The dance performed by singer Thu Minh and her partner Lacchezar, in the 7th night of Universal Steps on June 4, is suspected to have copied the idea from the dance by American dancer Yulia Zagoruychenko in 2006.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son won the men's singles of the National Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships which wrapped up in HCM City yesterday, June 8.

While the government is encouraging to develop ethanol petrol products to protect the environment, E5 petrol, in the Environment Law to be applied as of 2012, is still listed as the product that bears high environment tax rate.

VietNamNet Bridge – Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kinh, 85, always gets up very early to work, to earn money to breed sparrows which perch daily on trees in Hanoi’s Quan Su Street. She also buys snared birds to let them free.

At least 23 people were charred to death in a tragic road mishap in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu late Tuesday night, said police Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of mobile phone subscribers is two times higher than the population. Meanwhile, more investors attempt to join the telecom market and compete fiercely with each other by reducing charges.

Floods have killed 52 people and left 32 missing in China since the flood season started in June, a senior official said Wednesday, warning of more heavy rains.

Vietnamese businessmen still drive luxurious cars, spend hundreds of millions dong on parties and throw money to frivolous expenses.  

A wildfire that has been raging in Eastern Arizona since late last month continued its relentless advance on Wednesday, amid rolling power outages and reports of gasoline shortages, authorities said.

Poland and Ukraine will manage to complete preparations for the Euro 2012 football championships on time, UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday the European Union (EU) had offered too little compensation for incorrect claims Spanish produce caused a deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany.

In order to keep periodic engine maintenance and implement the plan to charter and purchase more aircraft, Jetstar Pacific (JPA) needs some 55-60 million dollars.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese women’s national football squad won their second game in the qualifying round of the 2012 London Olympics after beating Jordan 1-0 early this Wednesday morning.

VietNamNet Bridge - Salary and bonus to coaches and athletes in Vietnam will almost double as of July after deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has recently signed a decision to honor elite sportsmen in the nation.

Seminar discusses quality of TV serials; Photo exhibition on General Giap opens in Danang; Lang Co Festival in July 2011; NHK TV to broadcast Son Doong cave reportage       

After work, Huyen and Hanh, employees of a Japanese real estate firm in Hanoi, ride to Ba Trieu Street for their pole dancing class. After changing into gym wear, the two start to warm up around a pole to rap music.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Association (VOGA) has strongly opposed the acts of the Chinese marine surveillance vessels, which recently cut the survey cables of a Vietnamese ship operating on the continental shelf of Vietnam.

“Vietnam needs to re-think its information strategy and modernize it in order to get Vietnam’s views before international opinion,” said Professor Carl Thayer in an interview on VietNamNet’s Tuan Viet Nam (Vietnam Week).

Just within several days of early June, technology and security forums have reckoned hundreds of “.vn” websites which have been hacked, including the websites of government agencies and ministries.

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have warned that the water of the Red River may be red no more, since the river is gradually losing silt which has been, for many centuries, irrigating the rice fields in the north of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam CFO Summit 2011 has been much expected by the business community because it will discuss the most important matter now for businesses – how to optimize the capital structure.

VietNamNet Bridge – A mummy of over 100 years old is now preserved and displayed at the HCM City-based Vietnam History Museum.

VietNamNet Bridge – High school students do not have any days to relax after they finished the final exams, because they have to gear up to prepare for the university entrance exams to be held in early July.

VietNamNet Bridge – Developing websites and selling goods under the e-commerce mode prove to be a lucrative business. The internet has helped many people become billionaires.