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HCM City speeds up investment to modernise schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training will invest in more modern school equipment, including interactive whiteboards for primary schools and kindergartens by 2015.

Beautiful November’s day in Tram Chim National Park

 VietNamNet Bridge –I found my trip to the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and Tram Chim National Park such an amazing opportunity to discover fantastic landscapes and local people’s activities during the flooding season.

Cable TV market heats up with M&A deals

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pay-TV market is believed to witness big changes in the time to come when a lot of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals are made and announced.

FDI firms may open local currency accounts

 VietNamNet Bridge – International investors and foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises operating in the country may be allowed to open investment accounts in Vietnamese dong in addition to those in foreign currency.

Eating nuts makes people live longer: study

People who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause than those who didn't consume nuts, a U.S. study said Wednesday.

The men who saved 240 people in floods

"Until now I do not understand why that day my stamina was so huge. The flood has passed, seeing everybody in my village is safe, I’m very happy," said the man who saved 42 families.

Mezcal Jazz Unit returns to Hanoi

Jazz lovers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will have a chance to hear French band Mezcal Jazz Unit once more at a special concert entitled ‘Friends Reunited’.

Children hospitalised for quinvaxem reactions

More than 300 children in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are recovering from reactions to a combined Quinvaxem vaccination, reported the provincial Preventive Medicine Centre.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/11

 CFO conference sheds light on business growth; Vietnamese tea exports slump to $186m this year; State Bank of Viet Nam mulls local gold purchases; Consumers opt for local goods

Import meat sold at below production costs in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australian beef has been flooding supermarkets. In the first 10 months of 2013, the import chicken and pork increased by three folds over 2012.

HCM City hosts international telecoms expo

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 15th International Telecoms and Information Technology (Viet Nam Telecoms 2013) exhibition in HCM City is displaying the latest telecommunication technologies and services to local companies and customers.

Tran Thi Quynh is prominent at Mrs. World 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Quynh is an outstanding contestant of the 2013 Mrs. World pageant for her beauty and her ideal height.

Truck plunges into abyss, three people died in Nghe An

In the darkness, the truck suddenly lost control and plunged into an abyss in Tuong Duong district of the central province of Nghe An. The driver thrown out of the cabin, stuck on the cliff while two others died and one was badly injured.

National sports delegation headed for 27th SEA Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's athletes have said they are prepared to compete in the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar next month.

Experts, products honoured at 2013 VN Talent Awards

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leading researchers and products in the fields of IT, applied sciences and medicine were honoured yesterday evening as State leaders presented the Nhan Tai Dat Viet 2013 in Ha Noi.

New round of Iran nuclear talks resumes in Geneva

 Talks between five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany and Iran over its controversial nuclear program resumed Wednesday.

In photos: Water tanks on the roof make Hanoi ugly

 VietNamNet Bridge - On the roofs of buildings in Hanoi are a lot of water tanks, which makes the city look ugly looking from above.

In pictures: School flooded with mud after historic floods

 VietNamNet Bridge – Floods have passed for several days but thousands of students in the central province of Quang Ngai cannot go to class yet because their schools are still covered with mud.

The appeal to the youth of Zone 9

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a space of nostalgia, where ruins are nicely decorated, Zone 9 creates a whole different world in the heart of Hanoi, attracting a lot of people.

Standard Chartered: Vietnam bottoming out

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese economic slowdown is bottoming out but a return to trend growth is not soon to come, according to a research report by Standard Chartered Bank.