Aircraft “blazed” at Tan Son Nhat Airport

VietNamNet Bridge – An A320 aircraft was on fire. Smoke covered part of HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport. Rescue workers urgently evacuated 145 passengers and timely stamped out the fire. This is the script of the rehearsal on December 10.

MOF unexpectedly slashes tariffs more sharply than expected

VietNamNet Bridge – Car importers complain that they made mistakes in their business plans because they did not predict that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) would slash the sharply import tariffs even more than previously planned.

Information security: shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted

A lot of websites were reportedly attacked recently should go back to normal operation after several hours thanks to the back-up systems.

In-service training courses mushrooming despite criticism on quality

Though society maintains a dubious view on the quality of in-service training courses, state-owned universities have still been trying to expand their in-service training programs simply ...

When will Vietnam have modern industries?

Why does Vietnam pursue the goal of becoming a country with modern industries, while it can develop using other advantages? The question was raised by Nguyen Duy Nghia, a reader of VietNamNet’s Vietnam Economic Forum.

Business plan for 2011: cooperate or die

The decision by the State Bank of Vietnam to float the interest rates has made businesses worried. Businessmen say they have been put under hard pressure which has forced them to reconsider the borrowing and the business plan for 2011.

Hanoi: nostalgia, utopianism, romanticism?

VietNamNet Bridge – The audience will have a chance to admire a Hanoi of the past, the present and the future when they visit the three-part exhibition entitled “Hanoi-The City of? Art” at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

WWF tra fish claims just a red herring

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has strongly condemned World Wildlife Fund rumours against its tra fish exports.

Torch to shine into foggy SOE climate

VietNamNet Bridge - “It has underscored the need to professionalise the management structures of Vietnam’s SOEs”.

Tien Minh stops at Hong Kong Super Series’ semi-finals

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh left the Hong Kong Super Series 2010 after losing 0-2 to the world’s number one player Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) in the semi-final game on December 11.

Overseas Vietnamese singers return home for high earnings

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of overseas Vietnamese singers have flocked home to both perform for their people and to earn high incomes.

Miss Earth 2010 joins Christmas fashion show in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam World 2010 Diem Huong and Miss Earth 2010 Nicole Farie shared joyful moments at the X’mats fashion show in HCM City on December 10.

Car taxes cut from January 1

Car taxes cut from January 1; Plan boiled down to provide copper plant; Auto research centre to benefit local sector; Exports set to hit a record level; Habeco’s thirst to re-enter the market; Vietnam, Japan Joint Initiative bears fruits

Thousands of people attend funeral of Heroic Mother

Thousands of people throughout Vietnam came to Quang Nam this weekend to attend the funeral of Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Thu, whose nine sons sacrificed their lives for their country in the wars of resistance against the French and the US.

Forum agrees Viet Nam tenure increased ASEAN dynamism

VietNamNet Bridge – One of the biggest successes of Viet Nam's chairmanship of ASEAN during the year was that the country had managed to shift the focus from words to work, a conference on ASEAN-EU relations heard last Friday.

Vietnamese man wins most scientific prizes

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Duc Thao, General Director of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Drainage and Urban Development Company has won more international scientific prizes than any other Vietnamese.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 13/12

Campaign promotes moral leadership of Ho Chi Minh; Strengthening Vietnam-China ties; Hanoi hosts awards ceremony for contest on Party; “Learning and following Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” movement reviewed

Building a bulwark

VietNamNet Bridge – Universities have actively contributed to the way people think about climate change, helping promote green technologies and environmentally friendly lifestyles, heard those attending an international conference

Public thirsts for info about environmental problems

VietNamNet Bridge – People in Viet Nam are not getting the information they need to combat the country's serious environmental problems.

Ho Chi Minh biopic to premiere

VietNamNet Bridge – The joint Viet Nam-China film, Vuot Qua Ben Thuong Hai, which charts the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh as the young Nguyen Ai Quoc, will premier in cinemas throughout Viet Nam next Friday.

American War poet begins Viet Nam literary journey

VietNamNet Bridge – American War veteran and poet Bruce Weigl is in Viet Nam for the launch of his poetical memoir After the Rain Stopped Pounding.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 13/12

‘Amateur music' clubs boom in Dong Thap; Writing contest praises quiet achievements; Festival turns tea into art and industry; Long Bien exhibition shows for one night only

Artist bridges cross-cultural aesthetics

VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in HCM City.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 13/12

Conference to examine issues in mixed marriages; Finland funds water supply project in Nghe An; Contracts signed at Int’l Agriculture Fair total VND550 bil; Initiative aims to reduce blindness

Few ethnic women seek legal services

VietNamNet Bridge – According to a survey carried out by the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, the biggest threats ethnic women faced were verbal and physical abuse.