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Vietnamese taught at a French school

Jean de La Fontaine, a famous school in Paris, is the first and only school in France that teaches Vietnamese to secondary pupils along with their subjects. 

‘Oliver Twist’ hits Vietnamese stage

A stage production of Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’ by artists from the UK TNT Theatre will be performed in Ho Chi Minh City, Danang and Hanoi from May 2-13. 

Over 40 hydro-power dams in Quang Nam to be checked

VietNamNet Bridge – The leakage at the Song Tranh 2 dam has urged the authorities of Quang Nam province to inspect the safety of all hydro-power dams in the city.

Artist explores lure of gold

VietNamNet Bridge – Thomas Sarbach is fascinated by gold.

“Destination I” – the destination of Vietnamese-Malaysian culture

VietNamNet Bridge – For the first time, one of the leading painters in Malaysia and a world famous artist – Yusof Ghani – has come two Hanoi to present his two latest artworks and to meet with his Vietnamese colleagues.

Police investigates music copyright center

VietNamNet Bridge – According to the Performing Art Center, police have begun investigating the operation of the Vietnam Center for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC).

People judge me unfairly, says top badminton player

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam’s leading badminton player, speaks with Sports and Culture Newspaper about his exclusion out of the world top ten, the position that he had held for 27 months.

More and more businesses leave the markets

1664 enterprises were dissolved and 1595 enterprises halted operation in the first two months of the year, according to the Business Registration Management Agency, an arm of the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnamese schools teach swimming on… paper

Schools in big cities complain that there are not enough swimming pools to teach swimming to students as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

President receives Czech Defence Minister

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is ready to expand cooperation with the Czech Republic in various fields including national defence, said State President Truong Tan Sang at a reception for the Czech Defence Minister Alexander Vondra in Hanoi

Android 4.0 attractive, but it’s not easy to gulp

Google once announced that the official version of the product would appear in early 2012. However, to date, most of the Android 4.0 products available on the market are just the alpha and beta versions.

Seoul summit ends with vows to avert nuke terrorism risk

The two-day Seoul Nuclear Security Summit ended here Tuesday with consensus from world leaders to take strong actions against nuclear terrorism threat and further steps toward a safer world.

Despite big economic difficulties, Vietnamese still spend money on traveling

Though the May holiday will come in only one month, a lot of domestic and outbound tours have been fully booked.

Hanoi plans to build surface water plant

Hanoi authorities gathered a meeting some days ago to discuss the surface water exploitation--amid the warning that the underground water cannot satisfy the increasing demand of the city.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 28/3

 ASEAN military intelligence meeting opens; UK-Vietnam Action Plan signed; Japan, Vietnam lawmakers boost friendship; Deputy PM visits India to boost IT cooperation

Inter sack coach Ranieri

Inter Milan have sacked coach Ranieri, according to a statement released by the Serie A giant club on Monday.

Sarkozy says eurozone's financial crisis over, economy recovering

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday the eurozone's financial crisis was ended and economy of the single-currency bloc was recovering.

PM Dung meets leaders at Nuclear Security Summit

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held meetings with his New Zealand, UK and Pakistani counterparts on the sidelines of the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on March 27.

More Chinese go gym for fitness

A growing desire by men for "six-pack" abdominal muscles is costing them time and money and expanding the market for the fitness and slimming industries in China.

UN, Vietnam sign 2012-2016 joint cooperation plan

The new One Plan signed in Hanoi on March 27 will help mobilize, manage and effectively use UN official development aid for Vietnam’s socio-economic development in line with UN comparative advantages.