Securities company restructuring procrastinating, threatening the whole system

A lot of securities companies have been on the verge of bankruptcy, and their deaths may be a big threat to the whole system. Meanwhile, the process of restructuring the companies has been going very slowly.

Trying to escape traffic police, two ninth grade students drown

  VietNamNet Bridge – A serious accident occurred on the evening of September 11 in the village of Quang Loc in Dak R'Lap district, Dak Nong province.

Le Quang Liem back to the group of super-grandmasters

  VietNamNet Bridge - Along with the victory of the men’s national chess team, Le Quang Liem has closed an unbeaten tournament and back to the group of super-grandmasters of the world, with Elo 2707.7.

Minh Phuong is the best football player of 2012

  VietNamNet Bridge - With his high stability and especially the ability to control the midfield, midfielder Minh Phuong was awarded the Best Player of the V-League 2012 prize.

Coach Calisto congratulates Vietnam’s triumph

After the impressive 2-0 victory of the Vietnam national football team before the champion of AFF Cup Malaysia, Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto congratulated coach Phan Thanh Hung and his team on his Facebook.

Texas woman approved for first double arm transplants in U.S.

A woman in the U.S. state of Texas has been officially added to a hospital list in Boston to become the first in the country to receive double arm transplants above the elbow, media reports said on Wednesday. 

Phuong Uyen still music director of The Voice

Tearfully admitting that the recorded conversation in the clip accusing The Voice vocal competition’s pre-arrangement is true and apologizing for having a 'coarse manner of speaking,' songwriter Phuong Uyen still decided to not resign.

289 killed in Karachi factory fire in Pakistan: Governor

A total of 289 people have been confirmed dead and another 249 have been injured in the Karachi factory fire that broke out on Tuesday evening, said Pakistan's Sindh Province Governor Ishrat ul Ebad on Wednesday. 

NA Committee requests audit at PetroVietnam, EVN and Petrolimex

Besides eight state groups which will be audited in 2013, at the proposal of the State Audit Agency, the National Assembly’s Finance Committee on September 12 requested audits of three other groups: PetroVietnam, EVN and Petrolimex.

Photo exhibition of the central northern region held in Vinh City

On September 10, the 19th photo exhibition of the Central northern region opened in Vinh City. The exhibition is entitled "Land and people of the Central northern region in the cause of national construction and defense."

HCM City the convergent point of tourism promoters

 VietNamNet Bridge – Travel agencies in HCMC during this week will be busy with a series of programs to promote tourism and introduce products among local and foreign tour operators.

The cause of 'death pit' in Hanoi has not been found

  VietNamNet Bridge - "It is unable to announce the specific reasons causing the "death pit" on Bac Ha Dong Road because some matters must be considered," said Dr. Pham Khang, representative of the independent assessment unit.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 13/9

 NA Vice Chairwoman praises UNDP assistance; ASEAN starts talking energy; Vietnam-Japan Meeting 2012 to take place in Tokyo, Fukuoka; Vietnam, DPRK strengthen front work

ASEAN Energy Ministers meet in Cambodia

VietNamNet Bridge – The 30th ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Energy got underway in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 12.  

Trillions of dong vanishes into the air, craft villages remain seriously polluted

A big budget has been allocated every year to fix the environmental problems. However, observers say if the huge sums of money cannot be spent in a reasonable way, the current situation would never be improved.

Traditional SMS services to be eliminated soon?

Experts have anticipated that the traditional SMS service would be eliminated one day, since the apps for free message sending or phone calls have been integrated into popular mobile phones.

In hard times, westerners go working for Vietnamese bosses

Vietnam proves to be an ideal labor market for foreigners, which needs foreign management technology and ready to pay high to foreign qualified personnel.

Nghe An: 100 policemen help farmers on the field

  VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of September 11, 100 police officers of the central province of Nghe An joined farmers of Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province to save rice in flood.

Slashing tour fees further, travel firms try to pick up every coin

Despite the high risks and weak demand in the low tourism season, travel firms still have been trying to sell domestic tours with low airfares under the cooperation program with airlines to stimulate the demand.

Lam Dong: Prisoner captures female officers as hostage

  VietNamNet Bridge – A prisoner at Dai Binh prison in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong used a knife to control a female official, asked for a car to go home and said he would return to the prison after that.

Big banks’ shareholders – who are they?

State owned economic groups and general corporations, finance companies to small enterprises have all poured capital into commercial banks. This has made it difficult to track down who owns what banks. 

Rural girls marry foreign men for filial duty

VietNamNet Bridge - At the age 23, Phuc married a Chinese man as the way to show gratitude to her parents. The Can Tho girl was unexpected to fall into painful days in a foreign land. 

Parents to face fines in child helmet crackdown

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police in HCM City will fine motorbike drivers carrying children without helmets today. They will be particularly in force in districts 1, 9, 12, Binh Thanh and Binh Tan.

Bride runs away at midnight because of 'sexual violence'

  VietNamNet Bridge - The family was happy to tear when their daughter had a foreign husband. However, on her first night, the bride was harassed by her Chinese husband.

Prizes honour regional writers

Fifteen literary works including five novels, five poems, four short stories and a note from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam were awarded the Mekong River Literary Prize at the fourth Indochina Writers Conference on Tuesday.