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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 30/5

Rare documents of world cultural heritage on show; Book distributor celebrates kids; Fund links Vietnamese literature to Russian prose works

Nation to assess English teachers

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam was looking to implement a comprehensive assessment of graduates from English teaching colleges in an effort to improve the quality of English teachers,

Tien Minh not seeded for Indonesia challenge

VietNamNet Bridge – Falling outside the world top ten badminton players, Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh will not be seeded in the men's singles event at the Djarum Indonesia Open.

HCM City considers cut in expressway toll rates

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport wants the municipal People's Committee to take up the issue of reducing toll fees on the 40km Trung Luong Expressway with the Ministry of Transport to ease traffic on National Highway 1A.

Delta province expects more riverbank erosion

VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in southern An Giang Province have warned of more possible landslides caused by erosion along a 400-metre stretch of the Hau River in Long Xuyen Town's Binh Khanh Ward.

Small hydropower plants shout for help

High investment rate, low electricity sale price, high bank loan interest rates and high taxes have all been stifling small hydropower plants.

Health Ministry reports recent maternal deaths to government

VietNamNet Bridge – After a series of maternal deaths happened throughout the country, the Ministry of Health has sent a report to Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Williams out of French Open

Serena Williams was bundled out of the French Open after she suffered the worst Grand Slam defeat of her career on Tuesday. The favorite for the women's singles title slumped to a dramatic and thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 loss

Vietnam still doesn’t know what to do to improve tourism staff

VietNamNet Bridge - The quality of tourism products mostly depends on the staff’s qualification. Meanwhile, the question of how to improve the staff to develop tourism still beats Vietnamese high ranking officials.

Athletes oil up for Beach Games

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will leave for the third Asian Beach Games in China, the second biggest sport festival in the region, on June 12.

Quang Ninh hosts activities for World Environment Day

Activities in response to World Environment Day (WED) and the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All will be held on Sunday and Monday at Halong City, Quang Ninh Province.

Nation denies steel dump on US market

The Ministry of Industry and Trade's Viet Nam Competition Management Authority (VCA) has affirmed that the country has not dumped carbon steel pipes on the US market.

League officials pass the buck

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam Football League officials have chosen to deal with complicated issues and outside pressure from fans, owners and media by refusing to be accountable in certain matters.

Online payments for UnionPay cards accepted in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - UnionPay card and OnePAY JSC have successfully applied technical solutions to enable online payments for UnionPay cards in Vietnam. This is the fifth card which can be used to pay for online transactions in Vietnam.

Hot issues debated at annual business forum

How to facilitate business production and build up foreign investors’ trust in the context of the economic slowdown was discussed at Vietnam Business Forum 2012 in Hanoi on May 29.

1 million high-school students to sit graduation exams

A total of 963,571 students will take their high-school graduation examinations from June 2-4, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.      

SPORTS IN BRIEF 30/5

Futsal event for disadvantaged kids; Rowers to compete in Singapore; Coal and Minerals win tourney

PM supports stronger defense ties with Japan

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese government pledges constant support for the cooperation in national defense between Vietnam and Japan. 

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 30/5

PM set to attend economic forum on East Asia; Quang Tri links with Laos provinces; Seminar discusses constitutional amendments

In hard times, directors’ houses turn into businesses’ offices

In order to cut down on expenses in the context of economic downturn, businesses tend to leave high-rise buildings and set up offices at apartment blocks, designed for accommodation.