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Third suspect in the murder of five woodmen arrested

At 14.30 on April 4, the border guard forces of Quang Tri province in coordination with the police of Xavanakhet province of Laos arrested the third suspect in the massacre of five Vietnamese woodmen on March 23.

Goalkeeper Kieu Trinh named player of the year

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh was voted the AFF's Best Female Player of the Year at the ASEAN Football Federation Awards on Wednesday in Malaysia.

Police shoots down a female drug trafficker

The police forces on April 3 shot to death one and arrested four drug traffickers in the northern province of Hoa Binh, seizing over 7kg of heroin, 1,000 pills of synthetic drugs and 1kg of ectasy.

Six years with WTO and the dream of three bowls of pho

The price for a bowl of "pho" at present remains the same with that in 2011. This is a rare thing because for many years, the growth rate of the essential food was relatively stable. However, it was the stability of the price growth, not the price.

Lower rates fail to impress

VietNamNet Bridge – The central bank's move last week to cut the dong interest rate cap from 1-month to 12-month terms by 0.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent per annum has caused economists to wonder

Gandhi says growth in 'beehive' India must help poor

 Rahul Gandhi, often described as India's prime minister-in-waiting, said in a keynote address designed to raise his profile that the poor must see the benefits of economic growth.

Erosion threatens Mekong houses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Land erosion in the Mekong Delta provinces, where rivers crisscross, is displacing thousands of families and damaging dozens of houses.

Hue marks old royal ceremony

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thua Thien-Hue authorities last night re-enacted a ceremony that served as a national celebration under the Nguyen dynasty in the former royal capital city of Hue.

Two opera houses salute top violinist

 VietNamNet Bridge – Violin virtuoso Maxim Fedetov will lead Russian and Vietnamese musicians in two classical concerts in Ha Noi and HCM City.

VNAT keeps optimistic, people keep pessimistic about Vietnam’s tourism

While the watchdog agency keeps excited about the achievements gained in 2012, travel firms and people think this is a kind of “unfounded optimism.”

China begins poultry cull after bird flu found: Xinhua

 Authorities in Shanghai began the mass slaughter of poultry at a market after the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed five people in China, was detected there, state media said Friday.

Illegal loaning found at Sacombank

The State Bank of Vietnam’s inspectors have come to a conclusion that the loans to Dang Van Thanh and his family’s companies some years ago were illegal, forcing Thanh to pay debts to reduce the outstanding loans to the allowed level.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 5/4

 Self combusting furniture leaves authorities in Nghe An Province puzzled; HCM City to raise $3.8m for Fund for the Poor; Huge heroin haul uncovered in Hoa Binh

Quang Nam tries to save ethnic culture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Rapid modernisation and modern lifestyles are threatening the survival of the ancient Cham culture and other ethnic traditions in central Quang Nam Province,

Junior weightlifters to compete in world event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes will test their skills at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships beginning on Saturday in Uzbekistan.

What happens at the lecture halls of modern times?

VietNamNet Bridge – The university lecturer halls nowadays look far different from that in the past.

Mekong residents waste groundwater

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta groundwater's quality and quantity have declined due to local residents' over exploitation for daily life and business use.

Offering more room to foreigners may lead to elimination of big brands

What will happen if Vietnam allows foreign investors to hold 50 percent or more of listed companies’ shares?

Businesses keep indifferent to domain name registration

Instead of spending several hundreds of thousands of dong to register and maintain domain names every year, enterprises have to spend hundreds of millions of dong to buy back domain names from others.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/4

Nearly 400 businesses to participate in VietnamExpo 2013; SBV has room to further cut deposit rates; Industrial production sees good signs; Vinacas wants to raise cashew nut prices