Photo exhibition celebrates Cambodia-Viet Nam relationship; National music and dance festival wraps up; Shipyard may be preserved as museum of labour movement; Tokyo to host “Vietnam-Japan Meeting Programme 2012”

 U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with major indexes on track to break a six-week gaining streak, as the latest batch of data painted a gloomy picture for the global economy.

 My first time in Vietnam, and driving in from Hanoi Airport in the gloom of pre-daylight I felt elated, almost like being 20 again and staying out till dawn.

 Wrongdoings at Vinalines and the appointment of its former chairman Duong Chi Dung topped the Q&A session on August 22 for chief inspector of the Government Inspectorate, Huynh Phong Tranh.

 The Goethe Institute will host the third German Film Festival from September 6 to October 4 with over 70 screens featuring ten current German movies in Hanoi, Haiphong, Hue, Danang, HCMC and Nha Trang.

 The ramp of a multimillion-dollar bridge in northeast China collapsed early Friday morning, sending four trucks falling 30 meters to the ground, killing three people and injuring five.

 After the success of the first season, Cap doi hoan hao, the Vietnamese version of BBC’s popular reality show Just the two of us will return for the new season in October.

 A new project on providing capacity support for the government officials in the implementation of the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy is being signed on August 22 at an official ceremony in Hanoi

 Tran Van Khe, the grand old master of traditional Vietnamese music, has opened a private library at his home on 32 Huynh Dinh Hai Street in Binh Thanh District in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Her World fashion magazine has launched a design contest for the Spring-Summer 2012-13 season, themed “The Game of Light”.      

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and Cambodian lawmakers yesterday, Aug 23, held a conference in HCM City to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties and discuss closer co-operation between the two bodies.

TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network has released a report, saying that Vietnam stimulates the rhino horn trade. Meanwhile, Vietnam has denied accusation.

Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam’s top badminton player and the top seed of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open, defeated his Malaysian rival - Mohammad Arif Abdul Latif 2-0, to enter the quarter-final round on the evening of August 23.

 Vietnam, Germany promote strategic partnership; August revolution, National Day marked in Russia; National Assembly to help Laos organise major forums; Deputy PM to visit Switzerland, Bulgaria

In the past, inbound VoIP service providing was considered the goose that laid golden eggs because it brought fat profit to telecom groups. However, the market has been devastated by the groups themselves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Low awareness and a lack of inspections are leading to rampant and illegal trading of harmful food additives in Viet Nam.

 Thailand joined hands with the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Bangkok to hold a seminar on East Sea disputes on August 23, in an effort to demonstrate its role as ASEAN-China relations coordinator in the new term.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Ms. Tran Thi An has had to lie on her stomach for many years because of an over-10kg tumor on her buttocks.

The three companies set up by Nguyen Duc Kien do not have the functions relating to finance investments, but the legal status of the companies could still be exploited by Kien to issue bonds and making finance investments.

Though the capital shortage has been eased, and it is now easier to seek capital from the interbank market or from the public, some commercial banks still accept to pay alot to attract more deposits.