Dong Thap bird sanctuary doubles as abattoir

VietNamNet Bridge - Visitors to a state-run bird sanctuary aimed at preserving wildlife in the Mekong Delta can enjoy nature up close as well as sample in storks and other rare birds which could be directly sourced in-house.

Leading cellist to join Hanoi’s concert

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top cellist Ngo Hoang Quan will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in a concert entitled “A night of Dvorak”.

Two young designers to represent Vietnam at Hong Kong Fashion Week

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Diem My and Ha Nhat Tien, the winners of the Aquafina Pure Fashion 2010 competition, will participate in the Hong Kong Fashion Week 2011. 

Rapid-fire orders coming to garment companies

VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2010 will end only in two weeks, but garment companies have reported that they have had enough jobs to do until the third quarter of 2011.

WWF officials in Vietnam over tra catfish spat

A six-member World Wide Fund for Nature delegation led by its global seafood coordinator Mark Powell began discussions with Vietnamese aquaculture officials Wednesday about the assessment and classification standards used for Vietnamese catfish.

General Dong Sy Nguyen deems letter fake

VietNamNet Bridge – General Dong Sy Nguyen  stated that he didn’t write the letter that was recently published on some websites.

Calisto still confident without four key players in AFF Cup semi

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Malaysia will be face to face in the first semi-final game of the ASEAN Football Cup 2010 (AFF Cup) at 7 pm today, December 15. Both coaches expressed their respect to each other and their confidence in their teams.

MOET sets up goals too ambitious for gifted school development plan?

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to develop the system of gifted schools. However, many educators believe that the goals set up by the ministry are too ambitious and unfeasible.

Vietnamese businesses still don’t pay sufficient attention to branding

Vietnamese businessmen still do not pay much attention to popularizing their brands in the world. This explains why to date, Vietnam still has not had any internationally recongnised brand names

$3 billion for dealing with gridlocks in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - Of the two big projects worth $3 billion to build a metro line and a highway in HCM City, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance $1.1 billion.

Discovering “black phones” in schools

Cell phones are not simply the means of communications but the devices that show the social status of teens. How many students have hand phones and what do the phones contain?

Domestic travel agencies promise lowest possible prices

To encourage people to travel in Christmas season, in the context of high inflation that forces people to tighten their belt, travel agencies are offering tours at the “lowest possible prices”.

Sport broadcast right controversies

VietNamNet Bridge – While the controversy over K+ doesn’t cease, the public is upset by the information that a private firm - AVG - has held the broadcast right of the national football championship V-League for 20 years.

Vietnamese Australian girl enters top world’s 100 beautiful faces

VietNamNet Bridge – Natalie Tran, the “YouTube Queen”, ranks 88th among the 100 most beautiful faces in the world, selected by Independent Critic.

Three Vietnamese sailors may be dead in Antarctica sunken ship

It is reported that one Vietnamese sailor is dead and three others missing while seven have been rescued from the Korean fishing boat, No. 1 Insung, which was sunken off Antarctica on December 13.

Southern farmer harvests giant pachyrrhizus

VietNamNet Bridge – People in neighboring areas have been flocking to Mr. Nguyen Van Binh’s home in Ganh Hao town, Bac Lieu province to see a titanic pachyrrhizus (potato bean or yam bean) that is up to 7.4 kilos.

Hanoi’s government agencies to halt buying imported cars

Hanoi’s Vice Chair Hoang Manh Hien on December 13 said that as of December 2010, government agencies and state-owned enterprises located in the capital city will temporarily stop buying imported cars.

Sources predict higher kieu hoi volume in 2010 than in 2009

The volume of kieu hoi to be remitted to Vietnam in 2010 is expected to be higher than that in 2009, sources say.

No doubt Vietnam competitive with regional countries

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become the tourism destination with the highest growth rate in South East Asia, reports released by leading hotels in Vietnam and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) shows.

Semester examination season comes, students enter marathon run

VietNamNet Bridge – Studying and reviewing their lessons at any time, anywhere, and having no time for relax and entertainment, Vietnamese students have entered the semester examination season.

What should Vietnam do to prosper next to the giant like China

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese leading economists believe that it would be unfeasible to try to escape from the influences from China –and the best thing to do now is to find the way to prosper based on the prosperity of China.

U.S. researchers find new way for obesity control

Removing a cellular receptor for ghrelin protein may allow mice to burn more fat and reduce weight, and this could point a new way to obesity control, according to the study published by HealthDay News on Monday.

North American foreign ministers discuss security challenges

The foreign ministers of the United States, Mexico and Canada said here on Monday that they need to make joint efforts to address the security challenges in the region.

Gwyneth Paltrow received star on Walk of Fame

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was honored with a dedication of star on the famed Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, less than a month before her latest film "Country Strong" is scheduled for release.

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