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Vietnamese-origin writer wins US National Book Award

VietNamNet Bridge – Lai Thanh Ha, a Vietnamese American writer, has won the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, a prestigious prize in the US. 

Officials told to check clinic abortion services

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has requested departments of health in cities and provinces to step up inspections and control of abortion services throughout the country. 

Big boss wants to withdraw investment from two FCs

  VietNamNet Bridge – Do Quang Hien, Chairman of the T&T Group and the Saigon-Hanoi Commercial JS Bank (SHB Bank), has confirmed that his companies do not manage or control the operation of SHB Danang and Hanoi T&T FCs.

Hanoi’s autumn colors shine in Saigon

  VietNamNet Bridge - Vu Thai Binh, Ngo Duc Hoang and Tran Ngoc Hung have brought the colors of Hanoi’s quiet, fresh and romantic autumn to HCM City through 74 paintings.

Vietnamese martyr’s keepsakes drift for 46 years in the U.S.

  VietNamNet Bridge - In 1966, a U.S. marine collected a notebook, a picture of two girls, a few bills and an ID card off the chest of a Vietnamese soldier who sacrificed. He brought these things to the US.

Thanh Hang makes impression at Milan Fashion Week

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese supermodel was the only Asian representative at the Spring Summer 2013 fashion show trends in Milan, Italy.

Vietnam triumphs at 2012 AFF Women’s Champs

  VietNamNet Bridge - Goalkeeper Kieu Trinh became a hero in the penalty shootout, helpling Vietnam beat Myanmar 4-3 and win the women's soccer championship in Southeast Asia.

Mach, Loan win gold at Asian Bodybuilding Champs

  VietNamNet Bridge – Bodybuilders Pham Van Mach and Dinh Kim Loan were crowned at the Asian Bodybuilding Championships in Guangzhou, China on September 22-23.

Fewer women in National Assembly

 The number of women working for the National Assembly (NA) in Vietnam has declined in the past ten years, proven by its falling to 44th in the world rankings,

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 24/9

 Bulgaria attaches importance to relations with Vietnam; VN-Cambodian friendship officials visit Ninh Binh; Vietnam, Bangladesh strengthen defence cooperation; Vietnam contributes to success of CAEXPO, CABIS

Romney seeks momentum in presidential campaign

Republican Mitt Romney hits the campaign trail hard this week to try to inject some fresh momentum into his flagging presidential bid as polls show his path to the White House narrowing. 

Vietnam urged to grab opportunity to be brought by QE3 to attract US FDI

The US third round of the quantitative easing (QE3) is believed to be the golden opportunity for Vietnam to attract the foreign direct investment FDI from the country.

Azarenka a hit in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – World No 1 female tennis player Victoria Azarenka won the hearts of Vietnamese fans following a charismatic performance in the women's singles event at the Heineken Stars 2012 tennis exhibition

US slams Pakistani minister's filmmaker bounty

 The United States denounced a $100,000 bounty offered by a Pakistani cabinet minister for killing the maker of an anti-Islam film that has triggered a wave of deadly, violent protests.

Flood control looked at from urbanization

  VietNamNet Bridge – The funding for anti-flood projects is said to be incommensurate with the effectiveness from these.

King’s visit to step up VN-Cambodia ties

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamori’s State visit to Vietnam, scheduled to begin on September 24, is hoped to elevate further the two countries’ neighbourliness, traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation.

Tuyen Quang, where the people die because of gold

The residents in Nhat Tan hamlet have sworn that they will never settle on the land near the gold placer areas, because they well understand the tragedies gold digger and their families have to suffer.

With no tax payment grace period, garment companies anticipate a hard lot

If the current regulation on the 275-day tax payment grace period is removed as suggested by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), garment companies would have to arrange 800 million dollars a year to pay tax and only get a tax refund later.

Banking expert denounced of committing plagiarism

Dr Le Tham Duong, Dean of the Business Administration Faculty of the HCM City Banking University, a well-known economist, whose name appears regularly on mass media, has been alleged as committing plagiarism since 2008.

MIC attempts to collect telecom commercial right fee

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is going to collect fees for the commercial right to provide telecom services, which would charge on all telecom and Internet service providers.