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China’s sovereign claims in East Sea groundless: int’l scholars

 International scholars have affirmed that there is no legal foundation for China’s declaration of sovereignty over almost all of the East Sea area and that its U-shaped line is unreasonable.

How to deal with state owned banks’ bad debts?

Banks themselves would meet big difficulties in dealing with their bad debts if there is no reasonable mechanism for the process.

Serious principle violations found in joint training programs

Government inspectors have discovered that 46.5 percent of the programs under the mode of in-service training were run without the permission of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

High income earners also have to live in pollution

Spending billions of dong to buy villas at high grade residential quarters, but thousands of households at five residential quarters in districts 8 and Binh Chanh in HCM City still have to live in serious pollution.

U.S. FDA approves new obesity drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Belviq to treat obesity, making it the first new weight-loss drug in 13 years.

Love stories between mountain girls and western men

After tours to Kon Tum province, in central Vietnam, western men experienced the real life of ethnic minority people here. Some of them fell in love with mountain girls who are honest and plain and became ‘foreign sons-in-law.’

VNPT, Viettel denounced of colluding to raise telecom circuit leasing charges

Small mobile network operators have voiced the same complaint that they are facing the bad consequences caused by the monopoly in the market, which has appeared after Viettel and VNPT joined hands to raise telecom circuit leasing charges.

Try the highlands flavor of snow Shan tea

Suoi Giang Commune in the mountainous northwest area not only wins the hearts of tourists with its fresh atmosphere, pan-pipes and flute sounds of H’mong people but also with the specialty snow Shan tea.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/6

BIDV delays listing debut over market woes; 24 top European wine companies to arrive in Vietnam; Export turnover to Spain increases sharply; Export values rise in farming, forestry, fishing; Foreign-invested firms may get recognition for exports

Stage set for open power market

Preparatory work on the formation of a competitive power-generation market will be completed by the end of this week when the plan will be announced, said Pham Le Thanh, general director of Viet Nam Electricity Group (EVN).

Hollande, Merkel meet to solve eurozone crisis ahead of crucial EU summit

French President Francois Hollande and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel met here on Wednesday evening in a new attempt to bridge rift and hammer out concrete tools to solve the debt crisis as Europe is on edge.

In pictures: The first motor racing champs in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Motor Club Prix 2012 tournament, the first of its kind in Vietnam, took place in the central city of Da nang on June 24.

Woman arrested for selling three girls to China

VietNamNet Bridge – Police of Hanoi and the southern province of Kien Giang have rescued three girls from being sold to China. Le My Han, 30, from Kien Giang, was arrested.

Google unveils small-screen tablet Nexus 7

Google on Wednesday introduced a 7-inch tablet called Nexus 7 with the support of the latest version of its Android mobile operating system.

Businesses urged to change accounting year to ease pressure on auditors

The new regulation that listed companies have to submit half-year finance reports with auditors’ review has put a hard pressure on auditing firms, which have to take too many jobs in the high auditing season.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/6

Industrial zone locals seek $1m damages; Man apprehended for trafficking woman; ‘HCM City Days’ opens in Vientiane; Yen Bai has plans to reduce drownings

Two men arrested with illegal animal parts

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Dao ethnic minority men have been arrested for transporting protected wild animal products from Nam Nung nature reserve.

Lao leaders welcome HCM City delegation

VietNamNet Bridge – Lao Party General Secretary and President Chummaly Sayasone and Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong received Secretary of HCM City's Party Committee Le Thanh Hai in Vientiane yesterday, June 27.

1-month countdown marked by Olympic rings above Thames and opening of media center

A set of giant Olympic rings were lowered over River Thames, the media center welcomed its first batch of users and an official song was released on Wednesday, one month prior to the London Olympic Games.

Vietnamese representatives at Olympic torch relay

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan and International Grand Master of chess Le Quang Liem participated in the Olympic torch relay ceremony in Manchester city on June 21-26.