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Tuberculosis poses serious threat in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Every year nearly 200,000 newly infected tuberculosis patients are recorded in Vietnam, and around 30,000 succumb to the disease,

Spokesperson: DOC issues unfair decision

The recent decision of the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to choose Indonesia as the sole benchmark country to calculate the anti-dumping rate on frozen tra fish fillets imported from Viet Nam is not fair and objective.

Festival honours timeless love

Thousands of people from all corners of the country flocked to the northern province of Hung Yen on March 21 to attend a festival commemorating Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung,

Law makers debate residence bill

VietNamNet Bridge – Law makers agreed that some articles of the Residence Law should be revised in order to make state residential management more effective, especially in inner areas of central provinces and cities.

Hoang Quy Phuoc wins second gold at national swimming tournament

 VietNamNet Bridge – National swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc continued his winning streak at the National Short-course Swimming Championships in Hue City.

HAGL Arsenal JMG makes first win at Sanix Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s U17 HAGL Arsenal JMG narrowly beat China’s U17 Hangzhou Greentown 1-0 in its second match of the Sanix Cup in Japan on March 21.

Tourism development in Mekong Sub-region discussed

Tourism officials from four Southeast Asian countries - Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam - gathered at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21 to discuss connectivity measures to develop the industry in the Mekong Sub-region.

Football betting in Vietnam to be monitored by Interpol

VietNamNet Bridge - Chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Nguyen Trong Hy proposes several plausible opinions on football betting in Vietnam.

U.S. House passes government spending bill to avert shutdown

 The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a government spending bill to avoid a shutdown of the federal government before a two- week recess of lawmakers.

Asia-Pacific faces looming waste crisis

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegations from more than 20 Asia-Pacific countries came together in Ha Noi yesterday to discuss practical policies for waste - an ever growing challenge in the region.

Thanh Hoa: 74 bombs and mines unearthed in garden

VietNamNet Bridge - While mining land in a garden in Trieu Son district of the central province of Thanh Hoa, local residents found 74 bombs and mines left from the wartime.

Vietnamese play nasty tricks on each other, foreigners run away

VietNamNet Bridge – The disunity has a part in the current difficulties Vietnamese businesses are facing.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 22/3

  China, VN party chiefs enhance partnership through phone talks; Government delegation heads for China; HCM City, Wales look to future linkages; Viet Nam supports arms trade control

The long end for national flower selection

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has submitted to the Government the plan on selecting the national flower of Vietnam.

MOF to restore tax incentives to encourage FDI to IZs

The draft of the corporate income tax law compiled by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is comprised of the provision saying that the tax incentives for industrial zones (IZs) would be restored.

Private sector ignored in draft Constitution

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fact that the role of the private economic sector is overlooked in the draft of the amended Constitution concerns scholars, lawyers and entrepreneurs

New leader of world's Anglicans enthroned

 Justin Welby, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, was enthroned on Thursday, taking over the leadership of 80 million Anglicans worldwide in a service calling for Christian unity that was enlivened by African dancers.

Old cargo ships pose environmental issues for authorities

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-one ageing cargo ships owned by Vietnamese enterprises are lying idle in ports and harbours around the country because the current law on environmental protection doesn't allow them to be scrapped.

Bachelors remain redundant, unskilled workers much in demand

While universities and junior colleges report the high percentages of graduates who can find jobs, job centers and local labor departments have reported the increasingly high unemployment rate.

Who will buy Vietnam Airlines’ shares?

Minister of Transport has decided that Vietnam Airlines would have to complete the equitization process within 2013, which means that the investors would have the chance to possess the shares of the national flag air carrier this year.