Teens to seek for berths in Asian tourneys

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese under-19 team has drawn an easy group at the Asian football tournament but the under-16 team faces big challenges.

Boat owners train for emergency situations

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 100 boat owners joined a training course on Wednesday to learn skills to cope with storms in southern Ca Mau Province's Tran Van Thoi District.

Stele records enrich Memory of the World

VietNamNet Bridge – UNESCO has recognised 82 stele commemorating the graduation of royal mandarins from the 15th to 18th centuries at Ha Noi's Temple of Literature as a Memory of the World.

Bolt wins comeback race in Rome

World record-holder Usain Bolt won his first race after a nine-month break on Thursday when he needed a late kick to win the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds at the Golden Gala.

Vietnam coffee supply may tighten after farmers sell 90 pct of crop

VietNamNet Bridge - Coffee supplies from Vietnam, the largest robusta grower, may tighten before the next harvest starts in October after surging prices spurred farmers to sell 90 percent of the current crop.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 27/5

National beach football tourney to kick off; SLNA lose to Persipura in AFC Cup quarter-finals; Judokas Ngoc Tu to compete at Grand Slam

Ginseng farm set up in central Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - A vast area of Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamesis) has been successfully developed after cultivation began 13 years ago in Kon Tum Province.

Nation develops plan to mitigate climate change

Viet Nam has developed a general plan to minimise and cope with the impacts of climate change with the assistance of development partners, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday, May 26, in Tokyo.

Super-grandmaster Liem plays in French league

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese International Super-grandmaster Le Quang Liem will show off his strategic skills at the French Chess League competition, which began yesterday, May 26.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 27/5

Vietnam attends 16th NAM Ministerial Meeting; African Day celebrated in Vietnam; US receives Vietnamese ambassador; Vietnam, Laos strengthen procuracy cooperation

EVENTS IN JUNE

Documentary Film Festival; Cabaret Night in June; Live Music Show with Ho Quynh Huong; Launching of the Official 48HFP Website; Theater Workshop “Hanoi Goes Absurd”

25 killed, over 50 injured in suicide car blast in Hangu, NW Pakistan

At least 25 people including an unknown number of policemen were killed and over 50 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack that took place Thursday evening in Pakistan's northwest city of Hangu, some 70 kilometers southwest of Peshawar,

Mekong fest highlights Delta diversity

VietNamNet Bridge – Music, dances and attires specific to 12 Mekong Delta provinces that attest to the region's ethnic and cultural diversity will be presented at a three-day festival in Hau Giang Province this weekend.

Financiers: SBV clearing way for compulsory reserve ratio increase

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of moves have been made by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) recently, which are believed to be the steps of the central bank to pave the way for a possible increase of the compulsory reserve ratio.

Bai Dai tourist area remains deserted

VietNamNet Bridge – The plan on developing the Bai Dai tourist area kicked off seven years ago in 2004, when 50 investors registered investment projects. However, it is surprising that the wonderful tourist area remains deserted.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 27/5

‘Unruly’ aircraft passenger rejects penalty; Mother to bring murdered daughter’s body home; HCMC police open fire on robbers; Vietnam explains MIA work to foreign attaches; Lecturer suspended for raising scores for money

Nearly one in five young U.S. adults has high blood pressure: study

The number of young adults in the United States with high blood pressure may be much higher than previously reported, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/5

Vietnam-Ivory Coast trade ties resumed; Vietnam-Ivory Coast trade ties resumed; Meat import cut sought to save local farmers; Vietcombank has Credit Suisse find foreign investors; Province to boost tourism  

Trade deficit continues to rise

VietNamNet Bridge - The trade deficit increased to US$6.6 billion in the first five months this year compared to $5.4 billion in the same period of last year due to higher import value, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Twitter buys British startup TweetDeck

Micro-blogging service Twitter on Wednesday confirmed that it has bought TweetDeck, a London-based startup that develops application to help people organize information posted on Twitter.

Holding a market on railway

VietNamNet Bridge – Purchasing fruits and food on the railway and running away when trains come is the everyday scenes at the railroad passing Co Nhue commune, in Tu Liem district, Hanoi.

Mars rover Spirit ends mission

NASA project managers bade farewell to the Mars rover Spirit on Wednesday after sending a final set of commands to the stranded vehicle.

Co-operation with DPRK deepens

Viet Nam had always attached importance to strengthening friendly and co-operative ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the benefit of the two countries, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

VAN tax: all relevant ministries and branches are to blame

The Government inspectors have submitted a report to the Prime Minister about the taxation on imported VANs. Prior to that, relevant ministries had not come to an agreement about the tax rate to be applied to the vehicles. 

U.S. house price down 2.5 percent in first quarter

U.S. house price declined 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from the previous quarter, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).