Vietnam, Myanmar increase two-way trade; Forum to boost US investment in southern hub; HCM City takes lead in e-commerce; International seminar aims to build tourist destination brands; Vietnam produces its first electric cables for ships

VietNamNet Bridge – Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) on December 16 said that some bear farms in Quang Ninh province have illegally extracted and sold bear bile to tourists.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam plans to light up more city streets and use energy-saving public lighting within 15 years. Under the country's urban lighting development plan to 2025, . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – It is high time for Viet Nam to focus on development of green buildings, an academic and architect told a seminar in HCM City yesterday, Dec 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has earmarked VND730 billion (US$36.5 million) for a national programme that seeks to reduce fatal workplace accidents by at least 5 per cent a year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The municipal People's Committee has approved spending VND780 million (US$39,000) to draw up a taxi management project in the city for the period 2010-15 with a vision to 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge – A cargo ship capsized in waters off the central province of Ha Tinh leaving 25 sailors and two passengers missing in strong gales and rough seas yesterday morning, Dec 16.

VietNamNet Bridge – With the year's peak shopping season, the Tet holidays, approaching, shopkeepers at traditional markets in HCM City are in dire need of funds to stock goods and have to borrow from moneylenders at usurious rates . . .

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's second successful adult liver transplant was performed at Viet Duc Hospital on Wednesday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The onus of repairing pavements damaged by vehicles driving on them during road construction is on the road contractors, the HCM City Department of Transport has said.

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Thursday he saw no need to increase the existing rescue fund at the moment but did not rule out the possibility of doing so in the future.

MySpace and Google on Thursday announced a multi-year agreement to renew and expand the two companies' search and advertising cooperation.

A draft deal from the ongoing UN climate meeting in the Mexican resort city Friday called on rich countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40 percent compared with 1990 levels.

European Union (EU) leaders Thursday reached an agreement on a change to the Lisbon treaty to allow for the setup of a permanent rescue mechanism to cope with future debt crisis, a top EU official said.

Cuban health authorities introduced the first vaccine to treat advanced lung cancer in all of the country's clinics, a health official said here Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese people want to find out more about AVG which managed to amek the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) part with its long-standing partner, the national television station (VTV)?

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrived here Thursday for talks with officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) concerning the situation on the Korean peninsula.

A Japanese man wielding a knife wounded 13 people Friday morning outside a railway station in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The country's first ever photo exhibition of insects is on display in Ha Noi offering a closer look at Viet Nam's anthropological population.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic folk dance training needs improvements including shortened training time and better background music, said professional dancers at a recent conference on ethnic folk dancing.