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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF19/7

Literature, arts magazine debuts; Tre publisher launches digital bookstore; Ha Noi Pub Quizzers mount competition; Free Vietnamese lessons at Puku Cafe

Transparency needed in international education cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – International cooperation in tertiary and post-graduate education has become a common trend in Vietnam and neighbouring countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 19/7

Nelson Mandela Day marked in Vietnam; Procuracy pays $10,500 damage to wrongly jailed woman; Copperhead snakes discovered on bus; Explosives ring busted by border guards

Social protection system ineffective for farmers

VietNamNet Bridge – Reducing expenses and borrowing money from relatives were key measures employed by small-scale farmers to cope with natural disasters and illnesses.

Chinese products dominating Vietnamese traditional craft villages (part 2)

Bat Trang pottery, Ha Dong silk craft villages have been flooded with Chinese goods. Meanwhile, the Dong Ho painting village not only has lost its traditional career, but lost its name as well.

VFF Chair Nguyen Trong Hy wants to resign

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation’s (VFF) Vice Chair Le Hung Dung recently disclosed that VFF Chair Nguyen Trong Hy wanted to step down.

Vietnam-Laos relations in pictures

VietNamNet Bridge - A photo exhibition capturing the steadfast solidarity and comprehensive co-operation between Vietnam and Laos over the last 50 years opened in HCM City on July 17.

300-year-old Buddhist temple burnt down

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoi Son temple in HCM City was reduced to ashes on the evening of July 17. The loss is invaluable, said the temple’s manager, Reverand Thich Thien Hao.

Vietnamese disabled athletes leave for Paralympics 2012

VietNamNet Bridge – After the Vietnamese sports delegation went to the UK for the Olympics last week, the delegation of disabled athletes organized a launching ceremony to the Paralympic Games in HCM City yesterday, July 18.

Elderly man takes knife to visual pollution

Seventy-year-old Nguyen Van Minh walks slowly along Ha Noi's two-kilometre-long Nguyen Trai Street with an old knife in his hand. Every now and then, he pauses, using the knife to remove illegal advertising flyers

Consumers do not know their rights

VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve months after a law on protecting consumer rights was put into operation, few people had a good understanding of what it is – or even knew that it existed, a workshop was told yesterday, July 18.

Spratly sovereignty steles to be recognized as national relics

VietNamNet Bridge – Khanh Hoa province has proposed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize sovereignty steles on Truong Sa (Spratly) Island District as national relics.

Culture can help drive economic growth

VietNamNet Bridge – Culture was a tool that could be used for the growth of a nation's economy, two foreign researchers from UNESCO said here yesterday, July 18.

Vietnam, RoK supreme courts enhance cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam wants the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to continue to share experience and provide assistance to the country’s court sector in the coming time.

Islamic Cham people celebrate Ramuwan new year

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic Cham Bani people living in the central province of Binh Thuan began celebrations to welcome their new year with the traditional Ramuwan festival, which started on Wednesday.

Queer hobbies of rich people

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic crisis does not make Vietnamese rich men to forget their luxurious and strange hobbies. They still spend money in the hobbies that were perhaps for kings in the past.

U.S. agriculture suffers worst drought in 25 years: secretary

U.S. farming heartland had been suffering from the worst drought in 25 years, Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday, after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss a response to the disaster.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 19/7

VN women's volleyball team progresses to semis at VTV Cup; Vinh Phuc top teen shooting comp; VN Airlines team take futsal title

Cracks detected at Ho Ho Hydropower Plant

The aftermath of a floodgate malfunction in October, 2010 at Ho Ho Power Plant in Ha Tinh Province has not been fully dealt with, and cracks have recently been detected in the dam.

Cuong wins fourth stage of tour

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Cuong of Ha Noi claimed his first win in the Return to Truong Son cycling tournament after finishing first in the 149km fourth stage from Ha Tinh City to Dong Hoi City.