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Cardiologists and nurses in HCM City often hear these reproachful words when they call up a patient's family asking to bring them to hospital for surgery.

The tycoons’ pleasures worth fortunes

Vietnamese businessmen, who are very rich and very superstitious, can spend billions of dong and time to hunt for the things they believe would bring good luck to their business.

Foreign tourists eye Hanoi as attractive destination

 VietNamNet – This is a result of a survey on more than 1,400 foreign tourists to the capital city, carried out by the Hanoi department of culture, sport and tourism with the goal of researching and perfecting statistical methods

Some children outgrow autism: study

 Some children diagnosed as autistic at a young age see their symptoms completely disappear when they get older, new research shows.

The luxury of tombs

VietNamNet Bridge – They have unique architecture and there are built at billions dong. And of course, they belong to a wealthy family, or a “tycoon.”

Over VND800 million for preservation of Quan ho Bac Ninh

 VietNamNet – The northern province of Bac Ninh has approved a project on preserving the ancient Quan ho folk singing style for the coming generations, budgeting more than VND800 million for the project.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/1

Fund to help track development goals; Gov’t gets tough on State business equitisation; Cash to dominate real estate market in 2013; Largest tourist complex to open; Ministry may import eggs to meet demand for Tet

Over 400 contractors on HCM City’s blacklist

443 contractors are named in the blacklist of the HCM City Transport Department. The department’s inspectorate has proposed relevant agencies to not grant new licenses or extend the construction period for these contractors.

Local firms exhausted on home ground

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic firms were badly affected by economic woes last year while foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) were largely unscathed, as evidenced by their starkly-contrasted export performances,

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 18/1

 Doctor of medicine top career choice for children; Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos increase transport cooperation; WHO: Quinvaxem vaccine safe to use; Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer

Vietnam delays 4G service licensing to 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will only license the development of 4G mobile services by 2015 or even later, one official has said.  

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/1

 Central province to hold traditional crafts festival; Italy boosts cultural cooperation with Vietnam; “Vietnamese Cultural Days” Festival held in Italy; Silent film depicts energetic Ha Noi

Diaspora has input on Constitution

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of overseas Vietnamese evaluated Viet Nam's draft revised Constitution, a draft revision of the 1992 document, at a conference held by the Viet Nam Fatherland Front in Ha Noi yesterday, Jan 17.

The first Vietnamese policewoman in Korea

VietNamNet Bridge - The images and information about the first Vietnamese policewoman in South Korea make netizens in Vietnam extremely interesting.

Land still as expensive as gold in “golden land areas” in big cities

Every square meter of land in the areas is priced at billions of dong, which is equal to the price of an apartment in new urban areas.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 18/1

 Minh suffers shock defeat in first round of Malaysia Open; Le Quang Liem to compete in UK chess festival; Sai Gon Heat clinch first win in Asian Basketball League; Da Nang ready to face off against Xuan Thanh in Super Cup

MONRE shows bad panorama of Vietnam’s natural environment

Natural resources have been degrading and getting exhausted, the biodiversity has got degraded, while climate changes have turned unpredictable. These are the main points of the picture about Vietnam’s environment.

“Strange creature” in ready-made clothes

Soaking a new shirt that was brought from a local market in detergent water for about 15 minutes, when washing the shirt, Ms. Phung was appalled to discover thousands of creatures like leeches crawling, growing and reproducing very quickly.

Saigon Xuan Thanh FC has to rename to participate in AFC Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon Xuan Thanh Cement FC has to change its name to be allowed to participate in the AFC Cup.

State-owned groups ask for government’s support, again

VietNamNet Bridge – Complaining about difficulties in 2013, most state-owned economic groups asked the Prime Minister for a specific mechanism.