Vietnamese football team invited to Japan

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time the Japan Football Association (JFA) has invited the Vietnamese national football squad to play a friendly game v.s the Japanese team on October 7 in Kobe.

Latest news of General Vo Nguyen Giap

High-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap is a legendary general of Vietnamese people and international friends. The country is about to celebrate Mr. Giap’s 100th birthday, which will fall on August 25.

Chinese without work permits to be expelled

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dak Nong Province Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs said it would recommend expulsion of all Chinese workers at the Nhan Co Aluminum Plant in Dak R’Lap District

Autumn Melodies Gala 2011

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCMC Ballet and Symphony Orchestra will presents the Autumn Melodies Gala 2011 on August 17-19 at the HCM City Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCM City.

Extraordinary will of an “AO teacher”

VietNamNet Bridge – He is one of million victims of Agent Orange (AO) in Vietnam. Many people admire him for his great efforts to overcome disability to live and live very helpful.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 13/8

Vinalines posts first-half losses; Nestle invests $270 mln in Vietnam coffee factory; Hanoi firm caught selling pills with fake US label; 44 rice producers get export licenses; ADB forecasts further inflows of foreign capital into Vietnam  

EVENTS ON AUGUST 12-19

Screening of “La Fille de Monaco”; Guitar Recital by Nguyen Van Phuc; Subscription Concert Vol. 43 “Tchaikovsky Night”; Screening of “The Little Heart”; Evening Lectures: Taking Paintings For a Walk; 5th International Manga Contest

NASA's Mars rover arrives at new site on Martian surface

After a journey of almost three years, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced

Japan slashes economic growth forecast to 0.5 pct

The Japanese government on Friday lowered its economic growth forecast for fiscal 2011 to 0.5 percent -- one percentage point lower than previous estimates, local media reported.

Woman attacked by chimp has new transplanted face

A Connecticut woman who was savagely attacked by a pet chimpanzee and had her face deformed in 2009 was shown on TV with a new face Thursday.

Improper mechanism makes agencies puzzled in treating wastes

The volume of hazardous wastes has been increasing significantly in the modernization and industrialization process. Meanwhile, the management over the hazardous waste treatment has not been improved.

Literature from 1930s on display

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 literary works and newspapers published by members of the Tu Luc Van Doan (Self-reliance Literature group) during the New Poetry movement in the 1930s is being displayed in HCM City.

The “BlackBerry race” heating up

VietNamNet Bridge – The fact that BlackBerry tries to conquer the Vietnamese market by joining hands with the three Vietnamese biggest network operators: Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone has created a race among the three big guys.

Anxiety as China influences Thailand's economy

A birthday party's dinner guests were bubbling with cheer until the subject of China came up, causing some of the Thais to suddenly turn gloomy.

Lake beautification gets mixed reviews

VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty State enterprises and private companies have been engaging in a project organised by the Ha Noi Department of Construction to renovate lakes located in the capital city,

Schenk fights for quarterfinals at badminton worlds

German top player Juliane Schenk became the one and only women's singles player that knocked out a Chinese counterpart at the London Badminton World Championships so far as the ninth seed edged Jiang Yanjiao on Thursday

Global climate change campaign launched in VN

VietNamNet Bridge – The global campaign on climate change 350.org was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/8

Lawyers get first professional code; Ministry eyes hike in minimum wage; Ha Noi police crack down on illegal parking; Da Lat official assaults, threatens people

HCM City determined to develop waterway tourism

Possessing a dense river and canal network and modern wharf system, but HCM City still cannot develop its waterway tourism.

Weak US dollar forces export companies’ profits down

The weakening of the US dollar against other hard foreign currencies including the Singaporean dollar, Australian dollar, Chinese yuan or Japanese yen has made the travel more costly and slashed the profits of export companies.

Wall Street rebounds as investors relieved over Europe, U.S. job data

Wall Street bounced back Thursday with the S&P and NASDAQ jumping over 4 percent, showing investors' relief over the improved European debt situation and the U.S. job market.

Elephants amble through rare hill landscape to Phu Cuong waterfall

VietNamNet Bridge – Duong Le Tinh and her group of American friends were thrilled to arrive at Phu Cuong Waterfall in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai.

China not to mine bauxite in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam does not have a policy of allowing Chinese investors in bauxite projects in the Central Highlands, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

Trafficking on the rise along borders

VietNamNet Bridge – The national frontier security the northern provinces was stable in the first half, Lt-Gen Tran Hoa said at a conference yesterday, Aug 11, in Lao Cai.

Polluted households receive compensation

VietNamNet Bridge – More 220 households in Long Thanh District in southern Dong Nai Province were given pollution compensation money of about VND800 million (US$38,400) from the Taiwanese company Vedan.