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Four records set at 2012 VN Athletics Championships

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four national records were set at the 2012 Vietnam National Athletics Championships which closed on October 9 at My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi.

National Orchestra to perform Mahler’s Symphony No.7

The Symphony No.7 by famous Austrian composer Gustav Mahler will be played by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tesuji on October 12-13.

With monopoly, someone can fish in troubled waters, others put in bad fix

One would easily make a profit of billions of dong if he obtains the license from the State Bank of Vietnam to convert non-SJC into SJC gold. The monopoly in bullion gold production would bring fat profits to some “insiders.”

Lan claims second gold

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa Province's Quach Thi Lan on Monday stepped to the podium for the second time at the National Athletics Championships in Ha Noi.  

Committee delays submission of draft law on public investment

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Draft Law on Public Investment and Public Spending will not be up for discussion at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly, scheduled to begin later this month.

“Extraordinary man” Nguyen Ngoc Ky and his studies

  VietNamNet Bridge - The name of Nguyen Ngoc Ky has become a typical example of overcoming difficulties in Vietnam in the 60-70s. Ky can be compared to the world well-known British physicist Stephan Hawking.

Singapore researchers say they find approach to fight chikungunya virus

Researchers from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new way to fight against chikungunya virus, which once broke out to a record cases of 1,000 during 2008-2010 here,

Storm and floods cause VND34 billion in losses

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent storm and floods in the central region have destroyed more than 550 houses, 260 hectares of rice and 2,300 hectares of subsidiary crops, resulting in total damages of around VND34 billion.

Craft villages need to be awakened to receive tourists

Local authorities, though believing that craft villages could be the gold mines for exploitation to develop tourism, have not done anything to take full advantage of the great potentials.

Rising Romney heads to election epicenter Ohio

 Riding a polling surge, Republican Mitt Romney set course for Ohio Tuesday for an intensive campaign swing as the fabled state again loomed as possible kingmaker in a US election.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 10/10

Party leader pushes for stronger Vietnam-Cuba ties; PM welcomes new German ambassador; RoK science & technology model praised; Vietnam, Saudi Arabia vow to boost cooperation

Export ban make raw mineral exporters weep

Vietnamese titanium exploiters have shouted for help, asking the Prime Minister to allow to continue exporting titanium ore to clear the big stocks, or they would go bankrupt.

Vietnam has many opportunities to enter 2015 Asian Champs finals

On October 9, at Melbourne, Australia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held the draw for the 2015 Asian Championship qualifiers. Vietnam will be in Group E with Uzbekistan, the UAE, and Hong Kong (China).

French, U.S. scientists share 2012 Nobel Physics Prize

France's Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland from the United States on Tuesday won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on interaction between light and matter. 

Struggling with home exercises, first graders getting afraid of learning

Vietnamese students have to learn harder and do more home exercises than foreign students, but this does not mean that Vietnamese are better than foreign.

Lowland people wither because of hydropower plants

Over the last three years, the people living along the Vu Gia – Thu Bon River have been struggling hard with floods in rainy season and facing the drought in the dry season.

Ha Noi given ultimatum on slaughterhouse targets

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi must complete its livestock and poultry slaughter system plan by this month and co-operate with surrounding areas to control livestock and poultry transport by the middle of December,

Wage hikes exceed inflation: survey

 Wage hikes are higher than inflation in 2012, contrary to the situation last year, according to a survey conducted by the human resource service provider Mercer and its representative in Vietnam, Talentnet Corporation.

Telco’s MNV dream disillusioned

The door to the mobile telecom market has nearly shut before mobile virtual network operators (MVNO).

Sapa, lost in the mists

VietNamNet Bridge – Deep within the valleys and mountains of Vietnam’s furthest Northern reaches lies the remote hill town of Sapa.