Vietnam kicks off pilot program on teaching science subjects in English

VietNamNet Bridge – Science subjects have been taught in English at many general schools in big cities, where students can start learning English very soon and have good basic English skills.

The manpower village in Hanoi

Away from home, people from the poor countryside of Nam Dinh, Thai Binh and Thanh Hoa go to Ha Noi for a living. From one and two people, gradually the villages of migrant laborers have been formed amid the capital city.

Ethnic wellbeing ‘crucial' to tourism

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) provinces should focus on improving the lives of their ethnic minority communities as a crucial step to reinvigorating the faltering tourism sector in the region, experts say.

Ethnic life stories documented in pictures

Ho Thi Bui, a 24-year-old member of the Pa Ko ethnic group in the central province of Quang Tri, had never touched a camera before she joined a short training course as part of project to help ethnic people document their lives in photographs.

Greece expected to get two more years to achieve fiscal target: Eurogroup chief

Debt-ridden Greece is expected to get two more years to meet its fiscal target, although the country still has to wait for its desperately-needed financial aid, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said late Monday. 

Vinh Long: Former department director prosecuted

Nguyen To Tranh, former Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vinh Long Province has been prosecuted for "intentionally breaking the State provisions" and "irresponsibility causing serious consequences."

Tropical depression formed in the East Sea

VietNamNet Bridge – A tropical depression has just formed in the East Sea and it is moving towards the southern coast of Vietnam.

No reward offered for national football team at AFF Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) this year does not offer a reward for the national football squad at the AFF Cup 2012.

Pop star fined VND5 million for kissing Buddhist monks

Related to the “kissing” scandal between HCM City’s singer Dam Vinh Hung and two Buddhist monks, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism summoned the singer to Hanoi and decided to impose VND5 million fine on him.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 13/11

 Japanese companies eye Vietnamese labourers; RoK-Vietnam Friendship Association leaders honoured; US foundation donates 320 wheelchairs; Illegal gold miners threaten riverside crops in Lao Cai

Diem Huong to compete at Miss Universe 2012

VietNamNet Bridge - Website Global Beauties has reported that Miss Vietnam World 2010 Diem Huong will represent Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas (USA) this December.

Cray supercomputer named world's fastest

A Cray supercomputer at the US government's Oak Ridge National Laboratory was named Monday the world's fastest, overtaking an IBM supercomputer at another American research center. 

HCM City stages ‘Little Prince'

The Dragonfly Theatre's original adaptation of Antoine de Saint Exupery's novella The Little Prince in English with Vietnamese supertitles was an eye-catching and magical experience for those who attended the play last week

Wildlife traffickers held, 16 rare animals rescued

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixteen wild animals, all listed in the Vietnamese Red Book of endangered species, were rescued from household cages in HCM City in a joint effort by authorities and journalists last Saturday.

Ethnic minorities tell stories through pictures

VietNamNet Bridge - The pictures of culture, beliefs and daily life of some ethnic minority groups in many parts of the country at the photo exhibition "Our Culture, Dialogue in Open Space" were taken by ethnic minority people.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 13/11

 Vietnam, Macedonia forge bilateral ties; Progress made on notaries membership; Asia academia failing to match market; State President encourages all-people unity movement

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 13/11

  Belgian gala night to raise funds for AO children; Thai action flick to premiere in Viet Nam; Nam Thanh enters Top 12 Talent Challenge; Vietnam to host 4th Int'l Circus Festival

BBC showed 'basic' journalistic failings in abuse story

 The BBC showed "basic" journalistic failures in a news report in which it wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse, an internal investigation has found.

Infrastructure projects remain inaccessible to private investors

Private investors can all see great potentials in infrastructure projects. However, a lot of things still need to be done to turn the potentials into reality.

Hero Pham Tuan’s Mig21 becomes “national treasure”

A Mig 21 aircraft that was flown by hero Pham Tuan to shoot down B52’s in 1972 and the tank T54B that participated in the attack to the Independence Palace on April 30, 1975 have been recognized as "national treasures."

SPORTS IN BRIEF 13/11

 Minh eyes badminton internationals; Hung, Georgian chess player tie; Air gun shooters to compete in China

Nearly 20,000 businesses in HCM City stop business

VietNamNet Bridge - Approximately 3,232 companies locked their corporate tax code; 4,984 others were fulfilling the procedures for locking it; and 5,021 firms suspended operation by the end of October.

China prohibits fresh shrimp imports from Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese officials have been astonished with the information that China has prohibited to import fresh shrimp from Vietnam.

Spanish contemporary dance to open in Hanoi

 Spanish artists will take their “Let’s face the music and dance” piece, a Spanish contemporary dance to the Au Co Arts Center, 8 Huynh Thuc Khang street, Hanoi on November 16.

VN's fencers win gold on first day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's fencers won two gold medals out of two on the first day of the Southeast Asia Fencing Federation's Championship at Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium yesterday, Nov 12.