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Men who work in the hades

VietNamNet Bridge – As one of the oldest jobs that still exists in Vietnam, well diggers in Thanh That District, Hanoi, said that their job is “eating rice in the earth, working in the hades”.

Somali minister dies of suicide attack wounds

Somalia's interior and security minister on Friday died after sustaining severe wounds in a suicide attack at his home in the capital Mogadishu, a government official said.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/6

Hanoi invests more than VND6 trillion in five months; Dialogue with Korean businesses; EVN boosts hydroelectric power project in Cambodia; Dying oysters leads to $30 mln in losses; Too many banks in Vietnam, says Stanchart chief

MOIT shows strong determination to ease trade deficit

Though asserting that it is very difficult to curb the trade deficit at 16 percent of the export turnover, Director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade still stressed that easing the trade deficit is a must.

Bean sprouts blamed for E. coli outbreak again

The German authority said on Friday bean sprouts were probably the source of the E. coli outbreak, which has killed 30 people and infected about 3,000 around the world.

Petrol price to stay unchanged

VietNamNet Bridge - The domestic retail price of petrol and oil would remain unchanged for the time being, despite the fact the global price fell last month, said Petrolimex deputy director Dam Thi Huyen.

TNT walks to end hunger for Vietnamese children

On June 5, volunteers from TNT Vietnam participated in the “End Hunger: Walk the World” program as part of a global event to fight against child hunger and malnutrition.

SMEs trying to diversify their business to struggle to survive

The sharp input cost increases have dealt a blow on enterprises, forcing many of them to scale down the production scale. As businesses have been pushed against the wall, they have to diversify business to seek the opportunity to survive.

Solar system edge filled with sea of magnetic bubbles: JPL

The edge of our solar system may not be smooth, but filled with a turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles approximately 100 million miles (160 million kilometers) wide, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Thursday.

Hackers attack 1,500 Vietnamese websites

VietNamNet Bridge – IT forums on the Internet estimate that more than 1,500 Vietnamese websites have been hacked in the last few days.

Donors say Vietnam economy still unstable

Vietnam has made some progress in stabilizing its economy but has more difficulties to overcome, donors said at the mid-year Donor’s Consultative Group Meeting held in Ha Tinh yesterday.

Tourism companies head north

Some travel companies in HCM City have opened branches in Hanoi for a few years. Yet the investment wave to develop the market in Hanoi and the North has just risen strongly in recent years. Nonetheless, it is not easy to exploit this market.

E.coli found in EU avocados: Thai FDA

Avocados imported from the European Union have been found to be contaminated with E.coli but it is not known yet if it is the same deadly strain that has claimed 27 lives in Europe, Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

East Sea: Fear doesn’t drive back danger

VietNamNet Bridge – There are circumstances that quietness doesn’t help us to avoid danger, but enhances the danger because the quietness misleads others as feebleness

Vietnam attends 8th ASEAN security conference

Deputy Defense Minister Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh joined senior defense officials from 22 other ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) member countries at the eighth ARF Security Policy Conference in Indonesia Thursday.

Vietnam expects to have 500 hi-tech firms by 2020

VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has endorsed a plan to develop the hi-tech sector, with the country visioning to have up to 500 enterprises producing hi-tech products within the next ten years from the current 100 firms.

Motorists object to vehicle fee proposal

VietNamNet Bridge - Motorists have objected a plan by the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) to impose an ownership fee on car and motorbike owners.

Discovering a kingdom of birds

After an hour by boat from Nha Trang city, the Noi and Ngoai islands, home to thousands of salanganes, appear on the horizon.

U.S. economy to avert double dip, but recovery to remain slow

While a worrisome U.S. jobless report and other data have in recent days stirred fears of a double-dip recession, a number of economists said such a scenario is unlikely, rather, the economy will continue to recover,

Vietnam’s vessel Viking 2 ‘harassed’ many times

Norwegian-flagged Viking 2, a 3D seismic conducting vessel, which had its exploration cables damaged by a Chinese ship in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone on Thursday, kept a detailed journal of the events that unfolded.