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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

Nearly $60mil to protect environment in industrial zones

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Planning and Investment has said that from now until 2018, environmental pollution will be improved through a US$58.85 million project

Pay TV a turn off

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pay TV market is showing signs of a monopoly that disadvantages customers.

Nam exit leaves Viet Nam absent from pro circuit

VietNamNet Bridge – There are no Vietnamese players left in the Viet Nam F2 Futures Pro Circuit as Viet Nam's only representative, Ly Hoang Nam, was knocked out yesterday by French Laurent Recouderc in the second round.

Vol de Nuit – Night Flight in town

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vol De Nuit, Night Flight has finally opened at the HCMC Fine Arts Museum.

Minh earns berth in Australian Open third

 VietNamNet Bridge – It took only 17 minutes for Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh to secure a spot in the third round of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open yesterday, April 3, in Sydney.

Vietnam to co-host AFF Cup 2014 qualifier

VietNamNet Bridge – The qualifier round of the top football competition of Southeast Asia will be held in Vietnam and Singapore, according to the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF).

Tens of tons of oil covers Vung Tau’s beach

Some 200 employees of the Bien Dong resort were mobilized to collect over 36 tons of clotted oil on its beach in Vung Tau city, Ba Ria Vung Tau province yesterday morning. The other beaches also collected tons of similar waste oil.

Da Nang to bring hydro-power plant to the Congress

Deputy Chief of the National Assembly delegation of Da Nang - Huynh Nghia – has confirmed to report to the National Assembly the issue related to Dak Mi4 hydropower plant, which did not discharge water to save the downstream region from drought.