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German coach to lead Vietnam’s national football team

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has finalized its process to recruit a new coach for the men’s national football squad, and the selected candidate is Falko Goetz, former coach of Germany’s Hertha Berlin FC.

Photo exhibition by Minister and Buddhist monks

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 100 photos featuring love for life are now displayed at the “Leica – Live” exhibition, which opened on May 18, at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi.

At least 25 killed, 70 wounded in Iraq's Kirkuk twin bomb attacks

Up to 25 people were killed and some 70 others wounded when a bomb and a car bomb exploded coordinately in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, a local police source told Xinhua.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 20/5

Famous Belgian writer joins Vietnam comics festival; Capital prepares for classics; Thanh Hoa to restore former revolutionaries’ shelter; S Korean scholars share views on Ho Chi Minh  

Unreasonable policies make things difficult for software companies

VietNamNet Bridge – Software companies which are believed to make up 50% of the success of the projects on developing ICT applications for state agencies, complain that they are encountering many difficulties due to unreasonable policies.

EU Film Festival in Hanoi and HCMC

The European Film Festival 2011 returns to satisfy cinema lovers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

EVENTS FROM MAY 19-30

Green Drinks 2011; Concert with World-Famous Conductor Lior Shambadal; Chamber Music Concert; Videologue – A Brief Report on Japanese Video Art; Opera “Carmen”

Photo exhibitions of President Ho Chi Minh’s life

 Celebrating President Ho Chi Minh’s 121st birthday (May 19), three photo exhibitions of his life are organized in his hometown - Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, Hanoi’s Ho Chi Minh Museum and Hue city.

Da Nang: two big companies use pirated software

VietNamNet Bridge – A pharmaceutical and an auditing firm in the central city of Da Nang have been detected to use cracked software by inspectors of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hi-tech Crime Prevention Police Bureau.

Students say “no” to foreign language study branches

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign language faculties of many universities have been fallen into the “living death” because they do not get enough students.

At least 12 killed, 50 wounded in Iraq's Kirkuk twin bomb attacks

At least 12 people were killed and some 50 others wounded by two bombs which exploded coordinately in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, a local police source told Xinhua.

Vietnamese businesses good at production, but bad at advertisements

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese enterprises make heavy investment to develop high quality new products, but they do not know how to make them reachable to consumers.

Illegal taxis plague HCM City streets

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal taxis that deceive visitors by carrying the names of established taxi operators continue to be a major source of headache for HCM City authorities.

US firms expand tourist services in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - The US’ fast-growing river cruise company Avalon Waterways plans to add the Mekong River to its list of destinations, a top executive has said.

Water levels in Mississippi River continue to rise

Water levels in the southern U.S. Mississippi River have continued to rise, despite authorities opening a spillway in Louisiana to avoid flooding of major cities.

Pepper growers add spice to pricing tactics

VietNamNet Bridge - Many pepper farmers have taken advantage of the internet to ensure quick access to world pepper prices and other useful market information.

HCM City to spend VND4 trillion for climate change

VietNamNet Bridge – From 2011 to 2015, HCM City will implement 30 projects to cope with climate change, focusing on natural resource, waste, energy and land management.

S-Fone to divert into joint venture entity

VietNamNet Bridge - The country’s first CDMA network S-Fone is expected to receive a joint venture certificate to allow it to liquidate its contract with foreign partner South Korea SK Telecom in September.

Authorities fail in effort to stop sales of poor quality helmets

VietNamNet Bridge – Low-quality motorbike helmets are being sold throughout cities despite offering very little protection, according to market watch inspectors.

A living treasure of Pako people

On our trekking trip to explore the lives and customs of the Pako people, we were lucky enough to meet elder Quynh At who is honoured as a ‘living treasure’ of the Pako people in Le Trien hamlet, Thua Thien – Hue province.