Asking for high remuneration, pop star rejected from int’l firework festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Da Nang City’s Chairman Van Huu Chien asked to eliminate singer My Tam from the music show of the International Firework Festival 2013 for claiming high remuneration.

Dong Nai: Wanted man becomes police officer

As the leader of a robbery gang and being wanted on charges of robbery in 2004, just over one year later, Tran Huu Nam was recruited as a service policeman and gradually promoted as a lieutenant.

Faces in the paintings by Ty

VietNamNet Bridge - The latest exhibition by artist Ty from Nha Trang City opened on April 6 at Tu Do Gallery, HCM City, introducing 21 oil and acrylic paintings.

Vietnamese win golds at Tokyo gymnastics cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese gymnasts won two gold and two bronze medals at the Suzuki World Cup held at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on April 7.

French tourists threaten to boycott Vietnam for dog meat

In the western world, dogs and cats are pets and are considered friends. Many foreign tourists to Vietnam were very shocked seeing Vietnamese people killing dogs and eating dog meat.

Rare langur returned to the national park

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in the northern Ha Nam Province's Kim Bang District yesterday, April 8, returned the endangered primate back to the Hoa Lu- Van Long special-use forest in the neighbouring Ninh Binh Province,

British former PM Thatcher dies after stroke

 Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family spokesman announced Monday.

Ngoc ranks fourth at World Shooting Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Thi Hoang Ngoc ranked fourth in the final of women's 10m air pistol with 155.6 points at the ongoing ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Changwon in South Korea.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 9/4

  Draft constitutional amendments receive extensive feedback; Vietnam creates positive conditions for Finnish investors; Deputy Foreign Minister receives delegation from Wallonia

Vietnamese delivery firms run after foreign in the race

While international delivery firms have many years of experience and good infrastructure, domestic firms have made heavy investment in the field only over the last five years.

Saigon’s world-famous sidewalk food seller

For nearly 20 years, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh ran her small restaurant on the sidewalk of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu apartment block on Hoang Sa Street, District 1, HCM City. Suddenly, one day she was known throughout the world.

Hanoi Dept of Natural Resources worst for administrative reform

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 90 percent of respondents were unsatisfied with the working style of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment in a survey of administrative reform.

Firms rush to export rice despite limitations

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a recent report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, there has been a sharp increase in the number of companies seeking a licence to export rice.

No-show by N. Korean workers in joint industrial zone

 North Korean workers failed to show at the Kaesong joint industrial zone, a day after Pyongyang said it was withdrawing labour and suspending operations at the Seoul-funded complex.

Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts'

 President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.

Tien Giang: Shocked with 13-year-old bride!

VietNamNet Bridge - This child bride is Dang Ngoc H. (born 22/03/2000), in Binh Thoi village in Binh Phu commune, Cai Lay district, Tien Giang province. Her engagement ceremony was held on April 6.

PM agrees to expand support for families threatened by floods

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed with the Construction Ministry's proposals to expand the flood shelter pilot model across the northern central and central coastal regions.

Vietnamese companies try to make money with garbage

While a lot of paper plants have to cut down the productivity or stopped operation because of the high inventories, other companies have to gear up their production to satisfy the market demand.

Former Tien Lang officials indicted over land eviction

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hai Phong City People’s Court on April 8 commenced the trial of those involved in coercive land reclamation in Vinh Quang Commune, Tien Lang District in 2012.

Beauty contest held for the disabled

 VietNamNet Bridge – A beauty contest, named “The Crescent’s Beauty 2013”, will be held from April 15-18 to mark the Vietnam Day for People with Disabilities, which falls on April 18.

The decree may narrow international school network in Vietnam

The decree No. 73 prohibiting foreign invested schools receive Vietnamese children aged below 5 has raised the strong opposition from well-off parents.

Students provides free tour-guide for foreign visitors

VietNamNet Bridge - With the slogan "Be a little ambassador of Hanoi", each member of the Hanoi Kids club concerns himself/herself as a young ambassador to introduce foreign visitors to Hanoi.

Rock flowers bloom in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - A cluster of flowers grow on a dark green rock of about 10kg.

WTO membership fails to stimulate economic growth

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic growth has been lower than expected since Viet Nam joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2006.

To be civilized, Vietnamese should stop eating dog meat!

After VietNamNet published the story about dogmeat, we have received a lot of opinions from readers, part of whom objected to the French visitor while the rest didn’t. Below are the opinions of the latter group.