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Native foods of Phu Yen Province

VietNamNet Bridge - Phu Yen Province along the central coast offers a variety of unique and exotic dishes like Hoa Da girdle cake, dit leaf sour soup, ocean tuna and fresh seafood from O Loan lagoon.

China bans use of controversial drug for children below 12

China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued a circular on Friday banning the use of Nimesulide, an anti-inflammatory drug, for children under the age of 12, considering potential side-effects

Selection of new IMF head should be open, transparent: IMFC

The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy advisory body of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Saturday called for an "open, transparent and merit-based" process in selecting a new IMF head.

Ronaldo makes history as Madrid put eight past Almeria

Cristiano Ronaldo made Spanish football history on Saturday by breaking the all time goalscoring record with 40 goals in a single season for the Spanish La Liga.

The students who master “the art of getting rich”

They are all very young, because they were born in 1980s. However, they are all considered “high income earners”, because they can pocket millions of dong a month.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 22/5

90 containers fall into canal due to landslide;  20% of vehicles unsafe; 14 charged for trafficking drug; Traffic accidents soar in first quarter; VN company fined US$3,000 for leaking oil in river

Bank deposit interest rates surge

VietNamNet Bridge - The deposit interest rate at some commercial banks has significantly exceeded the State Bank of Viet Nam's cap and has hit 19 per cent per year.

Iceland's most active volcano erupting: reports

An eruption has started in Iceland's most active volcano Grimsvotn, according to reports reaching here from Reykjavik on Saturday.

Japanese partner agrees to pay BP 1 bln USD over Gulf of Mexico spill

MOEX Offshore 2007, a Japanese company and one of BP's partners in the failed oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has agreed to pay BP 1.065 billion U.S. dollars over last year's disaster that unleashed the worst oil spill in U. S. history,

Two Endeavour astronauts complete first spacewalk of mission

Two U.S. astronauts conducted the first of four spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.

S-Fone to become Vietnam’s second mobile service joint venture

VietNamNet Bridge - Saigon Post and Telecommunication Service Joint Stock Corp (SPT), operator of CDMA network S-Fone, has finalized legal procedures to become Vietnam’s second mobile service joint venture.

Tran Hue Hoa to compete at Asian Grand Prix meet

Tran Hue Hoa will be Vietnam’s sole representative at the Asian Grand Prix Series this year, announced Nguyen Manh Hung, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Athletics Federation (VAF).

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/5

Vietnam becomes biggest pepper exporter; Masan to open Singapore rep office; US cuts anti-dumping tariff on Vietnamese shrimps; US$412 million for Trung Son hydroelectric power plant construction

Saigonese take vegetarian food to wish for peace

VietNamNet Bridge – Not only eating vegetarian food on the Vesak Day or Buddha’s birthday (May 16), many people in HCM City decide to take vegetarian in the entire fourth lunar month to wish for peace.

Vietnam’s famous wine brands

VietNamNet Bridge – Van village, Sapa’s tao meo (apple), Bau Da, Go Den wine have been famous throughout the country for their special tastes and characteristics.

Tour firms urged to improve services

Representatives of travel agencies from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan called Vietnam's central region an attractive tourist destination but complained that service quality and promotional programmes needed to be improved.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 21/5

Clubs in danger zone face tough weekend;  Chess master Nguyen tops women's Elo rating in VN; An Giang tops Mekong Delta pencak silat championship 2011

Hanoi before Election Day

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is very colorful with flags, banners, flowers before the National Assembly and People’s Council elections (May 22).

Vietnamese ignorant of air pollution sources: poll

A recent mood sampling poll shows that almost 2 in 3 Vietnamese people rate air pollution as their top environmental concern, but more than 2 in 3 respondents are unaware that the burning of fossil fuels is one of causes of air pollution.

FPT seeks ways to join telecom market

FPT Corp is seeking ways to join the domestic telecom industry via investing in other telecom firms, perhaps the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and S-fone, said Truong Gia Binh, chairman of FPT's director board.