Football Federation’s Chair and U23 team apologize to football fans

VietNamNet Bridge – From Jakarta, Indonesia, apology from the Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Chair Nguyen Trong Hy, coach Falko Goetz and U23 team have been sent to Vietnamese fans.

Woman who ages overnight getting younger

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Phuong, 26, who suddenly turned wrinkled like an 80-year-old woman, now looks younger after a month and a half of treatment at the HCM City Medical University Hospital.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 23/11

PM Hun Sen: VN helps Cambodia escape from genocide; US Oregon National Guard delegation visits Vietnam; Party leader calls for strengthening Party personnel organization

Universities to help speed epidemic response

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam One Health University Network has established linking universities throughout the country to increase regional co-ordination in the response to animal diseases that can affect human health.

Losses caused by traffic accident more severe than earthquakes

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 12,000 Vietnamese were dead and 9,300 others injured in traffic accidents, equivalent to 75 and 150 percent of the dead and wounded victims in Japan’s earthquake-tsunami disaster, respectively.

Leeches attack HCM City’s residents

Many residents in HCM City's suburban districts of Hoc Mon and Go Vap are living in fear of leeches after a firm, which had set up shops in the area to buy the bloodsuckers at a good price, disappeared without any warning.

Transport Minister suspends highway project manager

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister Dinh La Thang has suspended the director of HCM City-Trung Luong highway project for crack road-surface scandal.

Libya's NTC announces new interim government

The prime minister of Libya's interim government announced the lineup of the country's transitional cabinet in the capital Tripoli late Tuesday that will lead the war-torn country until parliamentary elections are held in 2012.

Vietnam attempts to tighten control over outward investment

Vietnam is now planning to impose a stricter control over the outward investment projects, after experts warned that in many cases, the investments do not bring the desired effects.

Italian cyclist Ricco banned two month for doping

Italian cyclist Riccardo Ricco received a two-month suspended sentence and a 3,000 euro fine from a French court on Tuesday for having taken EPO during the 2008 Tour de France.

Egypt's ruling military accepts gov't resignation, sets transition time

The head of Egypt's ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, said here late Tuesday that the council has accepted the resignation of the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 23/11

Japanese cartoon characters at Exhibition House; Wood-engraved paintings depict farmers’ lives; Bartender competition names winner; HCM City to host ‘Street Book Festival’ during Tet; Jazz extravaganza Dialektos comes to Vietnam  

Study shows acupuncture safe for children

The use of acupuncture for children is common and acupuncture is generally safe for children when performed by "appropriately trained practitioners," Canadian researchers reported Monday in online journal Pediatrics.

National Assembly discusses losses incurred by EVN

Last week Vietnam Electricity (EVN) released a report that it had suffered a loss of nearly VND10.16 trillion (US$484 million), for the first time.

Vietnam can save millions of dollars thanks to smart controllers

If successfully developed and applied in a large scale, IPNET, the control unit invented by a bachelor of the Hanoi National University, will help operate the public lightening system more effectively, thus helping save millions of dollars a year.

University students increase rapidly, but university lecturers do not increase accordingly

The rapid increase in the number of students has forced universities to recruit new lecturers regularly. However, it is very difficult to recruit lecturers these days due to the unreasonable remuneration offers.

Vietnam fails to seek contestant for Miss Earth 2011

The beauty pageant opened several days ago and Phan Thi Mo was nominated very late so she could not well prepare for the event. That’s the reason the Performing Art Agency denied to license Mo as Vietnam’s representative to Miss Earth 2011.

Ha Long Bay wonder makes Vietnamese businessmen excited

The Vietnamese business circle has geared up to prepare to grab the new opportunities to be brought when Ha Long Bay has been recognized as one of the seven new wonders of the world.

Hanoi to host Japan ICT Day

Vietnam-Japan Information and Communication Technology Day (Japan ICT Day) will take place in Hanoi from November 24-25 to strengthen the exchange of information and experience among IT businesses.

Vietnam strives to wipe out tuberculosis by 2030

Vietnam aims to cut the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases by half in 2015 and eradicate the disease by 2030.

Network operators make concessions, raising shared profits with CPs

Two or three years ago, network operators always held the upper hand in the cooperation deals with content service providers (CPs) with 60-70 percent of profits falling into the pocket of network operators, while CPs get only 30-40 percent.

There's a downside to VN's cheap labour

VietNamNet Bridge – While low-cost labour has helped fuel Viet Nam's growth, it is likely to become a handicap if workers' skills were not improved, according to a research paper.

Central bank governor announces 2012 monetary policies

Combating inflation and cutting lending rate will remain the top priorities of its monetary policies next year, said State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh at a press briefing yesterday.

President welcomes foreign guests

President Truong Tan Sang received Franz Jessen, Ambassador, Head of the European Union (EU) delegation, and Angolan Ambassador to Vietnam Joao Manuel Bernado, in Hanoi on November 22.

Abbas arrives in Cairo to meet Hamas leader

Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo Tuesday afternoon where he will meet the leader of rival Hamas in joint efforts to achieve national reconciliation, a Fatah official said.