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Can Tho: Mother and daughter are nude to keep their land

VietNamNet Bridge – Ms. Pham Thi Lai, 52, and her daughter, 33, took off their clothes in order to prevent a construction company from taking her land for its project.

PM asks Hung Yen to report land eviction

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked authorities in the northern Hung Yen Province to make a full report of the Van Giang land eviction on April 24, in which some protesters and two journalists were allegedly assaulted by law enforcement forces.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 29/5

PM attends World Economic Forum on East Asia; VN eager to discuss defence co-operation; President Sang receives five incoming ambassadors; VN, Laos see good results in educational cooperation

NA discusses Pricing Law

National Assembly deputies agreed with the draft on Pricing Law at the morning session yesterday even though certain concerns remained regarding goods and services required for stabilisation, price registration and appraisers.

Cambodia, China sign military cooperation pact

VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister cum Defence Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie signed a military cooperation agreement in Phnom Penh on May 28.

Government officials become businessmen after retirement

Some years ago, the appearance of well-known government high ranking officials on the lists of enterprises’ board of management surprised many people. However, no one is unaware of this growing trend.

Austrian President’s visit boosts bilateral ties

VietNamNet Bridge – Austrian President Heinz Fischer will pay an official visit to Vietnam from May 29-31 to further promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

Morsi, Shafiq enter run-off of Egypt's presidential vote

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi and ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq entered the run-off round in June of the historic presidential vote after the fall of ex-leader Hosni Mubarak,

Meeting looks to tackle rise in transnational crime

Criminal activities in Vietnam have been getting more and more sophisticated and difficult to control in recent years, with transnational and foreign-related cases on the increase, said Pham Quy Ngo, Deputy Minister of Public Security.

PM Dung receives Lao Chief of General Staff

VietNamNet Bridge – On May 28, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army, Major General Suvon Luongbunmi who is currently on a working visit to Vietnam.

E-book – the new hobby of bookworms who love high technologies

VietNamNet Bridge – The “e-book fever” has been attacking the Vietnamese youth, both the bookworm circle and normal readers.

Japan gov't bears major responsibility for Fukushima: ex-PM

Japan's ex-Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized on Monday saying that the government and its pursue for nuclear energy bore most of the responsibility for the Fukushima Crisis last year.

Provinces join forces to stir up travel demand

Dozens of provinces have pledged to join a tourism stimulus program initiated by the HCMC Tourism Association, agreeing to slash service prices so as to stir up travel demand, said a source from the association.

It’s summer – the present-giving season

It’s now the busiest time for university students, especially the ones who prepare for the graduation exams. And it's the time to give present to lecturers.

Vietnamese banks’ bad debt ratio remains an unknown

The State Bank said the bad debt ratio has increased from 3.2 percent earlier this year to 3.6 percent by mid April. However, other calculations show that the bad debt ratio is 3-4 times higher than the released figure.

Irrawaddy dolphins - The Mekong River’s ‘spirit’

Being afraid of having no chance to see Irrawaddy dolphins – which is listed at the top of endangered species by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), we went to their major domain.

Cuba warms up for World Cup qualifiers in Brazil

Cuba' s national soccer team will this week warm up for its June World Cup qualifiers with matches against Brazil' s Mogi Mirim and Ponte Preta.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/5

Garment exports slow down; Experts mull over banks’ bad debt problems; Agro-forestry-fishery exports reach US$11 billion; Great amount of smuggled goods found in southern hub; Central bank continues cutting interest rates

Foreign funds pull rug out from under market

The stock market has enjoyed a long, four-month winning streak, and by the end of April had become one of this year's fastest growing markets in the world.

Ministry says unemployment insurance fund secured

The labor ministry has brushed aside a rumor that the unemployment insurance fund is at risk of breaking up, ascertaining that the fund is still secured with the balance of more than VND11.6 trillion at the end of 2011.