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Ha Noi's first metro line map master plan announced

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi's Department of Planning and Architecture yesterday, Aug 3, announced plans for an urban rail system.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 4/8

Big electricity savings in Ha Noi this year; Construction ministry to pay attention to social houses; Viet embassy calls for registration for Malaysia amnesty; Medical staff lashed after kids poisoned

Clubs encourage players with cash prizes

VietNamNet Bridge - As the final round of the season is approaching, football clubs across Vietnam’s top-tier V-league are cheering up their players by offering huge cash prizes if they win.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 4/8

State Vice president receives former internees; Photo exhibition marks Viet Nam-Thailand co-operation; Cambodian news agency delegation visits Hoi An

Sex abuses result in mental illness in female victims: report

As many as a quarter of Australian women have experienced some form of assault or sexual abuse, and the higher proportion of the abuse, the higher rates of metal illness a woman tends to suffer from,

Video clip wins youth award

VietNamNet Bridge –A moving story about a family whose lives were in danger because of people's lack of environmental awareness has won the first monthly award of a video clip competition run by Siemens Viet Nam.

Ministry licenses 44 rice exporters nationwide

VietNamNet Bridge - Up to 44 food traders will be able to engage in rice export under new standards applicable from October 1, comprising 29 enterprises having been licensed and 15 others pending the stamp of approval from authorities.

Counterfeit Apple’s products flooding Vietnamese market

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of private run shops introduce themselves as the authorized resellers for Apple in Vietnam which have been selling counterfeit Apple products.

Tran Trung Linh ‘plays’ with reality in pop-art paintings

VietNamNet Bridge – Pursuing a new art trend in Vietnam – pop art – painter Tran Trung Linh has the opportunity to show his thought and experience about a material world which is invading man’s soul. For him, drawing is a way to live.

Ngung sets new national record at HCM City Open

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Ngung set a new national record at the ongoing HCM City Open International Track and Field Tournament at Thong Nhat Stadium.

Mubarak denies all charges during trial in Cairo

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak denied all charges against him during a trial held on Wednesday in Cairo's Police Academy.

Foreign retailers keen to enter Vietnam

Although A.T. Kearney Consultancy Group downgraded Vietnam nine places in retail market attraction rankings this year from 14th to 23rd place, foreign investors are still keen to enter the local market which topped the list in 2008.

Ly Son Island

VietNamNet Bridge – With many historical, cultural relics and fascinating tourist areas, Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai is an amazing tourist attraction.

Telco case rumbles on

VietNamNet Bridge - A stake purchase deal between telecom giant FPT and state-owned EVNTelecom is labouring on.

EPZ enterprises fear they won’t be competitive without tax incentives

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that the competition would be stiffer when the tax incentives applied to the enterprises in industrial zones (IZs) and export processing zones (EPZ) are removed by early 2012.

Weakness in aging tied to leaky muscles: report

The weakness of aging is associated with leaky calcium channels inside muscle cells and a drug already in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of heart failure might plug those leaks,

Special song for Vietnamese national football team

VietNamNet Bridge – The Sports & Culture Newspaper on August 2, called for football fans to join a project to record a supportive song for the national football squad at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games 2011 (SEA Games).

Pollution may take 10 years of lifespan from craft villagers

VietNamNet Bridge – The General Department of Environment has warned that residents in craft villages lose ten years of their lifespan because of environmental pollution.

U-19 team train for international action

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's U-19 football team, led by Coach Trieu Quang Ha, started a one-month training programme at the Ha Noi-based Youth Football Training Centre yesterday, Aug 3, in preparation for upcoming international events.

‘We should thank Chinese traders’

VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Vo Tong Xuan rejected the risk that has been warned recently by the local media--that Chinese traders may control the market for some agricultural products, for example sweet potato.