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VN kids to watch NBA athletes

VietNamNet Bridge –The US's National Basketball Association, whose international youth development programme came recently to Viet Nam, has announced that a Junior NBA Viet Nam All-Stars team will go to China

ILO method to show much higher unemployment rate in VN

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs will work with the International Labor Organization (ILO) on a new method to calculate the unemployment rate in Vietnam after the second quarter’s 1.84 percent rate raised controversy.

Images: Life in a reed jungle amid busy Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a forest of water coconuts and reeds is a small village with a dozen tin roof houses. From here, one can see the luxury apartments buildings, Saigon Pearl and The Manor.

33 branches may be weeded out of list of conditional business fields

VietNamNet Bridge – The compilers of the draft to amend the investment and enterprise laws plan to cut the number of conditional business fields to 365 from 398.

Images: 'Hanging bombs' on the roofs of old apartments in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Looking from above, the roofs of dormitories in Hanoi are covered with many stainless steel water tanks.

Game firms fear luxury tax will lead to cheaper, smuggled goods

VietNamNet Bridge – A proposed luxury tax on online games has spread fear among gaming companies, who believe smuggled products would ruin their business if the tax becomes law.

Legal advice: Specific provisions on online-game businesses

When selecting the method to provide online games, enterprises need to give heed to the following matters: licenses to provide electronic game services, decisions approving game content and script, among others.

Three famous overseas Vietnamese makeup artists

 VietNamNet Bridge – When we think of the world of Hollywood, the first two things that come to mind are the actresses and actors. Behind these people, however, are the makeup artists.

Volunteer lifeguard keeps Great Lake safe

 VietNamNet Bridge – They call him "The Old Man of the Lake"---a moniker fondly chosen for him by the people who live around the Great Lake To Nueng in the Tay Nguyen province of Gia Lai.

Vietnam to expand low-carbon rice farming model

 VietNamNet Bridge – Reducing greenhouse gases in agricultural production is currently a general trend in the world. In Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has carried out many programmes

Primitive Bich Dam Island

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha Trang, needless to say, is famous for tourists owing to its white-sand beaches, comfortable hotels and resorts, good food at various restaurants, and diverse entertainment facilities.

U.S. firm picked to design new Saigon Tax Trade Center

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Trading Group (Satra) has chosen U.S. firm Gensler and Associates International Ltd. to design its new Saigon Tax Trade Center project at the corner of Nguyen Hue and Le Loi boulevards,

Larry Berman and the “Perfect Spy” (Part 2)

 VietNamNet would like to introduce the second part of columnist Viet Lam’s talk with American writer Larry Berman.

Phu Quoc offers opportunities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island will soon get a casino and could potentially become a special economic zone, Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee chairman Le Van Thi told Tien Phong newspaper.

Keeping fit and healthy

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are needless to say many ways for people to keep fit and healthy. But the trend of going to the fitness center and following workouts has become quite popular in the city in recent years.

Cultural space of gongs: Unique heritage of Central Highlanders

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam’s treasure, the cultural space of gongs in Central Highlands region is distinguished from others as the heritage’s performing arts and practicing space are inseparable.

Social News 12/10

Three young children drown in lake; Free measles-rubella shots given to 757,000 children; HCM City students suspended for sexual harassment; Ho Chi Minh City invests US$524 million in environmental protection

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/10

PetroVietnam surpasses goal for 9-month revenue; Belgian sweets maker opens research centre; Ministry backs State funding for Vung Ang EZ; MoF to create 26 investment funds; BIDV announces profits of 200 million USD

HCM City ranked the among world’s 18 best food cities

VietNamNet Bridge – The travel website Thrillist has recently published an article ranking the 18 best food cities in the world, which includes HCM City.

Foreign investors show declining interest in agriculture sector

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign direct investment in Viet Nam's agricultural sector witnessed a sharp decline in the past 15 years, according to figures from the Foreign Investment Agency.