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Obesity 'costing same as smoking'

 The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.

Escaping a fate that's worse than death

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vang Thi D, a 17-year-old schoolgirl, fell in love with a man named Tu that she met on Facebook.

Muong Lay – A sleeping beauty

 VietNamNet Bridge - Formerly known as Lai Chau, Muong Lay is an unknown place to many tourists.

Pop singer voices desire for integrity

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the fast-paced showbiz world, singer Uyen Trang stands out for her refusal to follow superficial trends.

Survey says firms admit to giving bribes

Most enterprises believe that bribery has become a common practice and an “unwritten rule” in Vietnam, according to a survey on corruption sponsored by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID).

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/11

FPT revenue reaches $1.6b in first 10 months; Vietnam trade gap shrinks US$2 billion; Twelve e-commerce websites fined for violations; MPI wants higher public debt threshold; Tra fish exporters want ice-ratio rule delayed

Promoting Korean culture by dancing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon is a hub for people of different nationalities coming to work or settle down. Each of them in some way contributes to the diversity and the beauty of this city. Chun Yoo Oh, a Korean businesswoman

Failure to register franchising operations could attract sanctions

 VietNamNet Bridge – GlobalVue has ranked Viet Nam as one of the top 10 potential markets for franchise ventures in 2013.

Applied art show opens in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Museum of Fine Arts is displaying art pieces made from everyday objects across the nation at an exhibition in Ha Noi.

The most beautiful road in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Phan Dinh Phung Street is known as one of the most romantic roads in Hanoi, with ancient dracontomelum trees along the sidewalks.

“Bun cha”- special dish of Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoians can be proud of their famous dish “Bun cha” (vermicelli with grilled pork), which is similar to the dish from Hue.

More Thai and Japanese goods sold on sidewalks, in department stores

 VietNamNet Bridge - Many Thai and Japanese goods are being sold on HCM City sidewalks and along roads.

Can Vietnam send specialists abroad?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts doubt that Vietnam can export specialists on a large scale, claiming they are not qualified to work in an international environment.

Dirty school bathrooms give HCM City students diarrhea

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dirty toilets and bathrooms gave 40 per cent of HCM City students diarrhea, according to UNICEF Viet Nam.

Foreign investors pour big money into listed companies

 VietNamNet Bridge – Within a short time, foreign institutions and enterprises have announced a series of huge investment deals in Vietnamese-listed companies.

Photos: The most powerful house in the white highlands

 VietNamNet Bridge - After nearly 100 years of existence, the mansion or palace of Hoang A Tuong, the King of the ethnic Meo people in Bac Ha, Lao Cai province still retains the majesty of the most powerful clan in the white highlands.

Passion of a street artist for his job

 VietNamNet Bridge – While ambling in an early morning at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens last weekend, my eyes stopped at a middle-age artist who is surrounded by many pieces of silhouette pictures.

Vietnamese contractors to join Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power project

 VietNamNet Bridge – Russian atomic energy group Rosatom has stated that it will give priority to Vietnamese sub-contractors for construction of the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear power plant, the first of its kind in Vietnam.

The last farrier of Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon in the days of old was full of poetic and picturesque images, among which were carts pulled along by horses or cows galloping or trotting along dirt roads on the outskirts.

Taylor Swift is first female to succeed herself on US chart

 Taylor Swift has become the first female singer to succeed herself at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.