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Microsoft launches "Surface" Tablets

Microsoft Corp. unveiled Monday a family of tablets dubbed Surface, built on Windows 8, at an event in Los Angeles.

Vitamin D plus calcium tied to longer life: study

Older people who take vitamin D and calcium supplements may live a bit longer than their peers, according to an international review of several studies covering more than 70,000 people.

Na Hang special-use forest unavoidable of illegal lumberjacks?

The Na Hang primeval forest in Tuyen Quang province has been seriously destroyed by illegal lumberjacks.

Outstanding loans to FIEs not big, not worrying

The outstanding loans given to foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) just account for a small proportion in the total outstanding loans of the whole banking system, while the bad debt ratio is much lower than the average level.

HCM City: attending “training course” is compulsory to enroll in primary school

The children in Binh Hung Hoa Ward in Binh Tan district of HCM City must attend a two month training course at state owned kindergartens before entering primary schools.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 20/6

$11.5-mln floating dock left rusted in Cam Ranh; Vietnam’s superfluous cement plants; Domestic tours offered at 30 percent off; Biggest Vietnamese listed firms: more cash, bigger debt; VNPT to end dial-up Internet service in VN

Mobile operators face falling revenues

Mobile operators are bemoaning poor revenues drawn from value added services (VAS) promoted at the EURO 2012 due to small subscriber numbers.

Free wireless Internet for Hue city

VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has approved the plan to supply free wireless Internet service in the entire Hue city.

Spain top Group C, struggle to beat Croatia 1-0

Reigning champions Spain struggled to beat Croatia 1-0 here on Monday in the Euro 2012, topping Group C and sending Croatia packing.

Women to have six-month maternity leave

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) on June 8 ratified five laws. The approval of the amended Labor Code is highly appreciated for its progressive regulations on retirement age, minimum salary and maternity leave.

Man commits suicide for football betting failure

VietNamNet Bridge – A 34-year-old man in the central highland province of Kon Tum committed suicide on June 17 after losing on football betting.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 19/6

Vietnam’s amazing beauty in photos; Charity to celebrate VN Family Day with music; Music night commemorates Michael Jackson; “Prison Diary” published in Bangladesh

Vietnam reaches record number of athletes winning cards to Olympics

VietNamNet Bridge – Eighteen Vietnamese athletes have got tickets to the London 2012 Olympics, the highest number since Vietnam joined the games.

Delivering wrong information on VNPT restructuring to be punished

VietNamNet Bridge – On June 12, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son had an online dialogue with readers on the government website on some issues of the public concerns.

Vietnamese food suppliers eyeing Horeca market

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of Vietnamese enterprises now dream of becoming the suppliers of high grade foods to hotels, restaurants and cafes (Horeca). However, it’s not easy to set foot on the lucrative market.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/6

Project helps HIV kids integrate into society; Foreign relations at local level reviewed; Da Nang plant converts garbage into fuel; Can Tho gets $90mil for urban upgrade

Handicraft villages hit by economic slump

VietNamNet Bridge – A downturn in traditional handicrafts has driven tens of thousands of people with skilled rural trades into the ranks of the unemployed.

City’s tourism dept says hotels are struggling

The number of inbound tourist arrivals in HCM City picked up slightly in the early months but hotels are struggling with lower occupancy rates, said a report of the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

River of concern against hydropower projects

Substandard hydropower plant projects will continue facing Days of Judgment.

Man holds dead baby to claim damages from hospital

VietNamNet Bridge – A man in the southern province of Ca Mau held the dead body of his newborn baby and walked around the local pediatrics hospital to ask for the doctors’ explanation for the unusual death of his baby.