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Vietnamese architect shortlisted for an international architecture award

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia’s restaurant project, named the Kontum Indochine Café, was among 300 shortlisted for World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2013.

VinaREN connects Vietnamese scientists with global peers

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh has called for scientific researchers and educators to play more active roles in implementing advanced-network infrastructure applications to improve

Tai tu revived for Shanghai stage

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight senior Vietnamese artists (six musicians and two singers) last Friday, July 5, completed rehearsals for performing an old piece of tai tu music at an international event in Shanghai this week.

Officials on different wavelength over 4G frequency

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is still considering what frequency band to use for 4G LTE, which is expected to be launched in Viet Nam soon after 2015.

Commemorative show honours playwright

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two leading theatres are working on a well-known play as a special gesture to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the late playwright Luu Quang Vu.

NA Standing Committee to discuss amendments

VietNamNet Bridge – Several important legal documents will be the major topics of discussion at the 19th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee which will take place in Ha Noi from tomorrow to Friday.

Black dollar market gets choppy

VietNamNet Bridge - The dollar price has been increasing steadily for a long time, though economists and state officials affirmed before that the price rise was just temporary.

Over 838,000 students to sit second set of entrance exams

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 838,000 students have registered to sit for this year’s second round of university and college entrance examinations, which will take place on July 9-10.

Vietnamese so naïve to breed harmful exotic species

Yellow snails, red ear turtles and Phuc Loc Tho fish (Lepisosteus Oculatus Winchell) – the harmful exotic species – have been selling everywhere. Especially, they are very expensive of up to millions of dong per individual.

School graduates tend to seek jobs via Internet

Looking for jobs and seeking workers on job websites have become the top choice for candidates and employers, because the method allows them to have things done in the quickest and most effective ways.

Online retail takes unassertive steps in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is estimated that 31 million Vietnamese, or 34 percent of the total population, use the Internet. These are the great potential clients for the online retailing industry.

Vicofa wants coffee retention to buoy up prices

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association has asked for preferential credit support from the Government to temporarily stockpile about 300,000 tons of coffee to stabilize coffee prices for the benefit of local farmers.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 9/7

 PM Dung hails Lao border progress; Vietnam, Laos complete border demarcation; VN lauds Kazakh wartime assistance

SSC puts 14 brokers under scrutiny

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission (SSC) has placed nine securities firms under special surveillance, and five others under scrutiny.

Bright, young Viet kieu to return for Summer Camp 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 200 outstanding young Vietnamese who are living overseas will return to their homeland to join the three-week-long Viet Nam Summer Camp 2013 until July 30.

Ba Hoa Market – second home for city’s Quang people

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who live far from their birthplace often remember not only their home, their relatives or countryside landscapes but hometown specialties.

"Despicable Me 2" ranked atop North America box office race

 "Despicable Me 2" succeeded in finishing as the most popular film in North America over the Independence Day weekend as it beat up Johnny Depp's vehicle "The Lone Ranger" with ease and style.

Travel firms say river tours in city yet to attract tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – One month after HCMC officially offered river tours to some destinations in the city and the Mekong Delta, the number of tourists recorded is still modest as destinations are not attractive,

Explaining the death of craft villages

 VietNamNet Bridge - The craft villages fall into distress because of their own faults. Some villages do business without a long-term development plan. Some others label their products as Chinese goods.

New HCM City programme embraces renewable energy

 VietNamNet Bridge – From now to 2015, the city's Green Energy programme will promote the use of renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, thermal and bio-fuel.