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43,000 children access eye care in Ba Ria Vung Tau

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 43,000 school children will receive access to eyecare treatment in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau thanks to a project run by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE).

Police asked to help control banned agents in animal feed

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan yesterday, March 27, asked police to stop the use of banned agents in animal feed.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/3

French doctors to offer free check-ups; NGO helps flood-hit households in An Giang; Boy, 8, killed by bus while crossing street; Korean held for murder of lover’s mom in Vietnam

It’s not easy to push up dollar lending

Bankers have denied the opinion that the outstanding loans in dollars have increased sharply because businesses now hurry to borrow dollars before the new regulation takes effect on May 2.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 28/3

Diverse activities commemorate Hung Kings; Dragon, unicorn dances attend Carnaval de Blois; Tickets for Big Bang concert released; VN Got Talent sensation to sing with American flutist  

Debt-ridden absentee fisheries CEO urged to return

Can Tho municipal government has requested, the CEO of seafood processing giant Binh An SeaFood Joint Stock Company (Bianfishco) Pham Thi Dieu Hien to return Vietnam to settle her debts.

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.