190 detained in sectarian clashes to face military trial

Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) said on Sunday in a statement that 190 people detained in Muslims and Coptics clashes overnight in Cairo will face military trial.

Famous hair designer and “Story of Hair”

Tuan Ha Lan, who won the “Golden Scissors” Award for the best hair designer in Vietnam in 2008, performed his talent at a hair show named “Story of Hair”, in Hanoi on May 4.

Vietnam seeks more world heritage status

VietNamNet Bridge - Two heritages of Vietnam along with 40 natural and cultural properties in 40 countries will be considered by UNESCO for the inscription on the World Heritage List.

23 suicide attackers killed, 4 detained in Afghan Kandahar province

Security forces had killed 23 suicide attackers and detained four others in retaliation against Taliban insurgents in southern Kandahar province on Saturday, Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari said Sunday.

Tien Minh ousted from Malaysia Grand Prix

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh (the world’s No.8) could not enter the final of the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Tournament 2011, after being defeated 1-2 by Bao Chunlan in the semi-final on May 7.

Google Android tops smartphone platform market in U.S.: research

Latest research released Friday shows that Google Android has become the No.1 smartphone platform in the United States in the first quarter as more smartphone manufacturers have adopted the operating system.

ADB concludes Hanoi meeting

VietNamNet Bridge - ADB has wrapped up the 44th Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors in Hanoi, Vietnam and announced that the 2012 meeting would take place in Manila, Philippines.

Artisan recreates royal banquet of Nguyen Dynasty

Sixty-five years since the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, an artisan who is the offspring of the chief chef of the last Nguyen Dynasty, re-produced a royal banquet with delicacies.

High inflation slows growth

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam's economic growth will slow to 6.2 per cent this year, with high inflation a key challenge for the country, according to the UN's 2011 Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific.

Study links obesity with prolonged bottle feeding

Limiting prolonged bottle use in children may be an effective way to help prevent obesity, a new study suggests.

Ha Long Bay boat owners slam harsher regulations

VietNamNet Bridge - Tourist boat owners in the northern province of Quang Ninh face huge financial losses under the provincial People's Committee's decision to put stricter controls on tourist boats.

Vietnam has more to tell: Discovery Channel

VietNamNet Bridge - “Vietnam still has more interesting stories to tell the world”, Mark Francis, Discovery Networks’ AP Director Production & Development said on a series of four Vietnamese documentaries shown on the network during May.

ADB panel discusses ways to avoid 'middle income trap'

Rising labor and other production costs are threatening Asia’s competitiveness and preventing many countries from transitioning beyond the hard-won middle income status they have attained in recent decades.

Draft incentives for wind farms to go before Gov’t soon

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade will pass the draft of a long-awaited incentive policy for wind farms to the Government this month, according to the ministry’s Department of Energy.         

Farmers unable to benefit from rice price hike

VietNamNet Bridge - Prices of un-husked rice and polished rice have surged sharply in the Mekong Delta but farmers have failed to benefit from the price hike as they are currently out of stock of un-husked rice.  

SPORTS IN BRIEF 8/5

Ha Noi triumph at pencak silat comp; HCM take lead at swimming event; Viettel U-13 set for ASEAN tourney; Sacombank renew sponsor deal

Pakistan frees Osama's neighbor

Pakistani security forces have freed Shamraiz Khan, who lives in the small house opposite to the main entrance of the compound where Osama bin Laden had lived for five years, Khan's son Qasim told Xinhua Saturday.

Taliban multiple attacks kill 8, wounds 29 in S. Afghanistan

Taliban multiple attacks in Afghan southern Kandahar province left eight people including six suicide bombers dead and injured 29 others on Saturday, provincial governor said.

Rising Chinese prices put local producers at advantage

VietNamNet Bridge - China’s yuan rise and inflation have made a number of products more expensive than those of local firms on the home market, but that will have little impact on Vietnam’s hefty trade deficit with its northern neighbor.

100-year-old lady sells lottery tickets

The old lady sat flat on the ground, bending her head down to her gaunt knees and panted. She could not see and listen clearly, nor speak well. She invited people to buy her lottery tickets by showing them forward.

U.S. releases material seized in bin Laden raid

The U.S. Defense Department on Saturday released material seized in Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan to media outlets, including video images seized in the raid that killed the al-Qaida mastermind.

British voters reject new voting system for parliamentary elections through referendum

British voters have rejected the idea of replacing the current first-past-the-post voting system for parliamentary elections with Alternative Vote (AV), according to the referendum's counting result released on Friday evening.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/5

National contest on clean water launched; Women’s role in coping with global challenges; Vietnam, Germany sign;  educational accords; Three billion Asians could become affluent by 2050; African ivory smuggled to Hai Phong  

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/5

Bold SOS credit growth move to right listing ship; Vietnam firm launches e-wallet WebMoney; VN, France to sign grant agreements in May; Solar project gets to work; VinaCapital wins Asian property awards

Few takers for technical schools in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Technical universities in South Vietnam are on the look out for students as they are increasingly finding it difficult to motivate students to study for any major in their university.