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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 28/2
27/02/2011 05:00
Diplomats receive cultural lesson during field trip to pagoda Foreign ambassadors to Viet Nam are helped to gain more understanding about the host country’s Buddhism and culture through a visit to the Phat Tich Pagoda in the northern province...
Ladies and gambling tragedies
27/02/2011 05:00
Thousands of Vietnamese women have become familiar clients of casinos along the Vietnam-Cambodia border. There are 14 casinos in Cambodia, which are located very near from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. Up to half of them (Winn, Le Macao, Chateau, Las...
Creater of ethnic language software hailed
26/02/2011 05:00
Engineer Tran Thanh Binh often had second thoughts about building his typing software for ethnic languages, code-named Vnkey. It was four hard years of studying and collecting and collating in mountain village and universities....
Brakish water spells bad news for Delta
26/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Salt water intrusion in coastal provinces in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has occurred earlier this year than previous years, affecting thousands of ha of rice. Salt water intrusion had already penetrated 30km inland in Ben Tre...
New fish species found in Mekong River basin
25/02/2011 05:00
The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) of Japan on February 24 confirmed a total of 540 fish species, including numerous new species, in the Mekong River and Chao Phraya basin region. The tally...
The origin of Hanoi’s legendary turtle
25/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The old turtle from Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake is famous but not many know about his origin. Dr. Ha Dinh Duc, who has researched the old turtle for 20 years, said that recently a foreign expert has asked for his documents and the...
Brewers add fizz to beer market
25/02/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s beer market has seen exceptional growth in the past years with major brewers sharply expanding production. The Vietnam Brewery Limited (VBL), brewer of diverse beer brands such as Heineken, Fosters, Tiger and Larue...