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Tien Minh wins US Open 2013 championship title

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh triumphed over his Chinese rival, Wing Ki Wong 2-1 in the US Open Prix Gold’s final clash on July 14, winning the championship title.

Traffic accidents kill six in southern provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three people died yesterday, July 14, when a 16 seater bus collided head on with a motorbike travelling in the opposite direction in Tan Thanh District, Binh Duong Province.

Vietnam wins gold at Korea Open karate champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s female martial artists won four gold medals at the Korea Open karate championships that concluded on July 12.

Namkung collects yellow jersey

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Korean Namkung Soyoung won the final stage and overall yellow jersey of the International Women's Cycling Tournament on Saturday.

Thieves steal exotic reptiles from Australian zoo

 Thieves stole a horde of exotic reptiles from an Australian zoo, including a baby alligator, leaving their keepers fearing they could be destined for the black market.

Nature Museum adds new exhibition hall

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's National Museum of Nature is building a new exhibition hall dedicated to the evolution of living things, which will help it become the leading museum of its kind in Viet Nam.

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 15/7

 Two Vietnamese hotels boast world’s best spas; Vietnam increasingly popular with Russian tourists;  Da Lat Flower Festival to highlight Truong Sa Archipelago; Operators offer cash prizes to drum up travel demand

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 15/7

 Bright young Vietnamese head home for summer camp; Japanese-funded stretch of highway temporarily opens to ease congestion; Charity responds to Mandela Day; Costly resettlement zone barely occupied

Taiwan is top destination for VN labourers abroad

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwan received 15,106 Vietnamese guest labourers in the first six months of this year, accounting for nearly 47 per cent of the number of Vietnamese labourers going abroad for overseas jobs.

Mother and two children drown in boat capsize

 VietNamNet Bridge – The boat moved to the middle of the river and suddenly overturned. Only six of the nine people on the boat were rescued.

Vietnam has first female police major general

Police Director of Kien Giang Province, Ms. Bui Tuyet Minh, 51, has become the first female police officer in Vietnam who was conferred the major general. Minh is also the first female police director of a province in Vietnam.

Vietnam wins two gold medals at International Physics Olympiad

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two students from Hanoi and Son La won two gold medals for Vietnam at the International Physics Olympiad in Denmark.

Arsenal players arrive in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 4.20am this morning, July 15, the special aircraft carrying 80 members of Arsenal landed at Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi).

Two Koreas to start fresh talks on Kaesong

 North and South Korea are to hold fresh talks on Monday on reopening a joint industrial complex whose fate is seen as a touchstone for future reduction of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

‘Cow Bank' project assists poor farmers in escape from poverty

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 10,000 breeding cows will be donated to thousands of needy farmers in 28 poor and border districts during 2013-14.

Yoghurt will re-map dairy market

The Vietnamese yoghurt market in 2012 was worth VND5.7 trillion, while the figure is expected to soar to VND12.4 trillion in 2013. This is the most attractive market segment of the dairy industry.

HCM City needs more action to tackle depression

HCM City needs to reduce construction of fixed works in low lying areas--so as to contain and regulate floodwater--and also ban exploitation of underground water to limit depression that has contributed to increase in flooding

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 15/7

 Top Sri Lankan politician visits Viet Nam for talks; Deputy PM cuts ribbon to inaugurate temple honouring young volunteers; Deputy PM: Favourable conditions for Japanese investors

Co Loa outdoor studios unattractive to local film makers

 Co Loa outdoor studios in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District has failed to attract a lot of local film makers due to substandard infrastructure and high service fees.

Unfamiliar players to join the retail playing field

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese retail market is so attractive that real estate developers and bankers have also decided to join the market.