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Spring – Summer Fashion Night

VietNamNet Bridge – The latest fashion designs for the Spring-Summer 2011 were introduced at the Vietnam Designers House in HCM City on March 3. Below are some of the designs.

Hotel business booming on surging demand

VietNamNet Bridge - The hotel business are set to be booming this year as many new hotels will make debut, while existing ones build more rooms to meet up the surging demand. 

Dollar deposit interest rates may drop on fewer allowed borrowers

iven the information that the State Bank of Vietnam will soon release new regulations on restricting the subjects who can borrow foreign currencies, commercial banks believe that the dollar deposit interest rates may go down a little in a few days.

Emma Watson leaves university to concentrate on "Harry Potter"

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson said she is taking a rest from her courses at Brown University to concentrate on her film career, according to a message she posted on her website.

Developing scientific services: Vietnam needs a conductor

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Van Lang said that if there is a better environment, technological enterprises can serve as the foundation and the driving force for the service sector to develop.

Mobile malls fight inflation

VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile malls selling goods at normal prices and stable property taxes on houses rented by workers are among several measures that HCM City has taken to help the latter deal with inflationary conditions.

Wall Street rebounds as oil prices ease, banks surge

U.S. stocks rebounded on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average achieving three-digit gains as oil prices eased from its fresh multi-year high, soothing concerns that surging oil could hurt economic recovery.

Google releases latest version of Chrome browser

Google on Tuesday released a new stable version of its Chrome web browser, which the company said is speedier, simpler and safer.

BP urges oil industry to prevent new disasters in deepwater drilling

BP Chief Executive Robert Dudley on Tuesday apologized his company's oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico and urged the world oil industry to take actions to avert similar devastating deepwater disasters.

Runners rev up for half-marathon

VietNamNet Bridge – About 175 athletes from all over Viet Nam will descend on the Central Highland province of Dac Nong on March 27 for the 52nd National Half Marathon Races, an organising committee spokesperson said yesterday.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 9/3

International expert to train HCM City's badminton coaches; Up to 1,000 martial artists take part in youth taekwondo champs; Long An take top prize at volleyball championships

Teams gear up for premier championship

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi T&T table tennis club have strengthened their squad by signing two top players, Tran Tuan Quynh and Phan Huy Hoang from Ha Noi, on five-year contracts, team coach Vu Manh Cuong said yesterday, March 8.

Ha Noi canal clean-up begins

VietNamNet Bridge – Song Hong Joint Stock Corporation yesterday began work on a VND503 billion (US$25 million) scheme to improve drainage – and the environment – in channels opening into the To Lich, Hoang Liet, Lu and Set rivers

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 9/3

Project to boost legislative research, communications; Prime Minister sees off 33 new ambassadors; Vice President applauds outstanding collectives and individuals

ENVIRONMENT IN BRIEF 9/3

Festival promotes recycling; Red River found to be polluted in Yen Bai; Black-crested gibbons returned to the wild; River bank faces erosion in An Giang

Ba Be Park included on wetlands conservation list

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ba Be National Park in the northern mountainous province of Bac Can has been named on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands List as a Wetland of International Importance.

Experts review feminist's work

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam History Association and Thua Thien-Hue Province's Journalists Association recently held a meeting to evaluate the contributions of the feminist writer and activist known as Dam Phuong (1881-1947).

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 9/3

Single mums tell their stories in photos; Concert on “the sound of Germany”; Japanese jazz musician to perform in Vietnam; HBSO announces Spring-Summer program; Containers band wins Hard Rock Battle    

YouTube acquires Next New Networks

Video host YouTube formally announced Tuesday that it has bought Next New Networks, a Web video production company, to improve content for the video-sharing website.

Man arrested over Stockholm bombing: British police

A 30-year-old man was arrested in the Scottish city of Glasgow in connection with a suicide bombing in Sweden last December, British police said Tuesday.