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Businessmen told to be cautious when doing business with Chinese

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese businesses prove to be too credulous; therefore, in many cases, they incurred complete losses in doing business with Chinese enterprises.

U.S. reaches debt limit

The United States has reached the statutory debt limit and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged the Congress to lift the debt ceiling to ensure global confidence, said the Treasury Department on Monday.

Cathay Pacific flight turns back to Singapore airport on engine fire

A flight of Cathay Pacific bound for Jakarta turned back to Singapore's Changi Airport about 45 minutes after taking off from the airport on Monday, as one of its engines caught fire, the airline and the airport confirmed.

IMF chief accused of sex attack held without bail

The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn must remain jailed without bail over alleged sexual assault, a New York judge said here on Monday.

A scourge here to stay

Joining other nations, Vietnam last week launched a global effort to reduce road traffic accidents that kill around 1.3 million people a year and leave around 50 million others injured or permanently disabled.

Miss Vietnam runner-up to compete at Miss Universe 2011

VietNamNet Bridge - The first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant, Vu Thi Hoang My, will represent Vietnam at this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil this September.

Drought leaves nearly 1,400 reservoirs "dead" in central China province

A lingering drought in central China's Hubei Province has rendered 1,392 reservoirs virtually useless as only dead water remains in them, said the local water authority Monday.

Beautiful scenes in the home of terraced fields

VietNamNet Bridge – Summer is here. The rice is almost ripe. If you don’t know where to go, let’s go to Mu Cang Chai, the home of terraced fields, to admire ripening rice.

Japan's Hamaoka nuke plant completely shut down over safety concerns

Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co. completely shut down the Hamaoka nuclear plant Saturday following a request last week by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan to suspend the plant in Shizuoka Prefecture for safety concern.

Mubarak's wife taken to ICU after heart attack

Egyptian former President Hosni Mubarak's wife, Suzanne Thabet, was moved to an intensive care unit after suffering a heart attack on Friday, the Egyptian state TV reported.

Sugar import quota to stay unchanged

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Industry and Trade will permit sugar importers to fulfill import plans under a current import quota of 250,000 tonnes.

Businesses agonise over 20 percent interest

VietNamNet Bridge - Businesses are facing a million-dollar question these days: whether to continue to borrow from banks since interest rates have gone through the roof.

Heritage homes in Hanoi await restoration

VietNamNet Bridge - For the last ten years, hundreds of heritage homes in Hanoi’s old quarter are listed by city authorities for restoration and preservation work, as residents here have been banned from repairing these houses themselves. 

Remittances tumble amid instability

VietNamNet Bridge - Overseas remittances into Vietnam saw a decline in the past months on the back of economic vulnerabilities.

Victoria’s Secret model perform in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Supermodel Heather Marks arrived in HCM City on May 13, to attend the Long-legged Festival, which took place last night, May 15, at the Ocean Club, HCM City.

Korean “Sexy Queen” in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Kim Hye Soo, a movie star from South Korea appeared at a fashion event in HCM City on May 14.

Students suffer depression because of exam pressure

VietNamNet Bridge - Doctors have rung the alarm bell over the increasingly high number of students who suffer depression. Especially, the number of hospitalized cases reported increases in exam seasons.

Half of Vietnamese surrogate mothers in Thailand return home

VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly three months living in the Kredtrakarn Center for Protection and Vocational Training in Thailand’s Nonthaburi Province, ten Vietnamese surrogate mothers have returned home.

Vietnam telecom market remains unsustainable

VietNamNet Bridge - The UK-based Business Monitor International (BMI) said Vietnam’s telecom market is still in the 17th place in the Asia Pacific Telecom Business Environment Ratings and the future is looking increasingly bleak.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/5

Fight delayed by false bomb threat; Unsettling weather conducive for diseases; Binh Duong police hunt businessman’s murderer; Maersk Line's vessel grounded at port; Solar panel project kicks off