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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 28/5

Hanoi hosts concert to mark Italian National Day; Ho dynasty and citadel documents displayed in Thanh Hoa; Artists honoured for contributions; Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris is step back in time

Gay wedding stirs up Ha Tien town

VietNamNet Bridge – Local people in Ha Tien town in the southern province of Kien Giang keep talking about the wedding of two men though the event has passed for a week.

New website to protect wild animals launched

VietNamNet Bridge – The organisation, ‘Education on Nature Vietnam’ (ENV), has announced a new website where people can identify many different kinds of species to encourage community’s to protect Vietnam’s wildlife.

Vietnam Next Top Model to kick off next month

VietNamNet Bridge – The third season of Vietnam’s Next Top Model contest will officially kick off with casting rounds in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on June 7 and 17 respectively.

Coastal tourism has rosy future

The Government aims to develop the country's coastal tourism sector into one of the top in the region by 2030, rivalling sea and coastal tourism in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Vietnamese, foreign singers heat MTV Exit 2012

VietNamNet Bridge - Tens of thousands of fans were enthusiastic with the MTV EXIT 2012 show at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on May 26. 

Leaders of Vietnamese groups need to be trained

VietNamNet Bridge – To build powerful groups, which have globally-popular brands and prestige, Vietnam need to have well-trained high-ranking leaders of economic groups, who are capable to take their firms to the world.

Angry with his wife, man poison community wells

VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of families in Nui Ngang hamlet in Ba To district of the central province of Quang Ngai were very worried because many wells in the hamlet smelled like insecticide.

CPI increase slowing down – the reverse of the medal

In 2011, the government vowed to curb the inflation rate. In early 2012, people sighed with relief when hearing about the low inflation rate. However, the repeated slow consumer price index (CPI) increases have raised worries instead of joys.

Vinalines’ wrongdoings will be strictly penalized

VietNamNet Bridge – The government’s principle in handling the case of Vinalines is to strictly penalize the wrongdoings of those involved as per Vietnamese law,

Illegal tunnels in the Valley of Love to be destructed

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Da Lat city have decided to destroy tunnels built by illegal tin exploiters in the Valley of Love by explosive.

PM urges cabinet members to persist with socio-economic targets

It is a must for Vietnam to persist in trying to achieve the socio-economic targets set for this year, including curbing inflation, stabilizing the macro-econnomy, maintaining an appropriate growth rate, and ensuring social welfare.

Exhibition pays tribute to overlooked artist

Seventy original sculptures and paintings by artist Nguyen Nhu Y, long known as "Crazy Y" among Ha Noi artists, are now on display at the Viet Art Centre in the capital city, in an exhibition organised by his friends

Amazing parasailing show in Da nang

VietNamNet Bridge – After two days of competition, the international parasailing competition in Da nang city closed on May 27. The championship was presented to French athlete Mathive Rouanet.

Vietnam’s dragonflies

VietNamNet Bridge - Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, wasps, and very rarely butterflies. In Vietnam, there are 16 species of dragonflies.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 28/5

Fencer tests skills in Philippines; Frenchman wins paramotor race; Teams fall short at Asian champs; Viet Nam win golds in Taiwan

65th Cannes film festival admires "Amour"

The 65th Cannes film festival has handed out its top prize Palme d'Or to "Amour"(Love), as it wrapped up with a star-studded closing ceremony here on the rainy Sunday night in the French Riviera resort.

Endangered Saola sliding into extinction

International conservation groups and domestic scientists have warned that one of the rarest animals found on Earth – the Saola – is moving towards extinction just two decades after its discovery, due to intensive hunting pressures

Lacking experience, coffee exporters lose in international trade

Lacking experience in dealing with futures contract and making transactions on the coffee trading floors of the world is believed to be the main reason that has pushed Vietnamese coffee exporters into default.

Ha Noi take home turf advantage

VietNamNet Bridge – In an bid to escape relegation the Ha Noi Football Club defeated former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3-2 in the 19th round of the V-League yesterday in the capital city.