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Last Updated: Friday, 20 November, 2009, 23:40 (GMT+7)

PM reports on Govt’s work, questioned on anti-corruption effort

A lively Q&A session developed as the PM replied to queries by deputies on November 19 after he read a 90-minute report on the Government’s work. Initial questions focused on anti-corruption work.

POLITICS
Many state-owned groups to be inspected in 2010

Large state-owned groups and projects, four ministries and five provinces and cities will be inspected next year, said the government’s vice chief inspector Mai Quoc Binh.

President receives US ex-president Carter
POLITICS IN BRIEF 19/11
BUSINESS
Meat shortages for Tet?

VietNamNet Bridge  Farmers quitting the industry over high feed costs may mean future meat shortages.

Farmers’ Union complains it is being ignored on rice export policy
Bank’s “asset management fee” unreasonable says customer
INTERNATIONAL
Ukrainian, Georgian leaders pledge to strengthen bilateral ties

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkoon Thursday met here with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili, pledging to further enhance bilateral relations and cooperation.

WHO reemphasizes safety of A/H1N1 flu vaccine
Israeli airplanes raid Gaza after rocket attacks
SOCIAL
Rickety bridges in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – The southern metropolis of HCM City currently has more than 50 weak bridges. Many are very old and need to be repaired or replaced.

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
Ha Noi to enforce height restrictions
EDUCATION
Redrawing the academic map

VietNamNet Bridge – Some urban planners believe that the fast-growing system of higher education needs to be freed of too much central planning.

University towns still an unfulfilled dream
Vietnamese Teachers’ Day celebrated
SCI-TECH-ENVIRONMENT
Evidence of one-horn rhino in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) used two dogs, brought to Vietnam from the US, to help seek the rare one-horn rhino in forests in southern Vietnam.

Vote for the Earth!
Freedom sought for bile-farm bears
CULTURE
Who will host the Miss Vietnam 2010 pageant?

VietNamNet Bridge – The Performance Art Agency has received applications to host the Miss Vietnam 2010 beauty contests from the Tien Phong newspaper and the US-based RAAS Group.

Quang Nam Tourism and Culture Week opens in Hanoi
Star World finalizes Vietnam clip for Mrs. World
TRAVEL
Chopper way to see the bay

VietNamNet BridgeIt’s a nice day for tourist guide Nguyen Manh Cuong and his 11-strong group of visitors when they travelled Ha Long Bay by chartered helicopter.

Vietnam tourism advertised on French TV
TRAVEL IN BRIEF 20/11
SPORTS
Le Quang Liem to attend World Chess Champs 2009

VietNamNet Bridge – Grand master Le Quang Liem is Vietnam’s only representative in the upcomingWorld Chess Championship 2009.

German expert to help Vietnam’s track-and-field
One Vietnamese nationalized footballer at a time in V League
ENTERTAINMENT
Ngo Luc and Body Art 2 wakes up “motionless dummies”

VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Luc and his models recently presented an inspirational party of body art at La Cantine in HCM City, the Body Art 2 show.

Caricature show chance to laugh, reflect
Japanese drum, robot show to come to Hanoi
HEALTH
Hanoi: two more die of dengue fever

VietNamNet Bridge – Dengue fever has killed two more patients in Hanoi, reported the Hanoi Department of Health on November 19.

HCM City leaders eye food safety
HCM City okays scheme to modernize hospitals
IT - TELECOM
Largest IT exhibition opens in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – One of the largest events in the year in the field of information technology, telecommunications and communications, was opened in Hanoi on November 19.

New rules for online games in the pipeline
Open source software to be “almost compulsory” in schools
China’s Ambassador says peace and mutual trust key to solving differences

During an online interview on VietNamNet, the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam emphasized that trust and peaceful negotiations are the foundation for solving ‘matters left by history.’  

Women workers and their sad love affairs

Hydro-power project to damage nature reserve


LIFE IN VIETNAM

Photos that beautify life

“They have lived in that way” is not simply a photo exhibition. Many people agreed with Nguyen Tan Tai, 79, that “These are lessons for life. Each photo and each character is a lesson.”

American audience touched by “Don’t Burn”
HCMC’s ‘House of Dwarves,’ the story of a real ‘Snow White’
WHAT'S ON

What’s On Nov 16-22

VietNamNet Bridge - Weekly exhibition, performance, cinema and dining out information at your fingertips. Plus a list of local festival of the month: time, locations and attraction.

What’s On Nov 9-15
What’s On Nov 2-8

PHOTOGALLERY
Hanoi and Saigon in Halloween
Ninh Thuan hosts largest ever Cham festival
Gong groups groom for festival