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SEA Games or a village festival

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) will open in November but the host country – Indonesia – has heated up the atmosphere among the participant countries when it removed women’s football from the games.

Hanoi trees losing leaves in spring

VietNamNet Bridge – It is the middle of spring but many trees in Hanoi are still bare.

Contractors miserable due to increasing building material prices

VietNamNet Bridge – The escalating prices of building materials are making contractors suffer. They are foreseeing big losses due to higher input material prices, high bank loan interest rates and lack of capital.

Bob Dylan makes debut in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - US famous singer Bob Dylan’s first performance night in Vietnam took place at RMIT university in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10. 

Enterprises cannot seek loans to build water treatment plants

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises and industrial zones complain that they cannot seek the loans at reasonable interest rates to build water treatment plants. As a result they have to… discharge untreated wastewater into the environment.

Ineffective to teach school subjects in English, expert says

Many Vietnamese high schools in Hanoi are wasting resources and students’ time by teaching subjects like math, physics, or chemistry in English, according to Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of the National English Program 2020.

Software industry still leaves much to be desired

VietNamNet Bridge - Insiders say the Vietnamese software industry remains uncompetitive ten years after the government carried out a plan to develop local information technology.

Vietnam, Laos agree to further cooperation

Vietnam and Laos have signed agreements on bilateral cooperation in economy, culture, education, science and technology for 2011 and the entire 2011-2015 period together with a strategic agreement for the 2011-2020 period.

Seven killed, 15 wounded in Dutch mall shooting

A gunman killed seven people including himself in a shooting spree at a shopping center during Saturday busy hours in a town about 30 km southwest of Amsterdam.

Mountain mystery: well water heats up

VietNamNet Bridge - Water in a resident's well in Bao Thang District in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has suddenly become hotter.

In price storm, luxury items still selling well

VietNamNet Bridge – While many families have to endure big hardships and think carefully before buying anything in the “price storm”, many others still can be lavish with their money.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 10/4

2nd meeting on Agent Orange/Dioxin starts in Bien Hoa; Vietnam affirms sovereignty over archipelagoes;  600 Young intellectuals to be recruited as communal leaders; Minister receives US vice admiral  

300-year-old tea tree in Yen Bai

VietNamNet Bridge – Visitors are flocking to Suoi Giang in the northern mountain province of Yen Bai to see ancient tea trees, including a 300-year-old tree that is considered the oldest tea tree in the world.

Vinh celebrates return with two-goal haul

VietNamNet Bridge - Top striker Le Cong Vinh made an impressive return to the V-League on Saturday, scoring two goals for Ha Noi T&T, 389 days after he last found the back of the net.

NYSE rejects takeover offer from Nasdaq

The New York Stock Exchange Euronext said on Sunday that its board has rejected a takeover bid from the owner of Nasdaq OMX and Intercontinental Exchange(ICE).

Battle against rote learning begins in earnest

VietNamNet Bridge - Half the questions in the high-school graduation exams this year will require candidates to apply reasoning, up from the earlier 20-30 per cent.

278 Camry cars in VN to be recalled over bolts

278 Camry 3.5 and Camry 2.4 cars have their bolts on the front tightened too much beyond standard and are to be recalled, said a latest Toyota document sent to Vietnam Register, an agency responsible for vehicles’ safety.

VN moves to ensure nuclear weapon-free ASEAN

Vietnam is working together with other ASEAN countries to ensure the region is free from nuclear weapons and calls on nuclear weapon states worldwide to recognise the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty.

Hanoi turtle suffers from dermatitis: officials

VietNamNet Bridge - The legendary turtle living in Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake is suffering from dermatitis, according to an investigation released by Hanoi’s Turtle Treatment Association April 9 morning.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/4

Manufacturers cut lead times, inventories; Ha Noi to set up IT exchange; Major property projects in south; Tham Then mine receives licence; Nation urged to draft housing strategy