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Hanoi to be decorated with Khue Van Cac symbols

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi officials have asked relevant bodies to decorate the streets by Khue Van Cac symbols during the lunar New Year (Tet holiday).

Street vendors unsettle foreign visitors in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – Blocking their way, holding back, clinging to purchase goods everywhere are the problems of foreign visitors in Ho Chi Minh City for many years.

Phuc appointed as caretaker of the national football team

VietNamNet Bridge - In a press conference on the afternoon of January 14, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) vice chairman Nguyen Lan Trung confirmed that coach Hoang Van Phuc the interim coach of the national football squad.

Bootleg discs frustrate artists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Music albums are a hot item at this time of year and unclicensed businesses are taking advantage of a largely unregulated market, reports the magazine Thoi Trang Tre (Young Fashion).

Workers struggle to find jobs following vocational training

VietNamNet Bridge – Vocational training will be offered to 600,000 rural employees this year under a national project that ends in 2020, according to the General Department of Vocational Training.  

Bernanke urges Congress to lift debt ceiling

 US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday urged Congress to raise the nation's borrowing limit as Democrats and Republicans battle over the federal budget.

TV advertising still dominates market

 VietNamNet Bridge – TV stations will continue to hold the lion’s share of the advertising market in Vietnam this year as TV is still the most popular medium and most effective advertising vehicle.

Only students from rich families can study at economics schools

VietNamNet Bridge – The students, who follow economics related majors, would have to pay 100 percent of tuitions, if a project being considered by the Ministry of Education & Training and Finance comes true.

Interest rate reductions and the other side of the medal

The State Bank of Vietnam successfully eased the interest rates in 2012 in order to make it easier for businesses to access bank loans. However, there is always the other side of a coin.

Soc Trang: man claims VND500mil compensation for 900 days in prison

The Soc Trang Province People's Court early this week opened the appellate court for a defendant who asked the My Tu District People’s Court to pay compensation of VND500 million ($25,000) for its wrongful verdict.

Lance Armstrong apologizes in person to Livestrong staff

 Fallen cycling hero Lance Armstrong personally apologized Monday to staff members of the Livestrong cancer charity ahead of an interview with talk show diva Oprah Winfrey.

25 environmental law violators facing sanctions

Inspectors of the Vietnam Environmental Administration under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment last Saturday proposed the HCMC authorities fine 25 local entities for violating environmental protection laws

Young artists honor Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - A multidimensional Hanoi is portrayed by 13 artists in a variety of styles and materials in the ongoing exhibition at Art Talk Café, 12 Quan Su, Hanoi.

Telcos weep, because revenue from fixed line services down dramatically

VietNamNet Bridge – In previous years, fixed line services brought high revenue to the national telecom group VNPT. But nowadays, it incurs the loss of trillions of dong from the services.

Pianist Anna Kijanowaska in capital show

 VietNamNet Bridge – Polish-American pianist Anna Kijanowaska will come on stage for one night only at the Youth Theater, 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street in Hanoi at 8 p.m. on January 23.

Vietnam warned that lawsuits may be raised against some export items

The number of lawsuits for safeguard measures against Vietnamese export items are believed to increase in 2013. Wooden furniture and cashew nuts may be the next defendants in the lawsuits.

Acute shortage of special schools for handicapped in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City has 15 special schools for the hearing-impaired, where currently around 2,000 students are already enrolled.

Domestic helpers at a disadvantage

The Government's Decree 103, which takes effect this month, increases regional minimum wages for helpers employed by businesses, co-operatives, farms, households and individuals by VND250,000-350,000 per month.

Vietnam to launch first Earth observation satellite

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Space Technology Institute will send an Earth observation satellite worth 55.2 million euros (US$72.4 million) to the Earth’s orbit.

"Vultures" at cemeteries

In cemeteries, behind the cold graves is the underground world with “odd” tricks to make money. Except for honest people who make a living through their own labor, these "cemetery vultures" must be inspected and removed by the authority.