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Techcombank hikes fee to stop ATM arbitrage

VietNamNet Bridge - Techcombank has raised cash-withdrawal fees to prevent Vietnamese from flocking to Cambodia to withdraw millions of dollars from Cambodian ATMs to benefit from the difference in exchange rates.

Interest in Vovinam spreads in Algeria

VietNamNet Bridge - The 9th Vovinam Championships closed in Algiers City, Algeria on January 28, in the presence of the Vietnamese ambassador to Algeria, Do Trong Cuong, and many high-ranking sports officials.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 1/2

Border soldiers, families receive Tet gifts; Five Filipinos rescued off Vietnam recovering; Highway 1A clogged as vehicles tail up 30 km; More cases of A/H1N1 in northern region; Ministry pledges Tet crowd control

S. Korea's Park Ji-sung brings curtain down on international career

South Korea captain Park Ji-sung on Monday publicly announced his retirement from international duty with the national team after winning his 100th cap in the Asian Cup.

Consumption price in Tet season moves up on speculation

VietNamNet Bridge - Consumption prices are always on a hike as the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, and there is no exception for this year.

What is the future of Tata’s steel project?

The mammoth steel complex project in Ha Tinh province by Tata group can be delayed for indefinite time, because the local authorities and the investor still have not reached the agreement on the most important issues.

Taxi firms told to improve service

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Transport has told 11 taxi companies that operate at HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport to improve services and distribute namecards with complaint hotline numbers to passengers,

How to be fashionable without paying much?

VietNamNet Bridge - To be stylish does not mean you have to pay dear: you just need to stick to the three Đs - Đẹp (beautiful), Độc (Unique), and Được (Good) as Ho Chi Minh City’s youngsters have found out.

Remote areas power up for profit

VietNamNet Bridge – Life improved markedly for Bui Van Mao's family in Kim Boi District in the northern province of Hoa Binh when his house was connected to the national electricity grid in 2002.

Cheerleading grows in Vietnam

That very American of activities, cheerleading, used to be an alien concept in Vietnam but has been now become more and more popular through Hollywood teen movies.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/2

Cement, steel set for 10% increase in sales; Listed firms fear hostile takeovers; State guaranteed corporate bonds curbed; Rubber processing waste treatment line on stream; French company sets up bio-gas plant at factory

Vietnamese celebrate Tet holiday worldwide

Overseas Vietnamese all over the world are welcoming the New Year with happiness about the country’s political, economic, social, and cultural achievements in 2010.

Lotus honored as National Flower

VietNamNet Bridge - A lotus festival was held in Hanoi on January 29 to honour the beauty and meaning of lotus, which currently tops the voting list announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Broad brush strokes to paint bright picture

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s government will use eye-catching colours to draw a brighter agro-forestry-aquatic export picture over the next five years.

The end of the light

The shocking announcement came aloud in the ear of manufacturers when Electricity of Vietnam Group unveiled in straightforward terms last Monday that power shortage will be much more critical in this dry season.

POLITICS IN BRIEF

Vietnam sets example in ensuring food security; US, Vietnam vow to build strategic partnership; Diplomat underlines Vietnam-China relations; Vietnam praises diplomatic corps’, int’l organisations’ help  

Pupils row to school

Pupils of Ho Dap primary and junior secondary schools in the northern province of Bac Giang daily have to row across a huge reservoir to go to school.

Sprinters set their sights on London

VietNamNet Bridge - Sprinter Vu Thi Huong will enrol at a six-month training course in Germany to prepare for the World Athletics Championship in Deagu, South Korea this August.

A call to improve education in Mekong Delta

According to the General Statistics Office, there are 71.5 university or junior college students per every 10,000 people in Mekong River Delta.

Dances and wine on the plateau

VietNamNet Bridge – The winter cold is starting to ease so spring will soon be coming in the highland village of Pom Coong on Mai Chau Plateau in the northern province of Hoa Binh.