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Awful pig-chopping ritual protested

VietNamNet Bridge – Many people have shown their fearfulness, compassion and dudgeon over a video clip of a pig-chopping ritual at a traditional festival in Hanoi’s neighboring province of Bac Ninh.

Driving centres found to be breaking the law

VietNamNet Bridge – A check on automobile and motorbike driving training centres across the country shows that many are breaking motor regulations they are supposed to enforce.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/9

Mazut initiative short-circuited; South Korea trade forecast to reach $16b; Hanoi raises investment in urban railway project; Banks expand on foreign shores; Economic zone remains capital thirsty; Experts urge bond market development    

Football Fan Association back Super Liga

The vice chief of the Vietnam Football Fan Association said that 16-17 fan groups of the teams that are playing at V-League and the First Division Tournament, support Hanoi ACB FC’s Chair, Nguyen Duc Kien, to set up the Super Liga.

Top models in Davines Hair Show

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s most famous models like Thanh Hang, Ha Anh and celebrities joined hair-style makers Cuong Hoan Le and Tran Hung in the Davines Hair Show at HCM City Theater on September 14.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS (Updated)

Hue – Exhibition “A New Day”; HCMC – Exhibition “Above the Sky, Under the Sea”; Future Shorts One September Screening; Vietnamese Films in Phnom Penh; Live Music at Factory; Film Screening in Sep at IDECAF

German Film Festival 2011 in Vietnam

After the overwhelming success of the German Film Festival 2010, the festival bigger than ever continues in 2011.

PetroVietnam Finance to become a commercial bank?

The move of transferring assets and capital flow at PetroVietnam (PVF) has made investors think that the giant finance company is preparing for the plan to shift to operate as a commercial bank.

VFF Vice Chair: Super Liga is impossible

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vice Chair of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Pham Ngoc Vien said that football clubs cannot secede from VFF to set up their own league.

HCM City's rural districts to get clean water

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has set a goal of providing clean water to all households in its rural districts by 2015.

U.S. president touts jobs bill as boon to small businesses

U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday made his latest pitch to urge Congress to pass a 447-billion-dollar jobs bill, saying American small businesses and workers will benefit from the bill.

Multi-media dance performance to be held in HCMC

A multi-media dance performance featuring Japanese and Vietnamese dancers will be held at the Le Thanh Theatre in District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15-16. 

French string quartet hits capital stage

VietNamNet Bridge – String quartet Diotima, featuring musical talents from France, will hit the capital's stage on September 22.

Four nations to plug world heritage sites

Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar will co-operate with each other in organising tours to their world cultural heritage sites, officials said at a seminar on Tuesday.

Vietnam may lose RoK market for labor export

VietNamNet Bridge – Of 60,000 Vietnamese workers in the Republic of Korea (RoK), 8,780 are considered as illegal residents. Korean authorities said that if the situation gets more serious, this country will stop receiving Vietnamese workers.

Fearing recession in EU, Vietnamese businesses try to seek new markets

Businesses have been trying to diversify the export markets, for fear that the serious public debt crisis and the bad performance of the EU’s economies would badly affect their exports.

Quynh Paris’ collection in Paris

VietNamNet Bridge – Fashion designer Quynh Paris introduced her “Vaporous nature” collection at the Atmosphere’s Fashion Week in Paris, from September 3-6. She was the only Vietnamese fashion designer at the event.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 15/9

VND2.6 trillion to upgrade facilities for customs sector; 4 prison warders face charges for killing inmate; Agribank adds US$731m to develop agriculture sector; Quy Nhon fisherman catches 6 great whites

Hydro-power plant threatened by mountain rockslides

VietNamNet Bridge – After several days of downpours, a mountain was weakened, threatening the Ban Ve hydro-power plant in Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province.

Quang Ngai: 50 people contract unknown disease

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Hospital of Quang Ngai Province, in central Vietnam, has received nearly 50 people who got an unknown disease. The local health department has asked for the Ministry of Health’s assistance.