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Vietnam to have 41 biodiversity reserves by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge - For protection and sustainable development of the important natural ecosystems, species and rare genetic resources, Vietnam plans to establish 41 new biodiversity reserves by 2020.

Dong Nai: Traffic policeman shoots two colleagues, one dead

In the afternoon of September 22, a horrific shooting that killed one police officer on the spot and made two others seriously injured occurred at the headquarters of Suoi Tre traffic control station in Long Khanh town, Dong Nai province.

Mistress has sex with a guest, mistaking him as her husband

 VietNamNet Bridge - On Monday, the People’s Procuracy of CuM'gar district in Dak Lak province approved an urgent arrest warrant against a man named Ly Van Ton, 27, a hired worker in CuM'gar to clarify the bizarre “love theft."

Nguyen Ha’s sculptures displayed at Vietnam Fine Art Museum

 VietNamNet Bridge - Sculptor Nguyen Nguyen Ha is exhibiting 11 works in the exhibition "Silence" at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.

Hanoi’s populous district may be split into two

 VietNamNet Bridge - Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee – Mr. Pham Quang Nghi – on Tuesday said that the city would propose to the government to split Tu Liem District into two districts.

US stocks end lower amid budget anxiety

 US stocks ended a volatile day lower as investors remained cautious over the lack of progress in Washington budget talks.

MOET’s blunder leads to low training quality at medical schools

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) applies a decentralization scheme, allowing local education and training departments to appraise the schools’ capability for licensing. This is the fatal mistake that leads to problems in training.

Vietnam, France establish strategic partnership

 Vietnam and France have signed a joint statement on upgrading their relations to a strategic partnership, opening a new chapter in cooperative relations between the two countries.

Vietnam’s three-decade renewal issues sum up

The steering committee on reviewing theoretical and practical issues over three decades of “doi moi” (renewal) convened its first session in Hanoi on September 25.

Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 348 as 20 more bodies recovered

 The death toll of a powerful earthquake that hit Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on Tuesday afternoon has risen to 348 as 20 more bodies were recovered by rescue teams in the quake-hit areas,

Ha Noi police patrol streets to stop crime

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi police will continue taking measures to resolutely prevent crime and ensure traffic safety and order, Deputy Director of Ha Noi Police Nguyen Duy Ngoc has declared.

Biggest telecom groups use clouds to save costs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viettel and MobiFone, the two biggest mobile network operators, have pioneered in using their cloud computing to cut costs and shorten the time for service development.

Digging in to Da Nang's spicy delights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whenever I go travelling, my first priority is always to find a decent place to eat at my chosen destination.

Five provinces allowed using 1,200ha of paddy land for projects

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has permitted five provinces to use more than 1,260 hectares of rice land and protective forest to implement a number of projects and works.

Cloudy Thung Khe

VietNamNet Bridge - In Thung Khe, you can enjoy four seasons a day: the spring on the morning, the summer at noon, the autumn in the afternoon and the winter at night.

In pictures: Hundreds protest sand dredging, which causes coastal erosion

In the past two days, hundreds of people flocked to the headquarters of the authorities of Nghia An commune in Quang Ngai province to oppose a company that was dredging the Cua Dai passage business, causing severe coastal erosion.

A lot of FDI enterprises declare huge losses

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate has discovered a series of foreign-invested firms in Vietnam that declared big losses, while their income still grew highly and their production scale keeps expanding.

About 29 people in Vietnam get HIV every day

 An average of 29 people contracted HIV every day in the first five months of this year, announced a meeting yesterday in Ha Noi.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/9

 Monetary policy for 2011-2013 period; Public investment to be tightened; Slow reforms drag bank-risk profiles; HCM City bid to thaw frozen property market

The richest men in Vietnam are hidden tycoons

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only several out of the 195 super rich Vietnamese men whose total assets have reached $20 billion have shown their faces, while the other 195 men’s names remain in the darkness.