Limbless Nick Vujicic warmly welcomed in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nick Vujicic enjoyed meeting his Vietnamese fans at the While Palace Conventional Centre in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

Vietnam beat Bahrain in Asian Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese women's national football team shot to the top of Group C after they defeated hosts Bahrain 8-0 in the qualifying round of the Asian Cup 2014 at Manama Stadium in Bahrain yesterday.

Deltas under the microscope

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will work with other countries to develop its river basins and deltas in a sustainable way, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Thai Lai said

US teen birth rate drops to record low

 US teen births have dropped to a record low, but the country still has one of the highest rates among developed nations, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 23/5

 NA boosts ties with Australia; Viet Nam values Russian friendship; Hanoi, Luang Prabang promote cooperation; VN hopes to lift S Korea ties

Aussie citizens leave Vietnam with 4kg of drugs

Two Australian citizens were arrested at the international airport of Tan Son Nhat in HCM City with 4.18kg of narcotics in their luggage on May 21, reported the HCM City Customs Department.

Socio-economic plan discussed by officials

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies reviewed the country's socio-economic development plans and the 2012 State budget while also reviewing socio-economic development during the first months of 2013.

Yayoi Kusama presents obsessions in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will hold contemporary art exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: Obsessions” from Saturday until July 28 in Hanoi in part to celebrate Japan-Vietnam Friendship Year 2013,

Fund for HIV/AIDS treatment hard to find

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs VND7.6 trillion, or roughly US$365 million, for the treatment of HIV-positive people in the 2013-2020 period, but such an amount is difficult to mobilize given the tight State budget and international funding cuts.

Museum to revive Pho Hien’s old days

More than 10,000 objects and documents featuring the historical and cultural values of Pho Hien in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen are expected to be introduced to the public in 2015 as construction of a large-scaled museum gets underway.

Vietnam’s monkey bridges among the world’s scariest bridges

 VietNamNet Bridge - The monkey bridges of Vietnam are picked by the American famous travel magazine, Travel & Leisure, among the world’s most dangerous bridges.

The end of the small scale hydropower plants

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) plans to exclude 338 projects from the list of hydropower plant projects to be developed nationwide.

Improved Viber version won’t be a threat to other OTTs?

Experts believe that the launching of Viber’s version in Vietnamese language and the version for computers would have direct impacts on the OTTs with the focus on basic communications, rather than on the mobile platforms OTTs. 

Climate changes in Da Lat – the result of deforestation

The crops have been misled, the climate has changed with out-of-season fits of cold and heat. People now pay a heavy price for their activities of destroying pine trees.

Only 16 SOEs equitised from 2012 to March 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – It is the most updated information about the equitisation process of state owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam, which was included in a report of the Agency for Enterprise Development

50 percent of medical school graduates remain jobless

Vietnam is seriously lacking the labor force for the healthcare sector. Meanwhile, the HCM City Education and Training Department has reported that only 50 percent of medical school graduates can find the jobs as trained.

Trillions of dong worth of capital left unused, wasted

Commercial banks have reported they have hundreds of trillions of dong left in their coffers. Tens of trillions of dong have been kept at securities accounts. Many enterprises suffer a headache because they have nowhere to invest in.

Mass wedding for 100 couples in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Workers Support Centre will hold a mass wedding for 100 pairs of workers at Grand Palace Wedding and Conventions on Vietnam’s Independence Day (September 2).

Demanding money with menaces, luring travelers to low quality tours

Travel firms prove to be very professional in soothing travelers with sweet words. That explains why many people fell into the firms’ traps, and they only realized that they were swindled after experiencing terrible trips.

Misses Vietnam "allergic" to Miss World?

 VietNamNet Bridge – So far, the Miss Vietnam in three consecutive times have opted out of the beauty world arena.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/5

 Restructured Viettel to concentrate on core business; SME owners determined to succeed; Moody's rating for VietinBank ‘stable'; Vinacomin clarifies tax confusion

Having to pay higher wages, businesses trim workers’ allowances

VietNamNet Bridge – Business owners have been told to increase the workers’ wages in accordance with the roadmap set up by the management agencies. Meanwhile, their wage funds have become scantier in the economic crisis.

Power cut in Southern Vietnam caused by a crane

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crane hit the 500 KV transmission line, causing the power outages in all 22 southern provinces this afternoon. The southern region is expected to have power back tonight, an official said.

Quang Binh fishermen rescue one-ton whale

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fishermen and relevant agencies of the central province of Quang Binh successfully rescued a whale of more than one ton that was caught in a net today, May 22.

First Vietnamese action fantasy enjoys Cannes festival teaser

VietNamNet Bridge – A five-minute promo of the Vietnamese action fantasy Lua Phat has been presented to film distributors and international journalists at the Film Market of the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival.