvest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Preventing the illegal consumption of wildlife and protecting the nation's biological and zoological biodiversity needed the involvement of people in all levels of society,

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/5

 Bitter-sweet honey exports; Myanmar attracts Vietnamese investors; Call for expanded Delta transport system; Multi-billion projects kindle hope for recovery; Multi-billion projects kindle hope for recovery

Hanoi moves to tackle increasing tourist scams

 VietNamNet Bridge – After reports of foreign tourists being overcharged by taxi drivers and hotel employees, the city plans to work harder to prevent scams,

Nearly 3,500 people register for the astronaut selection

VietNamNet Bridge - The organizers of the "Find the 2nd Vietnamese astronaut" program have said that up to 3,490 young people have registered for the selection, which was launched three weeks ago. 

Seriously degraded images of the One Pillar Pagoda

Venerable Thich Tam Kien of the One Pillar Pagoda has sent many petitions to the authorities to call for help to rescue the temple – the most famous relic in Hanoi - but he has had to wait in vain for years.

Motorbike makers eye exports

VietNamNet Bridge – Motorbike manufacturers in Viet Nam are looking to push up exports as domestic market narrows and competition becomes fiercer, according to a Saigon Economics Times report.

Vietnam Airlines rejects information on aircraft fire

An incident occurred 30 minutes after an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines took off from the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City but it was not a fire, Mr. Pham Ngoc Minh - CEO of Vietnam Airlines told VietNamNet.

Vietnamese short film to be screened at 2013 Cannes Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge - A short film entitled "16:30" by young director Tran Dung Thanh Huy will be introduced at the Short Film Corner of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Chinese fishing fleet rushes to Vietnam’s Truong Sa

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Danzhou fishing fleet with 24 vessels of Hainan province, China on the morning of May 6 departed a local fishing port to the Truong Sa fishing ground of Vietnam.