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Saigon Heat beat defending champs in ASEAN basketball battle

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Heat is riding high in the Asean Basketball League after securing a 77-72 victory over defending champions Indonesia Warriors in their third game.

World artists display best photos

 VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of award-winning photos from around the world is scheduled to open today, Jan 22, at the headquarters of the HCM City Association of Photographic Artists in Suong Nguyet Anh Street.

Car-shaped watermelon: $500/pair

According to the Phu Tri A Agricultural Extension Club, in Chau Thanh District, Hau Giang province--on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2013, the price for wine gourd-shaped grapefruits ranges from VND1 to VND2 million ($50-100) a pair.

SOEs fear they miss deadlines for capital withdrawal

Nearly all the state owned economic groups and general corporations fear they cannot fulfill the plan on withdrawing capital from non-core business fields on schedule.

British financial services return to optimism: survey

Financial services firms in Britain posted an increase of profits in the three months to December last year with optimism improved, despite a further fall in business volumes, said a survey on Monday. 

Online music awards announce winners

 VietNamNet Bridge – The model and singer Ho Ngoc Ha won the Artist of the Year title at the Zing Music Awards 2012 in a ceremony in HCM City last night.

Chinese traders rush to buy dried buffalo dung

VietNamNet Bridge – The specific purpose of buying dried buffalo dung is still a mystery.

Experts say stop criticizing Vietnamese scientists

Vietnamese scientists have been criticized heavily for their modest scientific research achievements. However, it is really unfair to condemn them.

800 overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs to group up in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – On January 28, the Overseas Vietnamese Business Club (OVBC) and the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Ho Chi Minh City will host the first meeting in 2013 with 800 overseas Vietnamese businessmen.

World jobless number seen rising to record high: ILO

Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year, the International Labour Organization said Tuesday.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 22/1

  Vietnam keen to boost cooperation with Czech Republic; PM welcomes Cambodian Minister of Justice; NA leader greets Cao Dai dignitaries; Vietnam, Cambodia sign civil judicial assistance agreement

Con Dao in the top 9 of the world's most mysterious islands

VietNamNet Bridge - Con Dao is considered as a place with a diverse range of species and still looks pristine and wild.

Two overseas Vietnamese footballers ready for challenge in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - According to information from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), Mac Hong Quan has returned to Vietnam and is willing to try at the Vietnamese team in the next few days.

Rare plants on display to welcome Tet holiday

VietNamNet Bridge – 1,500 rare plants have been put on display at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi.

Obama takes oath, calls for unity, engagement

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday took oath for his second term in a public inauguration ceremony at the Capitol grounds, reaffirming America's founding principles in a call for unity and a vow for more engagement in foreign affairs.

Local authorities fight each other to scramble for foreign investors

All localities have geared up for the race to lure more foreign investors, especially when economists have predicted a new foreign direct investment wave heading for Vietnam.

Hai Phong’s fishermen pick up 25 bags of iPads

VietNamNet Bridge – Being arrested by the border guard forces, three fishermen said while catching squid, they picked up 25 bags with iPads, cameras and cell phones in the sea.

Phu Yen: Strange creatures in clothes still unknown

VietNamNet Bridge – The Quy Nhon Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology Institute said that the strange creatures in new clothes of a woman in Phu Yen province are very strange and they did not know what they are.

Vietnamese, Argentinean Presidents hold talks

The two State leaders have agreed upon a score of specific measures to enhance bilateral cooperation and organize various activities marking the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Argentina.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/1

Domestic software firms bemoan skewed tax breaks; No respite for Ha Noi real estate; Military Bank leads in profitability; New fund will help firms to issue affordable bonds; Steel giant hurries projects; Auto market recovers before Tet