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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.

Pele criticises money-oriented football career

Brazilian icon Pele, one of the greatest football players of all time, warned here on Monday that money may destroy a player's career if he forgets to play for the love of the game.

Powerful quake jolts northeastern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter Scale hit Japan's northeastern region Wednesday, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued a tsunami warning.

Taliban claims responsibility for suicide car blast in Pakistan

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban) claimed the responsibility for Tuesday morning's suicide car blast that claimed over 20 lives and injured more than one hundred others in Pakistan's eastern city of Faisalabad,

German conductor raises baton

VietNamNet Bridge – German conductor Lior Shambadal of the Berliner Symphoniker orchestra will stage a concert at the HCM City Opera House tonight, March 9, accompanied by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

Western Digital to buy Hitachi's hard drive unit

The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will create a dominant player in the industry.

Genetically modified products regulated

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Health is drafting a decree that aims to better regulate genetically modified organisms.