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Vietnamese software, boon for cyber owners

VietNamNet Bridge - An indigenously developed software named ‘Cyber Station Manager’ is proving a boon to cybercafé owners in managing their business, securely and efficiently. 

Fitch rates 4 Vietnamese banks LTFC IDR 'B'; affirms existing ratings

VietNamNet Bridge - Fitch Ratings has assigned four Vietnamese banks Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (LTFC IDR) of 'B' with Stable Outlook.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 30/7

Prize winning photos of cultural heritages announced; Vietnamese designer to attend French fashion event; Vietnam royal family belongings on display in Da Lat; Germany helps Hue to restore relic; Rare ‘basic’ artists at San Art

HCM City gives names to 35 roads

VietNamNet Bridge – The city’s government has decided to rename 31 roads in Tan Phu district and 4 roads in Go Vap district.

Well-known artists to join VietNamNet concert 2011

VietNamNet Bridge – “Everlasting Things”, the annual concert held by VietNamNet newspaper, will take place at 2 pm, September 2, 2011, at the Hanoi Opera House as usual.

Southeast Asia’s most modern river tunnel to open in November

VietNamNet Bridge - Thu Thiem Tunnel under the Saigon River and the entire East-West road will be opened to traffic on November 22, to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the Southern Uprising (November 23, 1940).

Android OS leads in U.S. smartphone market: Nielson

Global marketing and advertising research company Nielson on Thursday said in its latest survey that Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate the U.S. smartphone market in June.

Coastal provinces brace for storm gusts of up to 102kph

VietNamNet Bridge - Tropical storm Nock-Ten is forecast to make landfall over the central coastal region between Thai Binh and Ha Tinh provinces at 7pm today, with wind gusts of up to 102kph.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/7

Vinapco gets jet fuel from Dung Quat Refinery; Brokerages adopt new survival strategies; Petrolimex ‘suddenly’ makes profit prior to IPO; Foreign players brew up coffee market dominance; Businesses decry high land-use fees  

EVENTS FROM JULY 30 TO AUGUST 5

Screening of “Les Bureaux de Dieu”; Book “Every Child is a Philosopher”; Film Screening in Aug at IDECAF; Screening of “Policewoman”; Reggae and African Music Night; Performance “Story of the Shoes”; Beat Head Music Night

Vietnam to have first international day for tigers

VietNamNet Bridge – The first international day for tigers will be held in Hanoi on July 31, to raise the awareness of protection of this endangered species.

Tense battles await Liem at Sparkassen’s last two rounds

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam will surely face harsh challenges in the last two rounds at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany when he takes on two rivals in the top group competing for the title this year.

Assembly deputies approve personnel for ethnic affairs

VietNamNet Bridge - The 13th National Assembly yesterday afternoon continued voting for personnel for council, committees and members of the Secretariat.

Brazilians consume too much salt, sugar and calories: study

Brazilians are eating a lot of rice and beans as well as high-calorie junk food lacking nutrition, a study released Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) found.

WISE mission finds first Trojan asteroid sharing Earth's orbit

Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth,

Bumpy road to energy privatisation

VietNamNet Bridge - Immediate privatisation of the electricity industry may put a burden on incompetent private power plants and affect the national power supply, one official said.

U.S. House postpones vote on Boehner debt ceiling plan

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night postponed a crucial vote on the debt ceiling plan put forth by House Speaker John Boehner to avoid default, as GOP leaders were trying to securing enough votes within their party caucus.

Salt parks tipped as tourism destinations

VietNamNet Bridge – The Union of Science for Sustainable Tourism Development (STDe) plans to promote salt parks to tourists as an environmentally friendly attraction.

U.S., DPRK end first day "serious, business-like" nuclear talks

Representatives from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Thursday concluded their first day of a two-day dialogue aiming at reviving the long-stalled six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,

MOF rejects proposed tax incentives to national auto center

Quang Nam provincial authorities feel elated with the idea of setting up a national automobile center, while considering applying huge incentives to investors. Meanwhile, the plan has not been welcomed by many automobile manufacturers.