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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.

Strong earthquakes continue in Song Tranh 2, people panic

  VietNamNet Bridge – From the evening of September 22 to noon of September 23, up to six quakes occurred in the area of Song Tranh 2 hydro-power plant in Quang Nam province.

Mobile Vietnam 2012 to highlight new technology

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic and foreign mobile service providers will have a chance to market their products to potential customers via an international exhibition which will take place in Hanoi from October 18-21.

Breeders in Mekong Delta face troubled times

  Seafood, livestock and chicken breeders in the Mekong Delta have never before faced such dire times or been in such crisis situations as at present.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/9

 HCM City hosts international power exhibition; Foreign investment in agriculture sought; Companies to press for sale and purchase of bad debts; Eight-month trade surplus fetches US$134 million

Computer market eyes boost from new school year

 Computer sellers are confident that the start of the new school year will as usual see the computer and laptop market bounce back from a dull second quarter.

QE3 hoped to help boost Vietnam’s exports to the US

“Optimism” is the right word which describes the feeling of the Vietnamese business circle after the US government announced the third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, to stimulate the US economy.

Mice 'rife' in the heart of Saigon

Mice ravaging in residential areas in Ward 15, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City has risen to alarming levels. Rats run around regardless of the day or night. They are not afraid of people and people begin being afraid of mice.