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Book distributors set for online race

VietNamNet Bridge – Though experts think it will take at least another five years before e-books will cut into the revenues of printed books, many book distributors are already preparing for the day even as the use of IT spreads in Viet Nam.

NZ naval ship visits HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – New Zealand naval ship HMNZS Te Mana docked at HCM City's Sai Gon Port yesterday for a courtesy visit.

Most caught without helmets are students or aged under 35

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of young people not wearing helmets while driving has recently increased despite police efforts, according to Ha Van Tuan, deputy head of Ha Noi Traffic Police Team No 1.

Three VN ministries target exam cheats

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training will take measures to prevent cheating at university entrance exams next month.

"Lean gene" raises risk of heart disease, diabetes

A "lean gene" that helps people keep slim was found closely related to diabetes and heart disease, according to a study pulished in Nature Genetics journal on Sunday.

Strike action turns tragic

VietNamNet Bridge - Leaders of a Taiwan-backed firm in Hanoi’s Phu Nghia Industrial Park may escape legal action after one of its workers was killed by a security guard during strike action involving the company.

Experts hold opposite opinions about the website attack risk

VietNamNet Bridge – While some experts believe that the culprits of the recent attacks to Vietnamese websites were unprofessional hackers, others think that the attacks were really very dangerous.

Movement of hunting for old furniture breaks out

VietNamNet Bridge – The old  wooden tables, chairs, wardrobes or beds, which several years ago would be considered too old and fit for the garbage can, are now being hunted by wooden furniture traders.

Michael Jackson's iconic leather jacket fetches 1.8 million USD

The iconic red and black leather jacket the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson wore in his 1983 "Thriller" video was sold for 1.8 million U.S. dollars at an auction held Sunday in Beverly Hills, almost 10 times the original price

TEPCO begins cooling crippled reactors with treated water

Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, said Monday it had started injecting decontaminated water as a critical means to cool the plant's crippled reactors

At least 30 killed in Nigeria drinking spot attack

At least 30 people have been killed and several others seriously injured by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in a drinking joint in northeast Nigeria's Borno State on Sunday, according to security sources.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 28/6

Vietnam-UK direct air route to open in December; RoK consortium keen on Vietnam’s solar energy; Foreign firms buy stakes in PetroVietnam; Foreign firms buy stakes in PetroVietnam; Sweden promotes cooperation in waste treatment  

Lost tribe found in Brazil's Amazon rainforests

A lost tribe has been spotted in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, according to the media report Monday.

47 victims of Russian plane crash identified

A total of 47 victims killed in last Monday's Tu-134 plane crash in northern Russia have been identified, local media reported on Monday.

Outbound tours attract Vietnamese thanks to reasonable fees

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the big economic difficulties, a lot of Vietnamese people still decide to travel abroad this summer to relax or seek business partners.

State firms told to reduce non-core investment operations

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese government will require state-invested enterprises to reduce the percentage of capital they invest in non-core business activities under a draft regulation compiled by the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Soldiers harvest rice in flooded fields

VietNamNet Bridge – With a rainfall of nearly 300 mm, thousands of hectares of ripen rice fields in Thanh Hoa province in central Vietnam were flooded. Hundreds of soldiers helped local people to save the rice.

Vietnam’s tourism to be advertised in three neighboring countries

VietNamNet Bridge – The most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will be shot in a film for introduction in the four countries.

Sole NASDAQ-listed Vietnamese firm gets delisting warning

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese construction firm Cavico Corp has been warned of being delisted from US NASDAQ stock market.

IT NEWS IN BRIEF

VNPT completes fibre optic system; Viettel invests in Peru; PeaceSoft, Paypal join hands; Nghe An launches web portal; Siemens launches new software; Infor, TRG offer business solutions; Intel Vietnam looks for domestic suppliers