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GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 17/7

Top Cambodian legislator to visit Viet Nam; Vietnam, Laos strengthen trade union cooperation; PM asks legal people to aid diplomacy; Vietnam, Cambodia NA boost ties

Saboteurs get total of 13 years in jail

VietNamNet Bridge – Three people were sentenced to a total of 13 years and six months' imprisonment by the Peoples' Court in the northern province of Bac Giang yesterday for conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

Young overseas Vietnamese show gratitude to war martyrs

Nearly 200 young overseas Vietnamese on July 15 attended a requiem in Thai Binh province to commemorate war martyrs and those who died in the historic 1945 famine.

President attends APEC council’s session

Vietnam, as a developing economy, is actively integrating into the world economy, fully implementing multilateral and bilateral international commitments as well as creating a favourable business environment for domestic and foreign businesses

Clinton meets Israeli PM on peace process, Iran, Egypt

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjiamin Netanyahu here Monday evening to discuss the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Iran's controversial nuclear program, changes in Egypt's politics

Digital apps on mobile devices booming

Big Internet firms in Vietnam have all forecast that the market of digital apps on mobile phones would witness a boom in the time to come.

Setting up sea economic zones now fashionable in coastal provinces

VietNamNet Bridge – The plan on sea economic zones has been made public by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) which needed two years and much heart calculation to draw up the plan.

The teachers who are afraid of summer holiday

While state employees are jealous of teachers’ long holiday in summer, a lot of teachers are afraid of the holiday because they cannot earn money in summer.

Ice Age beats Spider-Man to top North America box office

"Ice Age: Continental Drift," the fourth of the successful "Ice Age" franchise, beat "The Amazing Spider-Man" to top the North America box office with better-than-expected 46 million U.S. dollars at the weekend,

Four Chinese doctors summoned after patient’s death

Four Chinese doctors have been banned from leaving Vietnam after one of their Vietnamese patients died at Maria Clinic in Hanoi on July 14.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 17/7

Rice growers grumble over meagre profits; Kien Giang calls for investment; HCM City orders transport firms to cut fares; Motor show attracts well-known trademarks; Ministry throws lifeline to unregistered FDI firms  

Vietnam’s interest rates go their own way

VietNamNet Bridge - The State Bank of Vietnam policies on interest rates over the past 12 months have led to increased production costs.

Tourists marvel at crafts displays

VietNamNet Bridge – Stepping into the cool atmosphere of Kim Ngan Temple on Hang Bac Street, Gemma Bone, a tourist from England, was amazed by an installation of various hats made of dried leaves that covered the front yard and gate.

Dust, noise, wastewater sicken villagers

VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Van Thien, a skilled stonemason, works every day in his densely dust covered village without the aid of a safety mask in Hoa Lu District's Ninh Van Commune in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

English teachers to get more training

VietNamNet Bridge – Six hundred teachers at junior high school level will have their language and teaching skills improved under a training agreement signed on Saturday.

Ha Noi seeks $5.5 billion to upgrade city drainage

The capital city plans to spend more than VND116 trillion for upgrading its urban drainage system in a massive project set to be completed in 2030, according to Nguyen Van Khoi, Deputy Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/7

TV programme supports Hoang Sa and Truong Sa fishermen; Police recapture escaped prisoner after 28 years; Cambodia honours Kon Tum citizens; 55,000 HCMC residents get unemployment benefits

Documentary about Vietnam’s last xam singer completed

VietNamNet Bridge – Director Luong Dinh Dung, 39, planned to shoot “Xam Do,” a documentary about Ms. Ha Thi Cau – the last xam singer of Vietnam, in one month but this work was finished after over two years.

Central Highland man’s feet are dead because of tobacco

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Cil Ha Toan, 40, had his legs cut off by one third because of gangrene at HCM City-based Cho Ray Hospital. Doctors said his feet were dead because of over-smoking.

Indonesia, Japan support peaceful solution to East Sea issue

Indonesia and Japan shared the same view that territorial disputes in the East Sea should be solved through peaceful dialogues, in respect of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.