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Hoa invited to be Irisawa’s assistant coach

 VietNamNet Bridge – Head coach Hidehiro Irisawa of the Vietnamese national women’s volleyball team has invited veteran player Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa to be his assistant, 

EU to propose 10-year license renewal for weed killer glyphosate

 The European Commission will propose extending by 10 years its approval for weed-killer glyphosate, used in Monsanto's Roundup, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

President Ho souvenirs on display

 VietNamNet Bridge – In 1969 President Ho Chi Minh offered a French peace activist a woolen kepi hat on a cold evening. The gesture has become part of the lore surrounding the late leader.

VN tie with Indonesia in Asia futsal event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam tied 1-1 with Indonesia in the second match of Group B of the 2017 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Futsal Championship Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. 

EU fines Facebook 110 million euros over WhatsApp deal

European Union antitrust regulators fined Facebook 110 million euros on Thursday for giving misleading information during a vetting of its deal to acquire messaging service WhatsApp in 2014.

A bustling Cambodian market in Saigon

It is no wonder tourists when taking a leisure walk around Ho Thi Ky flower market can easily find a special market which is the gathering place for Vietnamese people of Cambodian descent and dedicated to sell mainly Cambodian specialties. 

GM will cut operations in India, South Africa

 General Motors Co plans to quit selling vehicles in India by the end of this year and will sell operations in South Africa, the latest steps in a strategy of focusing cash and engineering effort on fewer, more profitable markets.

Dry season to be severe this year: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Mekong Delta farmers experienced the worst dry season in history in 2016, and are now  facing another severe season in 2017. 

What is the fate of the $423 million foreign-language teaching program?

The VND9.3 trillion national program on teaching foreign languages at general schools by 2020 has spent VND5.4 trillion so far. However, MOET admitted that the goals of the program may be unattainable by 2020.

Real estate developers want legal 'identity card’ for officetels

VietNamNet Bridge - Though officetels and condotels are selling in the market, they still do not have positions in legal documents.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/5

 Da Nang determined to revoke stagnant coastal projects, Imported DAP fetiliser products under investigation, Chemical firm to issue bonds and shares for MA, Vietinbank becomes settlement unit in derivatives market

Will Bphone 2 be marketed this year?

VietNamNet Bridge - The news about BPhone 2, or the second version of the first high-end made-in-Vietnam smartphone, has emerged on technology forums.

American couple fall in love with the Vietnamese language, people

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam can offer many different reasons to fall in love for tourists and expats.

Cannes festival opens with genre-bending French drama sheltered from 'brutal' critics

 A movie starring two of France's best known actresses opened the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with its director expressing hope it would not be torn apart by the event's famously hostile pack of critics.

Social News 18/5

 Winners of Ho Chi Minh Awards in military, defence announced, Pacific Partnership 2017 wraps up in Da Nang, Tree planting festival launched in HCM City, Dak Lak inaugurates border markers on frontier with Cambodia

Hundred of hectares of forestland encroached upon in Gia Lai

 VietNamNet Bridge – Due to insufficient management, hundreds of hectares of forest in Gia Lai Province have been illegally converted to domestic housing and agricultural land, 

South Vietnam faces farm labour shortage

The south’s key economic provinces--such as Dong Nai, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong--have recently shifted focus from agricultural to non-agricultural sectors, resulting in a serious shortage of agricultural workers

HCM City to use underground space at metro stations

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities have been asked to develop a master plan for urban underground spaces to prepare for the opening of subway lines in the city.

S Koreans to perform at Opera Aria Night

Renowned opera singers from South Korea will join musicians selected from the HCM City Conservatory of Music in a special classical music concert on Sunday evening.

Tourist attractions in northwestern Yen Bai province

 Tourist attractions in northwestern Yen Bai province