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Man burns 11 relatives

  VietNamNet Bridge – Because he was not allowed to be involved in discussing post-funeral tasks for his grandmother, Pham Viet Cuong, 30, used gas to burn 11 people in his family. At least four died.

"Antiques" and rare books at International Book Fair in Hanoi

  VietNamNet Bridge - Readers can admire printers which were manufactured many decades ago and buy rare and authentic books at 50 percent cheaper than the cover prices.

The second death by brain eating amoeba confirmed

  VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has warned that people should not bathe, swim in dirty ponds and lakes to avoid brain eating amoeba to enter their noses.

Clean Up the World campaign launched

VietNamNet Bridge – The central city of Da Nang gave its Clean Up the World campaign a bumper start on Saturday, with over 5,000 volunteers turning out for the official launch. 

US lodges WTO complaint over China auto subsidies

 The United States stepped up its fight against Chinese exports Monday with a fresh formal complaint at the World Trade Organization against Beijing's subsidies for its automotive industry.

Egypt gets set for millions of new tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dancer gracefully slipped the flags of Viet Nam and Egypt from under his costume and held them up while he continued to rotate in an endless circular dance.

UN General Assembly ends 66th session

 The UN General Assembly concluded its 66th session here on Monday, with its outgoing president saying this General Assembly has stood "strong, active and responsive" to the challenges the world faced in the past year.

Vietnam, Germany boost bilateral ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Germany have agreed on specific measures to develop bilateral relations on par with each country’s potentials and strengths.

Draft Land Law needs revision

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amended Land Law draft attempts to create a provision on fairer land pricing, however, it is too vague to ensure feasibility in practice, agreed members of the National Assembly's Standing Committee yesterday,

Vietnam attends 33rd AIPA General Assembly

Vice National Assembly Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is joining her counterparts from the nine other ASEAN nations at the 33 rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Lombok, Indonesia.

Ho Chi Minh City: A little boy died of brain eating amoeba?

  VietNamNet Bridge – A 6-year-old boy died and was found to have a brain abscess. Medical experts suspect that amoeba is the perpetrator.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 18/9

 PM Dung to visit China; Sang urges military academy to study modern warfare; Vietnam wishes to further ties with Australia; NA Vice Chairwoman receives Danish parliamentary delegation

Chinese fruit samples contain pesticide residues

  VietNamNet Bridge –  Relevant agencies have discovered some samples of fresh plum fruits, pomegranates and grapes imported from China containing pesticide residues that exceed the permitted threshold.

Businesses still looking forward to bailout

VietNamNet Bridge – The information about the solutions, support packages and projects to rescue businesses from sinking has been flooding local newspapers in recent days. However, the bailout still has not reached out to businesses.

Regional cities in tourism deal

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phnom Penh, Vientiane and HCMC on Thursday signed an agreement on tourism cooperation through promoting and connecting tourism products, boosting regional tourism, developing human resources and exchanging students.

Ca Mau managing natural disasters

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 84,000 people in the vulnerable southern Ca Mau province will benefit from a two-year climate change adaption project thanks to provincial Red Cross support.

Tragi-comedy to debut in US

VietNamNet Bridge – A play depicting love, jealousy and betrayal, written by Vu Trong Phung, one of Viet Nam's leading writers in the 1930s, will be staged in California, US today, Sept 18.  

MOET criticized for making light of IT when carrying out education reform

Information technology (IT) firms have repeatedly urged the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and schools to utilize IT solutions in education.

Phuong Uyen withdraws from The Voice, replaced by Hoai Sa

  VietNamNet Bridge - "Phuong Uyen has officially withdrawn from The Voice as a Music Director," said Nguyen Thanh Nhan, an official from the Performing Arts Agency told VietNamNet on September 17.

Vietnam launches first civil pilot training center

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first civil pilot training centre made its debut in Cam Ranh peninsula, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa after sending out the first 23 certified graduates.