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Helicopter propeller broken, injuring two on Vung Tau’s oilrig

 VietNamNet Bridge - Working on a drilling oil rig of the Vietsovpetro offshore Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, two workers were suddenly hit by broken pieces of a helicopter propeller.

Water pipes broken, 70,000 Hanoi households affected

The water pipeline from the Da River to Hanoi was broke Thursday, November 21, affecting the lives of about 70,000 households in the districts of Cau Giay, Hoang Mai and Thanh Xuan.

Vietnam’s storm relief arrive in the Philippines

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seven tons of cargo, including food, canned food, milk, blankets ... for the victims of the Haiyan storm in the Philippines arrived in Manila yesterday, November 21.

V-League prepares to welcome newcomers in January kick-off

 V-League 2014 will start the new season with a Super Cup match on January 1 between title holders Ha Noi T&T and National Cup holders Ninh Binh.

SOEs’ managers pocket big money and keep complaining about difficulties

 VietNamNet Bridge – The managers of the state owned air carriers, power, petroleum and food corporations still can receive VND1 billion a year despite the bad business performance.

Police catch two ships secretly discharging mud into Ha Long Bay

On Thursday afternoon, November 21, the authorities surprised two large vessels in the act of discharging mud into the absolutely protected zone of the Ha Long Bay, the World Natural Heritage.

The output of U19 Vietnam is J-League?

Chairman Vo Quoc Thang of the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) said that next year, J-League will likely allow each club to register one Vietnamese player. This is the good news for many players of the Vietnam U19 football team.

Three women rescued in London after being enslaved for 30 years

 Three women who had been working as slaves for some 30 years were rescued in a south London house Thursday morning, according to local media reports.

Cu Chi tunnels an underground tourist attraction

 VietNamNet Bridge – CNN has listed a system of tunnels in HCM City’s Cu Chi District as one of the world’s top underground tourist attractions.

Norwegian conductor blown away by HCM City singers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Magnus Loddgard is a Norwegian pianist and conductor who lives in Berlin, Germany. He has worked with many genres and styles, but now he conducts mostly opera and contemporary music.

Embezzlement in banking sector gets alarming

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banking has been named as the leading sector in terms of embezzlement with 9 out of the 10 embezzlement cases treated in 2013.

Vietnam’s WHC membership proves its int’l status

Vietnam’s election to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has proved the country’s consolidated role, position and its determination of full integration into world cultural cooperation.

iPhone maker Foxconn invests $40 million in US

 Taiwan's Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, is to invest $40 million in the United States to ramp up manufacturing of high-end products.

Prime Minister promises to ensure stability at hydro-power projects

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday, Nov 21, said he was optimistic that the country was on track to achieve higher economic growth in 2014, at around 5.8 per cent,

New penalties on inappropriate public cultural behavior

VietNamNet Bridge – In an attempt to restore a sense of decorum in the field of culture, sports, tourism and advertising, the government has issued a new decree proposing increased penalties on lip-syncers,

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.