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Microsoft office goes cloud to join cloud war with Google Docs

The war on cloud intensified as Microsoft Office announced its decision on Tuesday to go cloud in an attempt to compete with its immediate but not last competitor, Google Docs.

EVENTS ON JULY 1-7

Lacquer painting exhibition by Luong Quoc Thang; Live Punk Rock Band from Thailand; Rock Night Fundraising; Screening of “Tanguy” at IDECAF; Sculpture Show by Nam Le; Exhibition “Faces of Asian Ethnic Groups”

Foreigner sentenced to life for heroin trafficking

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court Wednesday sentenced Nigerian Ben Blessed to life imprisonment for smuggling over 1 kilogram of heroin from Vietnam to China.

Environmentalists release hawksbills sea turtles to sea

VietNamNet Bridge - Twelve hawksbill sea turtles (scientifically known as Ertmochelys Imbricata), stranded at the Nui Chua National Park in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan , were released to sea on June 30.

New music spaces intrigue youth imagination

VietNamNet Bridge –While many pop and dance tunes appear and vanish from the music industry every few months, romantic songs that have lasted through different Vietnamese generations will linger on for more in Ha Noi

World's longest cross-sea bridge opens in east China

The world's longest cross-sea bridge, spanning 36.48 kilometers across the mouth of the Jiaozhou Bay in eastern Shandong Province, opened to traffic on Thursday, four years after construction started.

Too many required standards make Vietnam’s tra fish “caught in a net”

Every import market sets up its required standards on the tra fish imports from Vietnam. The existence of too many standards has made Vietnamese enterprises confused.

PM asks inspectors to speed up on corruption cases

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 28 asked state inspectors to finish their jobs on severe corruption cases. 

Binh Thuan keen on tidal energy development

The government of Binh Thuan Province is keen on developing tidal energy after some foreign investors asked to carry out tidal power projects along the coastline of the province, said an official of the province’s Department of Industry and Trade.

Libraries in Vietnam realize the dream of digitalization

Gone are the days of traditional libraries which specialize in storing and managing information in papers. In Vietnam, a lot of libraries have been going digitalized.

Japanese gov't, DPJ agrees on doubling consumption tax by mid-2010s

The Japanese government and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) agreed Thursday on social security and tax reform plans that would lead to consumption tax hikes in mid-2010s, local media reported.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/7

High volumes of iron ore being shipped to China; TPP with U.S. should boost apparel trade: experts; PMC may return Phu My Bridge to city gov’t; Vietnam Air ticks launch date for direct service to UK  

China’s fishing ban in East Sea: implications for territorial disputes

China’s enforcement of a fishing ban in the South China Sea (East Sea) poses a dilemma for Vietnam as well as itself. Following legal principles could provide a solution for both parties while meeting conservation needs.

Royalty of foreign pay channels: unresolved issue

Copyright exchange, negotiation or trading is such a pressing issue in Vietnam these days that the government is looking into the many ways to resolve this problem.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF

Phu Yen to host festival of Vietnamese ethnic groups; Concert to raise funds for Central Region; Viet Van wins two PX3 awards; Da Lat flower festival to feature wide range of activities; Dale Carnegie book pirates to be sued

National Assembly deputies propose to ratify the Law of the Sea this year

Many deputies who attended the National Assembly Standing Committee on June 29, said that the NA should quickly approve the Law of the Sea this year.

Pedagogical schools have to “go marketized”

A lot of pedagogical schools have to enroll students for non-pedagogical training branches, because only the diversification in training allows them to exist and develop.

High consumer price increases cause labor shortage

The labor market has become scorching hot as many workers have left their enterprises due to the too low wages, which cannot support their lives in the context of high inflation.

Hydropower water levels low despite recent rains

VietNamNet Bridge - Water levels at some hydropower plants in the southern region such as Ham Thuan-Da Mi and Tri An are still low despite recent rains.

China flexes maritime muscle to ‘win war without fighting’

As China prepares to start sea trials of its first aircraft carrier, foreign analysts will be watching to see how quickly the Chinese Navy can bring its power projection ship into service.