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Passengers struggling to buy train tickets online for Tet holiday

The Saigon railway station began selling train tickets for the upcoming lunar New Year holiday on the Internet on November 15 but many people were very angry because they couldn’t book tickets online.

Vietnamese IT expert earns Google bonus

VietNamNet Bridge – Google has awarded Vietnamese IT engineer Bui Quang Minh $1000 for discovering a dangerous gap in its browser Google Chrome.

Vietnamese movies still doing well outside holiday

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese film producers used to produce films for Tet holiday (lunar New Year) only but not any more.

Hanoian youngsters ‘burn’ themselves with rock

VietNamNet Bridge – With wonderful music, unique art, imposing state, Tiger Translate Metropolis 2010 rock show in Hanoi on November 12 impressed the youth.

Teen girls seek popularity by selling nude photos

VietNamNet Bridge – It is no longer strange to see small Internet ads by young girls who offer their own nude photos for sale.

Brick-kiln smoke kills three in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Three out of five members in a family in Hanoi’s Soc Son district died from poisonous smoke from their brick-kiln on November 15.

The loopholes in supervising big economic groups

Most of the economic groups that monopolize the fields in which they operate do not expose information under any circumstances, even when this is required by the laws

Man arrested for trafficking frozen tiger

VietNamNet Bridge - A man was arrested while transporting a frozen tiger in a small truck on November 15.

Vietnamese Chief of General Staff passes away

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Khac Nghien, a member of the Party Central Committee, the Chief of General Staff of the Vietnamese Army, Deputy Minister of Defense passed away at a hospital in Hanoi on November 13.

China builds world's fastest supercomputer

China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A, which is capable of 2.57 quadrillion computing operations per second, pulling ahead of the United States in the global supercomputing race.

Japan's economy grows annualized 3.9% in Q3

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 3.9 percent in the July-September quarter, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of expansion and beating economists' forecasts, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report on Monday.

Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 917

The number of deaths in Haiti due to the cholera epidemic rose to 917, the Haitian Public Health Ministry said on Sunday.

French president to justify reshuffle on TV

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to come on the country's main TV channels on Tuesday after the disclosure of new ministers'list in a move to explain his choices and to garner approval ratings.

At least 42 dead after downtown Shanghai apartment block blaze

Death toll from the fire in a downtown Shanghai apartment block Monday had risen to 42, said a statement from the municipal publicity department.

Is unsafe food poisoning Vietnamese people?

Unsafe food has become a hot topic in Vietnam. But is it a media induced panic or should Vietnamese people be very concerned about what they are eating?

ESPN, Star Sports may broadcast English Premier League in Vietnam

While local television broadcasters are negotiating to share broadcast rights of the English Premier League (EPL) in Vietnam, ESPN and Star Sports announced their EPL broadcast schedule in Vietnam.

National Assembly rejects setting up of Food Safety Committee

Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu’s proposal to set up the National Committee for Food Safety was rejected by the National Assembly Standing Committee on January 19.

Food-related risks are unavoidable, says health official

VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, many people lack food in between-crop period so food hygiene can be seen as less important than food quantity, said an official from the Health Ministry.

Is unsafe food poisoning Vietnamese people?

Unsafe food has become a hot topic in Vietnam. But is it a media induced panic or should Vietnamese people be very concerned about what they are eating?

Games addiction vaults to top of Vietnam’s social worry list

Multiuser online game addiction in particular and Internet addiction in general has become an urgent matter in Vietnam. Central government agencies and the authorities of some cities are tightening control of online games.