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Casino question: Should Vietnam try to “gamble?”

Vietnam, which once had to think to choose the growth model for itself, now once again has to rack its brain to think about whether to license two resort complexes in Vietnam which have the total investment capital of up to six billion dollars.

Hanoi to set up new parking lots

VietNamNet Bridge – A week after banning parking lots on 262 streets, Hanoi authorities have ordered agencies concerned to proceed with setting up new lots as replacements to meet the public’s demand for parking.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 23/2

Women’s Union urged to create more jobs for female labourers; Naval force urged to make greater contributions to national development; Forum eyes maritime management issues; Ethnic groups’ rights guaranteed in Vietnam: Gov’t official

Chung to be next national coach

VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Duc Chung has become the No 1 option for head coach of the national football team.

Two journalists killed in Syria, including one French

One French photo journalist and an American journalist were killed Wednesday morning when the bomb hit a media center in the Syrian city of Homs, local broadcaster France Info reported.

PM calls for better protection of worker’s legitimate interests

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and trade unions at all levels should work together more closely on providing better care for workers’ lives and protecting their legitimate interests,

Mobile network operators set CPs a puzzle

VietNamNet Bridge – The debate between mobile network operators and content providers (CP) on profit sharing proportions never ends.

Students go to temples to learn and listen to preaching

For years, many people still think that temple is a spiritual place which is only reserved for the elderly. However, more and more young people nowadays try to come to the place, where they believe they can learn to feel the full meaning of life.

In Tan Trieu craft village, feather brings money and… pollution

For the last many years, residents in Tan Trieu commune of Thanh Tri district in general and the Trieu Khuc craft village, have been living in a seriously polluted environment on a… voluntary basis.

Playing with shrapnel bombs, four kids injured

VietNamNet Bridge – Four students of a junior secondary school in Chi Doan Commune, Doan Hung district in the northern midland province of Phu Tho were injured in a fragmentation bomb explosion on the morning of February 22.

Hepatitis C kills more Americans than HIV: CDC

More Americans die as a result of hepatitis C infection annually than from HIV-related causes, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers.

Ngoc Viet – unique traditional show for tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – The special show came out impressively at HCM City’s Non La (Conical Hat) on the evening of February 20.

NASA's Chandra finds fastest wind from stellar-mass black hole

Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole, the U.S. space agency announced Tuesday.

Car ownership registration ownership tax up, tax collection down

Analysts have warned that the car ownership registration tax increases would not help increase the tax collection to the state budget. Especially, the tax collection may decrease due to the sales falls.

97-year-old man searching for 4,000 tons of gold (part 2)

Last October, Tran Van Tiep, 97, paid $25,000 as deposit for exploring a “treasure” in Tau Mount in Binh Thuan. Below is the sensational story about the old man who has kept searching for the “4,000 ton gold treasure” for dozens of years.

Seven hours sleep enough for teenagers: study

How much sleep do teenagers need? The more, the better? Not really.

At least 49 dead in Buenos Aires train crash and derail

At least 49 people were killed and more than 550 others were injured on Wednesday morning in Buenos Aires, Argentina when a train crashed and derailed in the middle of rush hour at Once station, center of the city.

Football fans claim to fire flares at stadiums

VietNamNet Bridge – At the sixth round of V-League 2012, fans stretched banners on Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi and Lach Tray Stadium in the northern port city of Hai Phong, asking for the right of burning flares during football matches.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/2

Chinese entrepreneurs eye Vietnamese rice market; Vietnam to export 100,000 – 150,000 tonnes of sugar in 2012; Petrol import taxes cut amid global price hike; Petro Vietnam purchases oil from Ecuador

Profit and losses of State-owned groups to be made public

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue said that the new regulations on financial supervision over State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will tighten control over State-owned groups and corporations.