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Co Chien red ceramics

For a long time, on the northern bank of the Co Chien River in Vinh Long Province there has existed a pottery-making area that is dubbed the “Kingdom of Red Ceramics”.

People who sell blood to support their families

VietNamNet Bridge – In Vinh City in the central province of Nghe An, there are over 20 people whose main source of income comes from selling their blood.

NASA spacecraft reveals secrets of asteroid Vesta

U.S. space agency NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relation to the terrestrial planets and Earth's moon.

Historic collection of books unveiled in Laos

The Commission for Information and Training under the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee held a ceremony in Vientiane on May 10 to launch a collection of books on the history of Vietnam and Laos’ special relationship

London Olympics flame lit in Olympia, torch relay begins

The flame for the London 2012 Olympic Games was lit on Thursday in a ritual ceremony held at Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games more than 2,000 years ago.

Vietnam supports UN sustainable energy initiative

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam welcomes the United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All Initiative and is working hard to attend the upcoming Rio+20 Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.

Expat weddings in Nha Trang

VietNamNet Bridge - Sandra Therese Fagerberg, 35, and Thomas Harald Gronvoll, 32, from Sweden, who share traveling as a hobby, chose Nha Trang beach to organize their wedding.

Vietnam hosts US-ASEAN relationship forum

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Embassy in the US, in coordination with the Southeast Asia Roundtable Forum, held the second Vietnam Forum on the US-ASEAN relationship, in Washington DC on May 10.

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 11/5

Russian tour operators size up Viet Nam market; Italian cruise ship makes five-day stop in Viet Nam; Saigontourist launches tours to paramotor race in Da Nang

Despite better liquidity, cash flow still gets stuck

VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks now have capital in excess, while businesses have been in deadly thirst for capital. However, banks still have not disbursed money.

Vietnam’s public debt is safe?

Though the Vietnamese government has affirmed that its public debt is within a safe area, there are some signs showing the increasing “heat” of public debt in qualitative and quantitative analysis, with some notable features as follow.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 11/5

National football book published; Japanese specialists revive Vietnamese silk paintings; Bubble magician returns for performance and charity activities

U.S. economy to grow 2 percent in 2012, 2013: economic forecast

The U.S. economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of 2 percent in 2012 and 2013, while in Southern California job growth will be more robust at a pace of 1.5 percent, according to an economic forecast.

Preparations for Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Year underway

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to speed up preparations for activities to celebrate the two countries’ Friendship Year.

Hot weather leads to early outbreak of meningitis cases

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors have warned of an early presence of meningitis and encephalitis in children this summer as the number of children hospitalised appears to be rising,

Experts forecast continued growth

Viet Nam can maintain economic growth of 5.8 per cent and reduce inflation to 9.8 per cent this year, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP).

Businesses cut down expenses, hotels have fewer customers

A lot of hotels in HCM City, including the bustling ones in the central area of the city, complain that they have few customers these days.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/5

Vietnamese family ransoms kidnapped daughter from Cambodia; International jewellery sparkles in HCM City; Households at risk to be relocated; Science conference opens in Ha Noi

“Bay Cap 3” officially banned from screen

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Cinema Agency has banned “Bay Cap 3”, a product by Vietnamese American director Le Van Kiet, from local screens.

Climbing up a tree, 83-year-old woman falls and dies

VietNamNet Bridge – An 83-year-old woman climbed up an over-20m areca tree to pluck betel-nuts for chewing, but she fell down and died.