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Rice cooking festival

VietNamNet Bridge – Thi Cam villagers in Tu Liem district, Hanoi on the 8th day of the lunar year (February 10) met at the yard of the village temple in the rice cooking festival.

First-sale day opened by unicorn dance

VietNamNet Bridge – The sixth day of the lunar year (February 8) is considered a good day for opening shops to begin a new year of business. This was the day for unicorn dance troupes in HCM City to demonstrate their skill to bring lucks for shops.

It’s time to amend the Constitution, says Justice Minister

VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong told a HCM City-based newspaper that the time is ripe to amend the Constitution and under the principle of jurisdiction, the Constitution must be written in a different way.

Vietnam needs to adopt modern technology for fruit export

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has a bountiful variety of fruits but has yet to adopt modern technological methods to cultivate fruits for export.

Listed firms post fourth-quarter losses

Over half of listed companies on the nation's stock exchanges have released their financial statements for last year, and over a dozen firms on the HCM City Stock Exchange reported losses in the fourth quarter.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/2

Outbreak of scarlet fever and measles in North Vietnam; Man nabbed for immigrating people to Hong Kong; Woman gives birth on taxi; Truck overturns killing four; 35 passengers were rescued in Phu Yen bus crash     

Vietnamese kitesurfers head to Thailand for KTA contest

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s kitesurfing team, the KINN team will head off by bus on Friday to compete at Pranburi, Thailand for round four of the Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) championships.

Gau Tao festival – cultural ‘specialty’ of Mong people

VietNamNet Bridge – Gau Tao festival is the most important traditional festival of Mong ethnic people in Pha Long in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai.

New snake species discovered in Kon Tum

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of Vietnamese, French and German scientists announced their discovery of a new species of stream snake in Vietnam, named Opisthotropis cucae.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/2

SCIC to divest 281 firms; Deposit interest rates to decline; New power plants to generate 2,198 MW; Gold mining to start in border province; Diageo buys into local distiller; HaNoi sets sights high for e-customs

European businesses more confident in Vietnam: survey

Confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam has increased given good indicators for Vietnam’s economy in 2011, the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) said on Thursday.

The last craftsman of a unique trade

VietNamNet Bridge – Artisan Tran Huu Nhon is known as a gifted goldsmith and the one who holds the secrets of the jewelry making technique called “dau”.

Ticket sale to Backstreet Boys concert announced

Tickets for Backstreet Boys Concert Tour “This is Us” in Vietnam will be available officially from February 12 with prices ranging from VND500,000 (US$25) to VND2 million, according to the tour’s organizer Water Buffalo Productions.

The only cats contest in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – A unique competition for cats in Vietnam took place in late January 2011 in Chuong My district, Hanoi to honor the cat that can kill the largest number of rats, the enemy of crops.

Vietnam should let private investors be involved in managing SOEs

Professor David Dapice, a senior economist at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, talks with VietNamNet about economic reforms in Vietnam.

Egypt's Mubarak lands on Sharm el-Sheikh

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday landed on Sharm el-Sheikh with his family, after a speech delegating power to his Vice President Omar Suleiman on Thursday night, according to Al Arabiya TV.

Former Manchester United player wants to play at V-League

VietNamNet Bridge – Jose Kleberson Pereira, a member of the Brazilian team that won the World Cup 2002 and a player of Manchester United in 2003-2005, wants to play for Vietnam’s V-League.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 12/2

Poetry Day set for next week; Pirated DVD copies of ‘Bi, Don't Be Afraid' flood local shops; Tickets for Backstreet Boys concert set to go on sale; Viet Nam to host inaugural international choir competition

US TV station highlights Vietnam’s tourist attraction

VietNamNet Bridge - KPVI News 6, the local NBC (National Broadcasting Company) affiliated television station for Idaho, has advised Americans to tour Vietnam to get to know “Southeast Asia's rising star".

Young piano talent to perform “The Piano’s Journal”

VietNamNet Bridge – Pianist Trang Trinh will give a solo concert “The Piano’s Journal” at the Hanoi Opera House on February 23 and in HCM City in April.