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Fungi growing helps explosion victims

 Bich Giang villager Nguyen Hinh is waiting for his first batch of wood-ear fungi, hoping that it will provide a stable income for his family.

National Assembly to discuss the amended Constitution in two days

VietNamNet Bridge - The draft amendment of the 1992 Constitution will be discussed in the upcoming National Assembly session, in the two day session that will be televised live.

Zen master Phap Hanh: monk of many talents

 VietNamNet Bridge – When my colleague asked me to meet a monk who had painted hundreds of paintings, I was dubious. I'm not a big fan of paintings – and I doubted how good the art of an untrained monk would be.

Huge volume of dioxin-contaminated soil not buried

VietNamNet Bridge – There are still 240,000 cubic meters of soil and sludge contaminated with dioxin in Dong Nai Province’s Bien Hoa Airport area not buried, posing high risks to people’s health and the environment,

Foreign investors needed for bad debt settlement: expert

 VietNamNet Bridge – Policies should be made more liberal for foreign investors to get involved in debt trading, and thus bad debt settlement can be accelerated,

Japan’s economic stimulus package brings high hopes to Vietnamese

Vietnam’s exports to Japan have been supported not only by bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, but also by the new economic stimulus package launched by the Japanese government worth $1.4 trillion.

Open source software quality floated

A lot of state agencies and enterprises, which want to utilize open source software, complain that they don’t know how they can choose “genuine products” in the market where most of the available products have not been tested in quality.

Cure success provides hope for HIV babies

 VietNamNet Bridge – News that a baby in the US was cured of HIV give new hope for Vietnamese babies born with the virus, said Truong Huu Khanh,

Children gear up to prepare for primary school entrance exams

Hanoi’s parents have been intensively preparing their children for the entrance exams to “star” primary schools.

There’s nothing for cruise tourists to spend money on

Travel firms complain that cruise tourists don’t have the opportunities to spend money in Vietnam since there are very few points of sales serving the special travelers.

Vietnamese bride hang herself in South Korea

VietNamNet Bridge - After seven years of marriage, Mrs. Truc was alleged to "willful suicide" in her husband's house in the city of Busan. The victim’s family has asked the authorities to clarify the incident.

Volunteers bring museum closer to the public

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Thu Ha has been hard at work all week preparing for the upcoming scientific conference on Viet Nam's Buddhism cultural heritage was held at the Viet Nam National Museum of History on April 14.

Chinese official voices over complaints of Chinese traders in Vietnam

Mr. Wei Zi Shen, Trade Consul of the Chinese Consulate General in HCM City was upset about information on Vietnamese newspapers which said that Chinese businesses bought odd things in Vietnam, causing impacts to the environment.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/4

 Vung Tau to host Int'l Seaports Festival; Geographical indications safeguard local trademarks; EU says will welcome Vietnam’s GI goods; Vietnam’s digital content market fetches US$1.3 billion

Students overcome fear of visiting gynaecologists

 VietNamNet Bridge – To Thi Lan Huong, 24, had always felt shy and afraid about gynaecological examinations.

Writer competes in pageant

 Vuong Thi Bich Viet of the central province of Quang Ninh has been using a wheelchair to get around for the last six years, following a motorbike accident that left her unable to walk.

Boat building in Long Hau

Long Hau Commune in Lai Vung District, Dong Thap Province is famous for building boats in the south’s watery area. Every year when flood season comes, the villagers are busy with orders from customers of neighbouring areas.

Nine priority fields for using ODA, preferential loans

VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has issued Decree 38/2013/ND-CP which stipulates nine priority fields for using official development assistance and preferential loans.

Investors make wrong decisions, shopping malls stay deserted

A lot of high end shopping malls have closed down after the failed efforts to drag out their existence.

Luxurious Son Tra mountainside resort offers taste of the high life

VietNamNet Bridge – Want to live like billionaire financier George Soros? Perhaps his lifestyle is out of your reach, but at least you can experience what he did during his vacation in Da Nang last year