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Students palm gold in Asian piano quest

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of 18 Vietnamese piano students aged 9-24 have excelled at the sixth Asia International Piano Academy Festival (AIPAF).

APEC tackles flooding due to climate change

Members of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) should join together to reduce the increasing threats of abnormal floods from climate change, a workshop was told yesterday in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Banks stay safe from big economic difficulties, earn fat profits

Commercial banks have officially announced big profits for the first six months of 2011, despite the tightened monetary policies

Viet Nam say farewell to World Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam came from behind to defeat Qatar 2-1 in the second leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier at Ha Noi's My Dinh Stadium yesterday, July 28.

In anticipation of reasonable land rent

The Ministry of Finance has issued Circular 94/2011/TT-BTC modifying its previous circular that offers guidelines for implementation of Government Decree 142/2005/ND-CP of November 14, 2005 on land rent.

Viet Nam's women sniff SEA Games gold medal

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam women's sepak takraw team plan to undergo a face-lift in preparation for the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Indonesia this November.

PM Dung ratifies master plan for Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified a master plan for Hanoi city towards 2030, aiming it to become a modern city with five satellite urban areas.

Tropical storm gets strength, heading to northern Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Tropical typhoon Nock-ten is expected to hit China’s Hainan Island at night,  July 29 before entering the Tonkin Gulf and bringing heavy rains to northern and north-central Vietnam,

FPT decides to go through “4G door” to join telecom market

Failing to enter the domestic mobile telecom market by purchasing a domestic telco, FPT, a big name in the hi-tech sector, has never given up the hope of providing telecom services.

Mobile phones not raise brain cancer risk in kids: study

Kids and teenagers using mobile phones are not at increasing risk of getting brain cancer, according to a recent study published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

World vovinam champs open

VietNamNet Bridge – The second World Vovinam Championships opened yesterday, July 28, at HCM City's Phu Tho Gymnasium with about 300 athletes and officials from 22 countries worldwide.

Congratulations flow to newly elected leaders

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung continue to receive congratulatory messages from foreign counterparts on their election

Low vaccination rate puts hep-B target ‘out of reach'

VietNamNet Bridge –The World Health Organisation has warned Viet Nam and eight other countries in the Western Pacific that they would not be able to reduce the hepatitis B infection rate in children to less than 2 per cent by next year

Photos document leader's trips

VietNamNet Bridge –Photojournalist Gian Thanh Son will release next month a book with photographs he took during former President Nguyen Minh Triet's overseas trips made over the 2007-10 period.

Chinese coach to take the driving seat at SEA Games

VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese coach Quiao Yu Chuan will manage the women's volleyball team at the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia this November, the Volleyball Federation of Viet Nam (VFV) confirmed yesterday, July 28.

Prospective bidders eye prime HCM City land

VietNamNet Bridge – A 7,000-square-metre plot of prime land in downtown HCM City will go under the hammer, the municipal People's Committee has said.

Condolences for Morocco

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang has sent condolences to Moroccan King Mohammed VI about a fatal air accident which occurred on Tuesday.

Domestic breeders say foreign enterprises control food market

Vietnamese livestock enterprises have warned that foreign invested enterprises are controlling the food market, which is one of the reasons that makes it difficult to stabilize the market.

UK, VN to promote London 2012 Olympics

The Vietnam Olympic Committee and the British Embassy have agreed to work together in organizing sport activities in Vietnam to promote the London 2012 Olympics from now and for the next 12 months.

U.S. economic activity slows pace in many districts: Fed

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the nation's economic activity continued to grow, but the pace had moderated in many districts due to a sluggish housing market and businesses' cautious capital spending plans.