VietNamNet Bridge – In HCM City, many high-tension stations have become restaurants, construction material warehouses, parking lots, ornamental gardens, etc.

One of two foreign-language schools that were sued by Tri Viet Publishing House in HCM City last year for pirating its TOEFL and TOEIC textbooks has issued a formal apology and paid compensation of US$18,095 to the publishing company.

Hanoi is an attractive city partly due to its architectural works. The mingling between ancient oriental architectural designs and French architecture has created Hanoi ’s own architectural space, which will exist forever in time.

Representatives from the UNESCO Committees in the Asia-Pacific region attended their consultation meeting in Thanh Hoa province on June 16 to gather member countries’ opinions on the UN organisation’s priority areas in the coming years.

HCM City needs to create a new and appealing incentive mechanism to attract investors to the Sai Gon High-Tech Park, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Van Lang has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – “A husband goes about with a young girl and neglected his family, resulted in family tragedy, but with only one love potion, he will break up with his girlfriend to return home with his wife.”

Interest rates for short-term deposits had remained high for a long time before being adjusted lower than those for medium- and long-term ones.

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Greece took advantage of a fatal defensive error of Russian defenders to harvest a 1-0 win and a berth in the quarterfinals at Euro 2012 here on Saturday.

Phuoc Tich Village is famous nationwide for the craft of making pottery. The village was established over 500 years ago with the initial name of Dong Quyet and subsequently renamed Phuoc Tich during the Nguyen Dynasty.

Chinese merchants have been present everywhere in the Vietnamese territory to cultivate, collect and fish aquatic creatures and farm produce.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is listed in the top cities of air pollution in Asia. The city also faces pollution of water, food, noise, solid waste and pollution at craft villages.

After the national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air has also offered the airfare discounts for travelers. Air carriers have been closely cooperating with travel firms to stimulate demand for mutual benefit.

The tough business climate and tight capital sources continue to take a toll on firms.

VietNamNet Bridge – Child abuse takes place in not only remote areas, where the living standard and intellectual standards are low, but also in big cities.

Local authorities are programming refresher courses to help improve English teachers’ capability after they found out that most of them cannot meet the required standards.

Samsung, Sony and Chinese manufacturers have marketed the smart phones using dual core chips which have the prices of less than 7 million dong. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises have also jumped into the low-cost smart phone market.

Located on the northern bank of the Red River, Kieu Ki is known as the only village in Vietnam still practicing the traditional craft of producing gold leaf.

VietNamNet Bridge – Families whose dead members are brought to morgues have to pay for morgue staff and ‘agents’ if they want to take their relatives home for burial service.

King Khai Dinh was so inspired by the beauty of Lang Co Bay that he composed a poem in its honor and had the words carved into stone and preserved in the village of An Cu Hong.

The unclear legal framework on advertisement industry and the strict licensing requirements both have hindered the development of domestic ad firms.

There will be 250 stations installed to collect harmful wastes in HCMC this year under the harmful waste collection week project being drafted by the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The National Assembly and the Government have no intention of adjusting the major targets set for 2012, and the aggregate national strength should be mobilised to achieve those targets, says NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung.

VietNamNet Bridge – Travellers on Thang Long Avenue in Hanoi, Vietnam’s longest and most modern road, cannot see the road because of smoke, particularly on the afternoon.

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