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Consumers speak out on milk scandal

 VietNamNet Bridge – When the Danlait milk scandal was broken by weary mothers, it barely came as a surprise.

Infertility in young people, a rising phenomenon

In the past, most of the patients who needed infertility examinations at the HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital were at least 35 years old. Now, a lot of them are 18-20 and up to 35 percent of the patients are less than 35.

Newborns of obese mums set for heart problems: study

 Newborn babies of overweight or obese mothers have a thickening of the aorta, something that in later life is linked to heart disease, a small Australian study said.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/3

ASEAN Business Forum opens in Bangkok; Thai businesses keen on investing in Vietnam; Cambodia-Vietnam trade increases; Trade unions urged to protect migrant workers

Committee on constitutional amendments meets in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Headed by National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, the committee on drafting amendments to the 1992 Constitution held a meeting with key Ha Noi leaders yesterday.

Drought raises forest fire risk

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forest fires seared through hectares of trees in the Central Highlands and southern regions, forcing localities to take urgent preventive measures.

SOEs to bravely spend big

 Many big state-owned enterprises are planning to invest much more than they did last year despite the gloomy economy.

Banks ready to pump capital into real estate sector

Commercial banks can find all favorable conditions at this moment to run the credit programs to fund house purchases.

Runway repairs see Vietnam Airlines re-schedule domestic flights

 VietNamNet Bridge – The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, said it has changed the schedules of nearly 1,000 flights on domestic routes from February 25 to March 30,

SHB Da Nang draw first blood

VietNamNet Bridge – Romanian Sabin-Cosmin Goia and Argentinean top scorer Gaston Merlo scored twice to help SHB Da Nang beat Myanmar’s Ayeyawady United 2-1 in a group stage match of AFC Cup

VN-Japan friendship year kicks off in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year got underway in Ho Chi Minh City on February 27 to celebrate the 40 th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

Party Economic Commission works with oil group

VietNamNet Bridge – The Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission on February 27 worked with the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group on strategic solutions to speed up the oil and gas industry development strategy

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1-15 (daily updated)

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Local TV broadcasters hope to share EPL TV rights with French group

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese television broadcasters agreed at a meeting on February 27 that they would ask for sharing of the British Premier League (EPL) TV rights from the French group Canal Plus.

Super Cup organizers asks for police’s investigation of match-fixing doubt

On February 27, the Super Cup organizers sent a written request to the Ministry of Public Security on the investigation of the match-fixing suspicion in the game between Saigon Xuan Thanh Cement and SHB Da Nang FCs on February 23.

Vietnam leads number of SEA students in US

Vietnamese students remain the 8th largest group currently studying in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual Open Doors report.

Obama warns cuts to hit US, global economy

 President Barack Obama warned the US economy would take a "big hit" and other countries would also suffer when harsh automatic spending cuts come into force within 48 hours.

Slums of highland students

The homes of students of the Thuan Mang junior secondary school in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province, are far from the school so their parents built tents near the school to facilitate the studies.

Bad debt ratio will spike on new bad debt classification method

VietNamNet Bridge – The changes in the criteria and the method for bad debt classification will surely make the bad debt ratio increase sharply.

Going abroad for two years, people to be removed from family record books?

Vietnamese people who live abroad for two years upward will be wiped out from the family record book, according to the draft Residence Law that was submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 26.