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Job centers make a living out of students’ poverty

A job center in Hanoi’s Tu Liem District which has been the target of numerous complaints from students The year-end holiday season is a time when some people start looking for work, particularly students who are looking to meet part of their tuition and daily expenses. In major cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi... Read more

Businesses need support to ride out stagnation

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a national conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 to implement the National Assembly resolution on socio-economic development tasks set for 2009. VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a national conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 to implement the National Assembly... Read more

City efforts to move out polluting enterprises mired in delays

VietNamNet Bridge - A tenth of the 1,402 enterprises identified as causing pollution in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to move out of the city or clean up their act, the Economy and Budget Committee of the city People’s Council has said. VietNamNet Bridge - A tenth of the 1,402 enterprises identified as causing pollution in Ho Chi Minh City have yet to move... Read more

Japan recession deepens, Ireland bails out banks

A businessman passes the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo December 19, 2008. Japan warned Monday it was sliding deeper into recession after exports and business sentiment tumbled, while Ireland became the latest nation to pump cash into banks crippled by the worst financial crisis in 80 years. The world’s... Read more

Lula rules out possibility of running for 3rd presidential term

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he will not compete for a third term in the 2010 election. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he addresses a news conference during at a summit of leaders from Latin American and Caribbean nations in Costa do Sauipe Dec. 17, 2008. Lula has said he will not compete for a third... Read more

More overseas Vietnamese players to try out at U22 team

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides brothers Emil and Patrick Le Giang, eight other young overseas Vietnamese footballers will also try out with the U22 national football squad. Emil Le Giang This morning, the chief coach of the U22 squad, Mai Duc Chung, tested Ngo Tuan Anh, from the U20 Dresden squad. Tuan Anh, 20, left Vietnam for Germany when he was a child,... Read more

U22 Vietnam to try out EUR 1 million striker

VietNamNet Bridge – Emil Le Giang, a player of the U17 Slovakia football team and his younger brother Patrick, (goalkeeper of U17 Slovakia) expressed a wish to play for the Vietnamese national team. Emil Le Giang According to initial plans, the two brothers, whose father is Vietnamese, would return to Vietnam on December 17-18 to try out for the U22... Read more

The big day out

VietNamNet Bridge - Thanh Tung looks at how traditional weddings differ from the north to the south of the country. VietNamNet Bridge - Thanh Tung looks at how traditional weddings differ from the north to the south of the country. The protocol for engagement parties and weddings for Kinh people, the country’s largest ethnic group, differs throughout the... Read more

Born out of tragedy

Tran Thi Xuyen (C), a 13-year-old girl in Phu Yen Province, had a tragic birth after her father cut open her pregnant mother. The girl is shown here with her grandmother (L) and her adopted mother (R). Thirteen years ago, a desperate father delivered his child by cutting open his wife. Today, the young teen is thriving despite... Read more

Survey: four out of 10 Vietnamese surf internet weekly

VietNamNet Bridge – Four out of every 10 Vietnamese people surf the Internet at least once a week and the rate is 8/10 among those aged between 15 and 24, according to a survey conducted by Cimigo, a leading multi-national research company. The survey found that the interviewed spent 2.5 to 3 hours on internet on average for each log-in as 91 percent of... Read more

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