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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.

Building fire kills 17, injures 24 in Beijing

All the 17 killed were identified as migrant workers and their families, after a fire swept through a garment workshop building in the southern Beijing suburb Monday morning, local authorities said.

Biennial drama festival kicks off

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tuong (classic drama) Festival 2011 kicks off today, April 25, in the city of Quy Nhon and runs until April 30.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung meets Cambodian leaders

A Vietnamese Government delegation led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Phnom Penh on April 23, starting a two-day working visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 25/4

NA Committee starts 39th session; VN and Laos sign agreement on educational co-operation up to 2020; VN officials seek management training opportunities in S Korea

SPORTS IN BRIEF 25/4

Viet Nam to compete in 10th Asian Individual Chess Champs; Top national striker Tran Thi Kim Hong sidelined with injury; VFF appoints new coach for national men's U-16 team

New regulations won’t help stop compelled private tutoring

The Hanoi People’s Committee has released a new regulation on the management over private tutoring, prohibiting to give extra lessons to primary school students, who go to school both in the morning and afternoon.