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Perils from trucks on street

VietNamNet Bridge – Steel and concrete blocks weighing tens of tons carried by trucks have become dangers for travelers in HCM City. Many accidents have happened.

Fashion show of talented students

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of students enjoyed a colorful fashion feast with 20 best collections in the finale of the “Hutech Designer” fashion design competition in HCM City, on April 23.

Gunfire exchanges broke out again at Cambodian, Thai border

Gunfire exchanges between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border area at the Ta Moan temple and Ta Krabei temple in Oddar Meanchey province broke out again late Monday, said a field military commander on Monday.

"Rio" dominates North America box office for two weekends in a row

"Rio," an animated comedy featuring voices by Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez, continued to show its dominant power atop the North America box office this weekend, grossing an estimated 26.8 million dollars

Three bombs rock northeastern Nigerian city, many feared dead

Three bomb blasts have hit a northeastern Nigerian city as many were feared dead, a Xinhua witness said on Monday.

Vietnam holds 2nd workshop on East Sea

VietNamNet Bridge – Two years after the first workshop, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for International Relations today, April 26, organize the second national workshop on the East Sea.

Win lifts Ha Noi ACB from bottom

VietNamNet Bridge – Hosts Ha Noi ACB moved up from the bottom rung of the ladder for the first time yesterday, April 24, by trouncing Vicem Hai Phong 5-0 at Hang Day Stadium, their third win of the season.

Daewoo may become the only investor of West Lake urban area

VietNamNet Bridge – The West Lake new urban area project, which is believed to create the biggest and most modern urban area in Hanoi, may resume its implementation soon, after the six-year interruption.

The dream of renewable energy

Some investors are planning to set up factories in Vietnam to make solar panels. However, the products to be churned out by the factories will not be used in Vietnam, but exported, because of the foreseeable high production costs.

NATO airstrikes level Gaddafi's office

NATO warplanes bombed the residence of Muammar Gaddafi here early Monday morning in an attack a government official called an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.

Material shortage causes headache to cashew nut exporters

VietNamNet Bridge – There are two big problems that cashew exporters are facing: lacking capital and lacking materials, which may make the target of exporting 1.4 billion dollar worth of products in 2011 unreachable.

New chairs for Bac Ninh, Hai Duong provinces

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appointed the new chairs for the northern province of Bac Ninh and the northern city of Hai Duong.

BBC seeks Vietnamese documentaries for its show

VietNamNet Bridge – The world famous TV channel has called for Vietnamese documentary makers to send their works to BBC’s “My country – Vietnam” program.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/4

All-in-one solution warehouse unveils in Binh Duong; SMEs owned by large firms denied tax extension; Firms urged to develop innovative products; Product piracy damaging economy; Cashew industry eyes loans to store harvest

Bus firms want ad ban lifted to boost revenues

VietNamNet Bridge – Transport companies in the city have asked the HCM City People's Committee to seriously reconsider the ban on public buses carrying advertisements.

Kindergarten with waste-made toys

VietNamNet Bridge – Visiting any classroom at the Thuy Duong kindergarten in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, one will see eye-catching toys which are made from waste.

Some brokerages may go bankrupt due to bearish market

At the annual general meeting of brokerages this year, the questions that shareholders asked the most is whether losses from the core business will continue to be incurred in the upcoming time.

77 online gaming shops face service termination

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ha Noi's Department of Information and Communications (HICD) has asked internet providers to immediately suspend services for those online gaming and internet shops located within a metre radius of schools.

476 inmates escape from Afghan prison, Taliban claims responsibility

Over 470 inmates escaped from a prison in Kandahar, south of Afghanistan early Monday, an official said.

Hanoians warned about dengue fever outbreaks

VietNamNet Bridge – Dengue fever outbreaks were increasingly likely in Ha Noi and people needed to take precautions to avoid catching the disease, said deputy director of Ha Noi's Preventive Medicine Centre Nguyen Nhat Cam.