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Dutch government says goodbye to multicultural society

The Dutch government will abandon the model of a multicultural society.

1,000 volunteers to make trans-Vietnam walk

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 1,000 people, including Miss Vietnam World 2010, Luu Thi Diem Huong will walk through 16 provinces from the north to the south.

Test kit allows people to find arsenic in water

VietNamNet Bridge – With the test kit invented by Engineer Le Trong Van, people can quickly discover arsenic in food, drinking and running water with the high decrees of accuracy of 90 percent within 15 minutes.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 18/6

Three scientists receive France’s Order of Merit; Hanoi youths expand ties with Indochinese peers;Alcohol consumption ban in public offices; Over 20 children infected with hand-foot-mouth disease; White-eared night heron discovered at Ba Be park  

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF

Reality TV dance competition in Vung Tau City; Nha Trang sea festival successfully held; Vietnam to organise ancient costume movie festival; Cultural diversity on show in Melbourne; Vietnam elected to UNESCO culture diversity committee  

Philippines to report China to U.N. over incursions

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will submit a report to the United Nations regarding Chinese forces' incursions into Philippine territory in the disputed Spratly islands, a Malacañang official said Thursday.

China’s U-shaped claims

Late last month, tension in the East Sea was ratcheted up a further when three Chinese marine surveillance ships threatened the Vietnamese seismic survey ship Binh Minh 02 and sabotaged its seismic equipment

Chinese goods creep into every corner of Vietnamese market

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been importing too many kinds of products from China which can be made domestically. Vietnamese consumers have been unintentionally enriching Chinese enterprises.

SPORTS IN BRIEF

17 delegations compete in national youth weightlifting championships; 24 teams to compete in U15 national football tourney; Japan Credit Bureau to sponsor national football team

The investment in hi-tech projects and the rejected proposals

VietNamNet Bridge – Just within two weeks, the Government has released the documents on not accepting the proposals on investment incentives made by two big hi-tech investors.

HCM City to have travel police

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have instructed its police agency to consider establishing a travel police bureau to protect tourists.

British and American Idols heat up H-Artistry

VietNamNet Bridge – The H-Artistry show at Hanoi’s Quan Ngua Sports Palace on June 16, was very hot with the voices of David Cook, Alexandra Burke and Thanh Bui.

BBC to film Son Doong Cave

VietNamNet Bridge – BBC has asked Quang Binh province’s permission to make a documentary of the world’s largest cave – Son Doong.

Experts predict busy year for M&A market

Corporate restructure, private placement of shares, and the search for strategic partners will keep the Vietnamese mergers and acquisitions market busy this year and in 2012, experts told a forum held in HCM City yesterday.

Farmers occupy national highway

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh Highway has become a drying ground for Thanh Hoa province’s farmers during the harvest season.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/6

Fuel prices not cut despite traders’ big profits; Toyota Vietnam to recall more Innova J vehicles; IBM provides cloud computing for Lac Viet; Nhon Trach projects have mountain to climb; Road traffic safety improvement project kicked off

Researchers identify protein that improves DNA repair under stress

Cells in the human body are constantly being exposed to stress from environmental chemicals or errors in routine cellular processes. While stress can cause damage, it can also provide the stimulus for undoing the damage.

British MPs call for peaceful solution to East Sea disputes

Two members of the British House of Common, George Howarth, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam and Mark Hendrick, Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for China, petitioned against the growing tension in the East Sea.

Biggest Phl warship on patrol in Spratlys

VietNamNet Bridge - The Philippine Navy is sending its biggest warship BRP Rajah Humabon for patrol operations around Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

Del Rosario to take up Spratly row with Hillary Clinton

The Philippines’ “rules-based approach” to settling the Spratlys dispute and China’s use of its growing economic and military power to assert its claims will most likely be the main talking points during next week’s meeting in Washington.