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World Bank backs climate response

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank on Thursday approved the first of a series of three operations that will strengthen and enhance Viet Nam's response to climate change.

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Two women honoured for catching robbers; IAEA , OFID help Vietnam fight cancer; President supports business youth; Lotus on way to becoming Vietnam national flower

Vitamin D deficiency may cause human infertility: study

Vitamin D deficiency, which has long been a risk factor for diseases of osteoporosis and diabetes, may play a role in infertility both for men and women, according to a research by Austrian scientists.

Tests in HCM City prove petrol was watered down

VietNamNet Bridge – Tests on two petrol samples from HCM City revealed they contained water, according to the Department for Goods Quality Management.

100 wrestlers perform in cold

VietNamNet Bridge – In drizzle and bitingly cold, 100 male and female wrestlers competed at the Sinh Village Wrestling Festival in Lai An village, Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province.

Russian travel firm re-opens in Phan Thiet

VietNamNet Bridge – Lanta Viet Travel Company, the branch of Lanta Tour Voyage – one of the leading Russian tour operators, re-opened yesterday, Feb 3, in central Binh Thuan Province's Phan Thiet City.

Cheating foreign tourists is not particular, says tourism official

The vice chief of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said that the media has reported many forms of swindling against tourists, so Matt Kepnes’article on the Huffington Post is not an exception.

IMF urges LatAm economies to guard against crisis contagion

The Latin America and Caribbean economies should be poised to take a string of steps including easing their monetary policies to guard against contagion risks triggered by the eurozone debt crisis,

Communist Party of Viet Nam marks 82nd anniversary

A delegation comprised of the members from the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, Government, Viet Nam Fatherland Front and the State President Office yesterday morning paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

220 health services set for price hikes: Health Minister

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health will sign an interministerial circular with the ministries of Finance, and Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to hike prices of 220 health services, instead of 355 as proposed in 2010,

4 dead in fresh clashes in Egypt, over 1,000 injured

Four people were killed and another 1, 531 injured in bloody clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters over a recent football riot, the country's health ministry said Friday.

Museums take history to the country

VietNamNet Bridge – Museums in HCM City are changing their way of doing business by taking exhibitions to the doorsteps of rural and suburban residents.

15 killed in train-vehicle collision in northeast India

At least 15 people were killed and 50 injured when a passenger train hit a road construction vehicle at an unmanned crossing near the capital of the northeast Indian state Guwahati Friday morning, said witnesses and officials.

Future teachers “illiterate” in new educational thought

While education experts urge to carry out an education reform and learn modern educational thoughts, pedagogical school students still do not know about education technology.

Wedding tragedy as train kills bridegroom, mother

VietNamNet Bridge – A groom, his mother and a cousin died on his wedding day after being hit by a north-south Thong Nhat SE13 train yesterday in Binh Luc District, Ha Nam Province, some 60km south of Ha Noi.

Thien and Wong win men's doubles

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien and his partner Wong Chun Hun from Hong Kong won the men's doubles title at the New Zealand 18 & Under Summer Championships.

Geithner outlines key points for financial reforms in 2012

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday U.S. financial system has been strengthened through reforms ,but warned that gains would erode if efforts eased.

VN host Asian Beach Games in June

VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 2,500 athletes, coaches and other members from 45 nations are expected to participate in the fifth Asian Beach Games in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa in June, 2016.

Pa Co people have a religious zeal for good crops

The Pa Co ethnic minority people in Vietnam hold the Ada festival after harvest to thank Heaven and prepare for the next crop.

Binh Dinh man unearths fossil wood of 10,000 years old

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Bay, 47, from Tuy Phuoc district in the central province of Binh Dinh has discovered a fossil stump which is believed to be more than 10,000 years old.