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Teacher educates students with rods, father by stripping son naked

The two ways of educating children with corporal punishment in Hai Phong City and Soc Trang province have made people indignant.

Vietnam affirms consistent policy of protecting human rights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed Vietnamese Government’s consistent policy of ensuring human rights, on the basis of the understanding that human rights are universal values.

How luxury cars come to Vietnam?

Most of the luxury cars have been imported to Vietnam as the assets of Viet Kieu repatriates. There are the rings that bring the cars to Vietnam under forged documents.

Gau Tao – a special feature of Mong culture

This is the largest cultural festival of Mong ethnic minority people living mostly in mountainous areas of northern Vietnam.

Vietnamese caught in Mozambique for rhino horns trafficking

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Mozambican police have arrested a Vietnamese citizen who attempted to transport six rhino horns weighing about 17kg through Maputo International Airport.

BPA may affect developing brain by disrupting gene regulation: study

Environmental exposure to bisphenol A, a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system,

Seeing the man who sleeps with his dead wife for 10 years again

Though Le Van’s story is not new but many are still curious about the reason that a man dug up his wife’s grave to take the body home with himself against the prevention of his neighbors and the local authorities.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/2

Sugar makers hope to cut stockpiles; Ha Noi posts 3.3% boost in import turnover; Japanese banks finance highway project in Viet Nam; US still largest importer of Vietnamese seafood

Thousands of people welcome Nguyen Tieu festival

On the full moon day of the first lunar month, the Chinese community in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, organized the street festival, attracting thousands of participants. Let’s join the procession through the following pictures:

Rumours weigh on stock market

Shares on the nation’s two stock exchanges retreated last week on false rumours related to a devaluation of the dong, petrol prices increasing and that the Bank for Investment and Development chairman Tran Bac Ha had been arrested.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/2

Coffee ambassador to be selected; Ha Long Bay – a lifetime must-go destination; Farm produce exports up 31.5 percent; FDI disbursement hits over US$1 bln; Garment businesses see bright signs in export

Critics blast Oscars for off-color jokes, dull show

Critics blasted Oscars host Seth MacFarlane on Monday for "crudely sexist antics" and peddling "offensive" Jewish stereotypes, as the Academy Awards post mortem got into full swing.

Temple of Literature receives special certificates

Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam held a ceremony in Hanoi on February 25 to receive the special national relic certificate and the UNESCO’s Global Memory of the World Programme’s certificate for its 82 doctoral laureate steles.

Anti-corruption during 2013: More of the same challenges

VietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an analysis by Jairo Acuna-Alfaro, Policy Advisor, Public Administration Reform and Anti-corruption, UNDP Vietnam, which reviews Vietnam's efforts to combat corruption in 2012 and suggests solutions for 2013.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/2

 Earth Hour campaign launched in Hanoi; 20 people injured in bus rollover; Sai Gon Bridge closed for loading test; Warm weather in the north to make way for cold spell

National team karatekas return after injury

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese karatekas Nguyen Hoang Ngan and Vu Thi Nguyet Anh will return to the national team after long breaks due to injury.

Liverpool recognizes the Vietnamese fan club

VietNamNet Bridge – The five-time European champion club has announced that the Liverpool fan club in Vietnam has become one of the more than 200 official fan clubs in the world.

AS Roma to come to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Mrs. Mae Mua, the representative of Strata sports marketing firm revealed the cost to bring the Italian football club AS Roma to Hanoi at $1 million.

Outstanding European jazz artist to perform in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge - In a concert in Ho Chi Minh City, Bojan Z will perform the works that helped him become well-known in the French and the world jazz scene.

Phu Bai international airport to close for 8 months

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam said it would temporarily shut down the Phu Bai international airport in the eight-month period, from 20/3 to 20/11 to repair the runway.