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Tourism Ambassador rides elephant to advertise Central Highlands

VietNamNet Bridge – Actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky, Vietnam’s Tourism Ambassador, sits on a 10-year-old elephant to discover the natural beauty of the Central Highlands.

Walker rewarded for earning an Olympic ticket

VietNamNet Bridge – Walker Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc returned home on March 12 after striking a bronze medal at the Asian Walking Championships 2012, and won a ticket to the Olympic London.

Prolonged space travel causes brain, eye abnormalities in astronauts

Prolonged periods of time in space may cause brain and optical abnormalities similar to those that can occur in intracranial hypertension of unknown cause, a potentially serious condition in which pressure builds within the skull,

MOF: Vietnam has the right to tax Google and Facebook

Under the current Vietnamese laws, the companies like Google and Facebook have to pay tax for the income gained from the business activities in Vietnam.

Weather contrast between Hanoi and Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – While Hanoi is cold, with the temperature being between 13-18 degrees Celsius, it is very hot in HCM City, where the highest temperature reached 39 degrees Celsius.

“Congratulation projects!”

VietNamNet Bridge – The so-called “congratulation-project” phenomenon has returned.

Russia drafts ambitious space strategy by 2030

Russia expects to remain one of the three leading space powers in the world by 2030, according to a new draft program submitted by the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos Tuesday.

6.8-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Japan's Honshu, tsunami warning lifted -- JMA

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 18:09 p.m. ( 0908 GMT) on Wednesday, the Japan Meterological Agency said.

Saigon’s Top of Style fashion show

VietNamNet Bridge - Three noted fashion designers – Thuan Viet, Truong Thanh Hai and Hoang Hai – introduced their new designs at a fashion show on March 13 in HCM City.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/3

Vietnam's biggest cities rank bottom on competitiveness; Habubank dispels acquisition rumor; Coke, Pepsi claim no cancer-causing substances in Vietnam products; Businesses blame banks, tax agencies for problems

Auto sales leap 43 percent in February

Seventeen members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturing Association (VAMA) last month sold a total of nearly 6,120 vehicles, down 25 percent over the same period last year, but up a significant 43 percent since January, the association reported.

Travel agencies to enjoy higher interest for deposits

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has won the central bank’s approval to allow tourism firms to net the highest deposit rates based on negotiations with local banks instead of non-term rates like now.

Merkel says EU must eye stronger world role

The European Union (EU) must eye a stronger role in the world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday here after a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 14/3

Quyen Thien Dac to play with Trio PO Nilsson; Vietnamese ethnic festival to be held in Hanoi; US reality singing contest to hit Vietnam; L’Espace shows Oscar-nominated Incendies; Famous cartoonists display works  

Da Nang's Hi-tech Park seeks capital

Central Da Nang City is speeding up land clearance and infrastructure development to attract investment for its Hi-Tech Park.

Da Nang football club petitions to suspend V-League

SHB Da Nang has petitioned to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and other relevant agencies to temporarily halt the organizing of the V-League, due to a myriad of problems relating to referees.

Death toll in ferry capsizal in Bangladesh rises to 66

The death toll of early Tuesday's ferry capsizal in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district has risen to 66 on Wednesday morning after another 35 bodies were retrieved from River Meghna.

Two news genera of ginger show up in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and international scientists have discovered two news genera of ginger in Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam.

Gov’t asks ministries to rethink toll on southern expressway

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has requested related agencies to consider the petition of transport associations on reducing the toll on HCM City-Trung Luong expressway.

28 Belgians killed in bus crash in Switzerland

Twenty-eight Belgians were killed in a serious bus accident that occurred in southwest Switzerland on Tuesday night, Swiss police confirmed early Wednesday.