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Botox shots little better than nerve stimulation for incontinence

 Botox injections may be slightly better at reducing urinary incontinence in some older women than InterStim, an implanted bladder control device, results of a U.S. trial suggest.

Beautiful Vietnam through Rehahn’s lens

VietNamNet Bridge - French photographer Rehahn has shot wonderful pictures of stunning scenery in Vietnam, his second home.

The most beautiful Dong Son bronze drum

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ngoc Lu I bronze drum is a masterpiece made in the heyday of the Dong Son culture.

Bagel, pretzel show twists of Nobel Prize-winning work in physics

 Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in electronics that could aid researchers trying to develop quantum computers.

Google takes on Apple, Amazon with new hardware push

 Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new "Pixel" smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone

Venture funds do small amount of business in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - About 20 foreign venture funds exist in Vietnam, but they have only representative offices and have yet to set up funds.

Threat of 'hard Brexit' pulls down Wall Street

 U.S. stocks dropped on Tuesday as investors fretted about Britain's exit from the European Union and the prospect of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in coming months.

Quang Ba night flower market

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi’s Quang Ba Flower Market attracts a large number of customers as well as tourists who admire the diversity of flowers.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/9

Hanoi declares tax debt firms, Vietnam needs to build food brands: experts, German investors shift attention to Vietnam, 2016 wages of apparel laborers up 12%, Firms, banks to ink contracts worth VND90 trillion

Ha Giang announces 21 free wifi hotspots

Besides the city of Ha Giang, free wifi transmitters will also be set up in 21 locations in Ha Giang province, including the most popular tourist sites such as the Lung Cu flagpole, Dong Van town, Ma Pi Leng in October.

Petrotimes chief editor dismissed

After being dismissed from the Chief Editor position, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Phong’s press card will be revoked and his online newspaper will be locked for three months, under a decision made by the Ministry of Information and Communications on Tuesday.

Over 200 tons of fish die in West Lake

VietNamNet Bridge – At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, Hanoi’s Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung reported that about 200 tons of fish died in Hanoi’s West Lake in the past three days.

Finance Ministry pioneers practice thrift by paying taxi fares for senior officials

VietNamNet Bridge – As of October 3, six deputy ministers and five chiefs of departments at the Ministry of Finance had travelled to their offices by taxi or their own cars.

Illegal buses dominate HCM City market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal bus stations and unlicensed buses ferrying passengers to other provinces continue to operate brazenly in HCM City despite authorities’ efforts.

Gov’t: overturn online business limits

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Justice on Monday proposed eliminating a ban on business services offered online or via communication networks without getting prior permission.

Land of idyllic beauty in An Giang

Located near the border with Cambodia, An Giang is well known for its sugarcane and green rice fields as well as ethnic Vietnamese fishermen who have lived and fished its waters for centuries.

French DJ Antigone to stage gig in town

 French DJ Antigone will join local veterans Christ Wolter, OKO and Erol of Heart Beat, a HCMC-based group of DJs from different countries, in a gig at The Observatory in District 4, HCMC on October 6 from 9 p.m.

Sapa to be national tourism area by 2030

The Prime Minister has approved the general master plan for the development for the Sapa National Tourism Area to 2030, with a goal of developing unique and high-quality tourism products and attracting 5.2 million visitors.

Switzerland will continue assistance to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Switzerland has pledged to continue its support to Viet Nam through overseas development assistance (ODA) projects, which focus on achieving sustainable economic growth.

Hanoi at its best in autumn

 Hanoi’s autumn charms, its serene scenes of golden-yellow foliage accompanied by the wafting scent of 'com' (young rice flakes), attract countless visitors to the city.