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Banking official under fire for word gaff concerning ATM users

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has asked Bui Quang Tien, head of the Payment Department, to explain his comments concerning ATM customers.

Vietnamese children get confused with too many English certificates

Vietnamese parents urge their children to attend foreign language training courses and attend the exams for certificates.

Conservationist vows to defend pangolins

VietNamNet Bridge – After a series of disturbing media reports showed that illegal hunting and trading of wild pangolins remains rife in parts of Viet Nam, renowned wildlife activist Nguyễn Văn Thái has pledged . . .

Big guys’ alliance causes worry about monopoly in energy sector

The strategic cooperation of the three big guys in the energy sector is believed to harm the national economy because it would make the market monopoly become more serious.

Magical hands bring health studies to life

VietNamNet Bridge – Immaculately dressed in a blue velvet suit and with her long black hair tied back neatly in a bun, Bach Khanh Hoa reservedly walks up to the stage and shyly acknowledges the salvo of applause

German professor to conduct VNSO

VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will perform classical pieces under the baton of famous German Professor Bernhard Epstein at the Hanoi Opera House

Female students work as waitresses to buy expensive cell phones, motorbikes

To get money for life, or to buy nice motorcycles, fancy phones, many female students in Ho Chi Minh City accept to work as waitresses at pubs and restaurants. Some of them then become prostitutes.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/3

Vinacomin in the clear over duties; Kazakhstan carrier eyes Hanoi; Kien Giang plans Cambodia sea route; Banks optimistic about inflation; Vietnam, Germany hold seminar on energy policy

Customs privileges set to widen

 VietNamNet Bridge – A wider door will open for many Vietnam-based firms to benefit from new special customs priorities.

Hard work, perseverance way to success

VietNamNet Bridge – Actress and ballet dancer Thanh Mai is a business woman and television presenter of such shows such as Suc song moi and Phong cach nu hoang. She talks to Viet Van about her varied life and what keeps her passionate.

Workers embrace packed lunches

 VietNamNet Bridge – Office worker Nguyen Thi Ngoc has decided to bring a prepared lunch to work each day, prompted by an increase in the cost of restaurant meals in her area.

How many billionaires are there in Vietnam?

Thirty years after the doi moi (renovation) was kicked off, Vietnam has had a billionaire recognized in the world. Who would be the second billionaire?

Quang Ninh: Stealing remains, asking for $15,000 ransom

VietNamNet Bridge – Five men broke a tomb to steal the skull of the dead then leaving an announcement asking for ransom of VND300 million ($15,000).

The man who makes coffins for charity for over 30 years

VietNamNet Bridge - Wriggling over several long, narrow and winding alleys of Doan Van Bo Road, Ward 16, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City, we arrived at a dead-end alley.

Belgium's famous Jazz band to perform in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The famous jazz band Tricycle will perform well-known works and the works composed by the band in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on March 18-19.

Toy rental service thriving in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Toys rental services are becoming popular in Hanoi as local parents look to keep their children entertained. 

Even big foreign investors cannot reach for Sabeco

At least three big foreign investors have expressed their intention to become the strategic partners of Sabeco, the biggest brewery manufacturer in Vietnam. However, they have not been shortlisted.

70-year-old bachelor: "I want to get master degree"

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last 12 years, Mr.  Nguyen Van Bieu, 67, and Mr. Le Van Xe, 69, have together diligently pursued studies with the passion and ambition that have never stop burning in the heart.

Transport infrastructure under the microscope

Plans for capital infusion into transport sector infrastructure projects is coming into sharp focus as National Assembly committees and key agencies evaluate government bond allocations for 2012-2015

An artistic reputation built from scrap

 VietNamNet Bridge – For many carpenters, leftover pieces of wood are junk. But for Nguyễn Văn Viện, they are fortune. From scraps of wood, he created a new style of painting