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After Tram Gian temple, another national relic is harmed

  VietNamNet Bridge - While the case of Tram Gian temple has still not settled down, another national relic in Hanoi - Tram Pagoda in Chuong My district, is also blatantly harmed.

HCM City: Special surgery to remove a giant tumor from heart

  VietNamNet Bridge - On November 12, the Vu Anh International Hospital in HCM City performed a successful surgery to remove a big tumor from the mediastinal heart of a 19-year-old girl.

Nghe An: Fishermen catch a pair of giant sunfish

On September 11, while fishing in the waters off the Gulf of Tonkin, Vu Xuan Trong and the crew members were stunned when seeing a huge fish in their net. The fish has a length of 2.4 m, a width of 1.5 m and a weight of more than 300kg.

Telcos warn telecom market marching toward the monopoly

The recent happenings in the telecom market recently have raised the worries that the monopoly would return and frustrate the current competitive market.

Japanese Ethoxyquin barrier keeps Vietnamese shrimp outside

Vietnam now faces the risk of losing Japan as the biggest shrimp export market, because the importer requires very low Ethoxyquin content in shrimp products.

Vietnam trains seamen for Nigeria

 VietNamNet Bridge – One hundred Nigerians are attending a one-year sailor training course at Bach Nghe College in the northern port city of Hai Phong, which started in early August.

150 households at a tenement in Hanoi use arsenic water for years

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 150 households at a tenement in Hanoi were shocked after they learnt that the water they have used in the past several years has been tested containing extremely high contents of deadly arsenic.

Five Vietnamese to become FIFA referees next year

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation's Referee Department has registered five people to become FIFA referees for the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) season.

Bindweed menaces Son Tra nature reserves

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Tra nature reserves are exposed to high risks of being occupied by bindweed as shown in photos of Son Tra Peninsula taken by Landsat satellite of the United States Nature Museum on July 11,

Danang fireworks contest now biennially

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Danang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC) will be held biennially instead of every 12 months, according to a decision by Nguyen Ba Thanh, Danang City’s party committee secretary,

PM calls for social contribution to create jobs for disabled people

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently approved a project to assist 250,000 physically impaired workers to receive vocational training and be provided with suitable jobs by 2015,

Nghe An: Warning given to commune chair who embezzled $7,000

  VietNamNet Bridge  - The beneficiaries died but some commune officials still named them in the list of social benefits to embezzled more than VND140 million ($7,000).

First News withdraws comic books ‘Why’

During a press briefing to release two episodes of comic book Why on Wednesday at Express Cafe in HCMC’s District 1, Tri Viet-First News Company and Dai Viet Global Joint Stock Company controversially withdrew the publications

VN’s tax-sourced budget collection rate is mean

 According to a UNDP-funded economic report, Viet Nam’s fee and tax rates against GDP are 1.4-3 times higher than other countries in the region.

Vietnam, Japan hold friendship music concert

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam – Japan Friendship Association (VJFA) and the Japan – Vietnam Peace and Friendship Promotion Council hosted a friendship music concert in Hanoi on Sept. 15.

German leader deepens trade ties

  On the occasion of his official working visit to Vietnam on September 17-19, 2012 German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology Philipp Rosler said this visit was to sharpen the two nations’ bilateral investment and trade ties.

Vietnam placed fourth in Asian Women’s Volleyball Champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese women were defeated 0-3 by their hosts Kazakhstan, ranking fourth in the 2012 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championships on September 16.

Localities still make half-hearted swimming lesson efforts

 Vietnamese child mortality rates from drowning rank second after traffic accidents in terms of overall fatalities, but local authorities nationwide still lack specific plans to teach children how to swim.

Blood festival attracts 3,000 donors

VietNamNet Bridge – About 3,000 people have registered to donate blood at an annual autumn festival which was launched in Hanoi on September 16.

Over 81,000 with diatetes worldwide treated with Cuban drug Heberprot-P

Over 81,000 people with diabetes from 20 countries have been treated with the Cuba-developed drug Heberprot-P.