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Well-known Hollywood director of photography to come to Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - David Worth, a famous American director of photography will teach Vietnamese trainees about techniques and directing art of movie masters in the world, on June 22-24 at Idecaf, HCM City.

Deputies worry over state-owned groups

VietNamNet Bridge – At the meeting on social-economic situation on June 7, National Assembly deputies questioned that after Vinashin and Vinalines, which state-owned groups will have the same fate?

Former employee of AP gets eight years in jail

VietNamNet Bridge – Forging signatures of the former chief representative of the AP bureau in Hanoi to appropriate money, Nguyen Thi Van Huong was sentenced 8 years in jail.

Vietnam has culinary culture ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Vo Quoc, director of the Vietnamese Gastronomy Company, has been selected as the first Vietnamese Culinary Culture Ambassador.

Demand for Apple's iPad 2 remains strong: survey

Demand for Apple's iPad 2 seemed to remain strong in the United States after the company launched a new version of its tablet computer, according to new survey results released on Thursday.

Director David Worth to lecture in VN

VietNamNet Bridge – Acclaimed Hollywood Director of Photography David Worth has accepted the Wisdom House‘s invitation to lecture for Vietnamese students in Ho Chi Minh City from June 22-24.

Nguyen Nhat Anh’s story taught at Russian universities

VietNamNet Bridge – “Co Gai Den Tu Hom Qua” (Girl from Yesterday), a novel by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, has been added to the curriculum of all Vietnamese language faculties at Russian universities.

Vietnam shares experience in job creation

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s primary concern is always job creation, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep at the 101st International Labour Conference in Switzerland on June 7.

MOF re-affirms the leading role of SOEs

VietNamNet Bridge – While economists have called on changing the point of view that state owned enterprises (SOEs) play the leading role in the national economy, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) still keeps the outlook.

Police to help collect health insurance debts

VietNamNet Bridge – Police will be clamping down on social and health insurance dodgers to minimise the increasing amount of debt.

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 8/6

Travel firms launch economy tours; HCM City hotels report room rates down; Da Nang advertises in Hong Kong; Tour company shows off Viet Nam

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 8/6

Vietnamese AO delegation visits the RoK; HCM City to put power cables underground; Discount train tickets to boost bulk buying; Blown out tires, engines plague Vietnam Airlines

U.S. Fed chief warns eurozone debt crisis, fiscal cliff

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday warned that the escalating eurozone debt crisis and the looming U.S. fiscal cliff had posed significant risks to U.S. economic recovery, but gave no explicit hint of massive monetary steps

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 8/6

Laos launches contest on Vietnam-Laos special relations; Writers discuss future of children's literature; Photo contest to highlight beauty, utility of headgear

Internet clip of cheating malpractices under investigation

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked its office in the northern province of Bac Giang to name and verify those people who were involved in the shameful act of cheating during the recent high-school graduation examinations.

Gia Lai defend futsal title

VietNamNet Bridge – Gia Lai have defended their title at the 13th futsal tournament for disadvantaged children, the Viet Capital Bank Cup in HCM City.

Dioxin may cause bizarre skin disease: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – Dioxin must be considered as a possible cause of the unidentified skin syndrome that has affected about 200 people, 23 of whom have died, in central Quang Ngai Province since last year, many experts warned at a seminar.

Vietnam not hide any irregularities relating to Danish-funded projects

Vietnam will not conceal any irregularities relating to three Danish-funded projects and will punish violators strictly, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Viet Thanh.

Assembly backs balanced growth, inflation

VietNamNet Bridge – In a heated discussion broadcast nation-wide, National Assembly deputies yesterday, June 7, called on the Government to maintain a proper balance between inflation and economic growth.

Vietnamese-Australian singer opens music center for kids

VietNamNet Bridge – A music teaching center for children will be opened in HCMC by Vietnamese-Australian singer Thanh Bui, who finished in the Top 8 of Australian Idol 2008, this July.