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Port buffeted in a financing storm

VietNamNet Bridge - Financing disagreements are holding back the development of a crucial port for northern Vietnam.

Britain launches strategy to take tourism to new level

The British government on Friday published a tourism strategy that will aims to make Britain one of the top five tourist destination in the world.

Yen Khe nominated at Asian Film Awards

Vietnamese French actress Tran Nu Yen Khe is a nominee for the Best Costume Design award with “Norwegian Wood” at the fifth Asian Film Awards, which will take place in Hong Kong in mid-March.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 8/3

Taiwan vocal band performs in Hai Phong; UNESCO official sees Buddhist Sutra-carved blocks; Vietnamese film days to open; HCM City busts maker of pirated movies, music; Local dance movie to hit American screens

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/3

Builders struggle with increasing prices; Electrical appliances stores beef up promotional packs; Bank deposit interest rate to be checked; 151 stated-owned companies to be audited; Timber export tops half a billion dollar    

HCM City to buy thousands of new buses

VietNamNet Bridge – In the next five years, the city will purchase 1,680 new buses with the total funding of VND2 trillion ($100 million), according to a newly-approved plan for 2011-2015.

Winners, losers in smartphone revolution

Cell phones have become smarter in the past years with its function almost matching a computer, and in the smartphone revolution, Apple's iPhone is a latecomer but has become a rising star, Android Google phone is getting the upper hand,

Regional brothers stand tall to prosper

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is set to cement its trade ties with neighbouring Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

Vietnamese companies also plan to make tablet PCs

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese enterprises really want to make tablet PCs with Vietnamese brand names, but they admit that it is very difficult. The problem does not lie in technologies, but how to make the products competitive with iPads.

Power, fuel price hikes double whammy

The hikes in electricity and fuel prices on March 1 are causing distress to businesses and ordinary citizens. With prices going up all round as a result, practicsing thrift seems to be the only solution at the moment.

Parents anxious about possible tuition increases

The price increases of gas, electricity, water and essential goods have forced schools to consider raising tuitions. Meanwhile, parents are living in fear because they understand that tuitions will be increasing, sooner or later.

Poor households to be given support after electricity hike

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 3.2 million poor households in the country would be given support totalling VND1.12 trillion (US$53.3 million) from the State budget following the recent increase in electricity price,

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/3

HCM City faces labour shortage; ‘Creative business' awards launched; HCM City revises clean water prices in rural areas; HCM City to replace thousands of old buses

S. Korea's major web sites hit by DDoS attacks

A fresh wave of cyber attacks hit major South Korean Web sites, including that of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, on Friday, local media reported, citing industrial sources.

FDA: epilepsy drug Topamax increases risk for oral birth defects

New data suggest that the epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) and its generic versions increase the risk for the birth defects cleft lip and cleft palate in babies born to women who use the medication during pregnancy, the U.S. Food

Female scientist honoured for pest control research

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Loc is one of two Vietnamese female scientists who will receive the Kovalevskaia Award 2010 at a ceremony in Ha Noi on March 8, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has reported.

Travel agency shut down after tragedy

VietNamNet Bridge – The travel agency that organised the fatal tour that left 12 people dead in Ha Long Bay last month was shut down yesterday, March 6, by the Ha Noi Sports, Culture and Tourism Department,

Man accused of launching website to extort company

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police are investigating an individual who allegedly created a website to slander a company and its director in order to make a profit.

Dutchman flies to maiden Mui Ne win

VietNamNet Bridge – Dutch windsurfer and world No 2 Bjorn Dunkerbeck won the men's slalom event at the 2011 Viet Nam PWA Grand Slam, which wrapped up on Saturday in Mui Ne Bay in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

Women's cycling tourney's 15 teams to start in Binh Duong

VietNamNet Bridge – The Binh Duong Province Women's Cycling Open will begin on Monday with the participation of 15 teams, including two foreign teams from Thailand and Malaysia.