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HCM City hospitals could shut if pollution persists

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City hospitals that fail to treat wastewater properly after December 26 will have their licences revoked, a health official said at a meeting on Tuesday.

Indian folk troupe to perform in Ha Noi

VietNamNet Bridge – A free show featuring north Indian folk arts will take place at the Ha Noi Opera House on next Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Inflation increases domestic tourism prices

VietNamNet Bridge – As inflation drives up the cost of domestic tours, more and more holidaymakers are opting to travel abroad, according to tour operators.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 1/4

Voters press for better transport infrastructure; Vietnam respects right to religious freedom; El Salvador FM welcomed in Vietnam; Female NA candidates improves skills

Gates says no one can predict how long Libya mission will take

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told the House Armed Services Committee that no one will be able to predict how long the military mission in Libya will take.

New five-floor Pizza Hut building collapses day before inauguration

VietNamNet Bridge – A new five-floor Pizza Hut on Huynh Thuc Khang Street in Ha Noi's Dong Da District collapsed into rubble at 4pm yesterday afternoon, March 31, mere hours before it was scheduled to be inaugurated today.

Tensions rise between Italy, France over immigrants

Tensions between Italy and France were rising over the immigration emergency as more refugees coming from the southern island of Lampedusa tried to escape across the frontier and were pushed back by the French police.

Japan detects radiation in seawater 4,385 times legal limit

The level of radioactive iodine-131 found in seawater near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 240 kilometers northeast from Tokyo, has soared to its highest reading yet at a concentration of 4,385 times the legal limit.

Experts warn about degrading capital use capacity

VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Business Report 2010 shows a downward trend in the capital use capacity of enterprises in all business fields.

Tailor jailed for terrorizing HCM City hospital

VietNamNet Bridge - A female tailor who last May threatened to set fire and poison to HCM City-based Gia Dinh People hospital if it failed to give her VND100 million (US$5,000) was sentenced to 4.5 years for acts of terrorism.

Vietnam witnessing a new wave of making outward investment

VietNamNet Bridge – There is a growing tendency that Vietnamese enterprises now like making large-scale investments in the projects in foreign countries.  

Hoan Kiem turtle to have “sanatorium”

Workers of the Red River Shipbuilding Factory are building a big tank, which will be a “sanatorium” for the legendary turtle in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake after the treatment process.

Letter to readers and collaborators

To my dear readers and collaborators! I would like to inform you that as of April 1, I will no longer work at VietNamNet Newspaper.

IAEA says radiation exceeds recommended level outside exclusion zone in Japan

Radiation over recommended level had been detected at a village outside the 20-km exclusion zone around the crippled nuclear plant in Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday.

Yemeni protesters vow to storm Presidential Palace

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa vowed on Wednesday to storm the Presidential Palace on Friday if President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to leave soon.

Last Vietnamese workers from Libya to arrive home next week

VietNamNet Bridge - The remaining 1,121 Vietnamese workers who left Libya’s Benghazi Port on March 3 will arrive in the northern port city of Hai Phong in the next three or four days.

Radiation detected in five provinces

According to a report by the Ministry of Science and Technology, radioactive isotopes have been founded in five provinces and cities, including Hanoi, HCM City, Ninh Thuan, Lang Son and Lam Dong.

Good news for Vietnam at World Cup 2014’s first qualifier round

The rival of Vietnamese national team at the first qualifier round of the World Cup 2014 will be Macau, which is said to be weak.

Tsunami won’t make hi-tech products more expensive

Domestic distributors and retailers have affirmed that the catastrophe in Japan will in no way affect the supply and the prices.

Egypt starts national dialogue: TV

Egyptian caretaker Prime Minister Essam Sharaf inaugurated the first session of a national dialogue on Wednesday. "National dialogue will decide our nation's future," said Sharaf in a televised speech before the talks.