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BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 11/12

Shell wants to become LNG supplier for PetroVietnam, DHL Express opens its largest service centre in Hanoi, Vietnamese-inspired coffee brand raises $2mn from five funds, Trung Nguyen Legend Capsule unveiled

Overcoming difficulties with determination

Duong Huu Phuc, a third-year student at the Ha Noi University of Business and Technology’s Department of Architecture, carefully draws his homework on a computer in a slum along Nguyen Khoai Street in Hanoi

Social News 11/12

High tide to hit HCMC, Dozens of hydropower projects in Nghe An stopped granting licenses, HCMC to remove 10,000 houses on/along canals by 2020, Nutritional supplements rampantly sold in Vietnam

Next-generation craft villages attract investors

VietNamNet Bridge - The daring business plans in traditional craft villages have attracted billions of dong worth of capital.

Vietnam plans to create its own Facebook-like social network, say experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Facebook remains the social network dominant in Vietnam with 60 million users a month. 


Teacher makes beautiful handbags from instant noodle packs

Le QuocToan, an art teacher at Ly Thuong Kiet Primary & Secondary School in Soc Trang, thought he could make ecologically friendly handbags after visiting a craft village famous for its water hyacinth products.

Shortage of skilled workers continues as universities produce thousands of graduates

VietNamNet Bridge - Studies all show an imbalance between labor market demand and schools’ labor supply.  

Passion helps woman’s start-up dream succeed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Have you ever tried eating tomatoes like other kinds of fruit such as apples or grapes instead of just using it for cooking or making salads?

Real estate to continue growing steadily in 2019

 The local real estate market is projected to continue growing steadily in 2019 following a year of robust economic growth, according to experts at the Vietnam Real Estate Summit 2018, held by property platform batdongsan.com.vn in HCMC last week.

Children with autism being left behind

 VietNamNet Bridge – At the end of November, Nguyen Tai Ph., a four-year-old boy with autism in Truc Ninh District, Nam Dinh Province was found tied to a classroom window as his teacher was unable to control him.

Painting by late artist fetches $11,000 at charity auction

 VietNamNet Bridge – A painting featuring a horse by noted poet Bui Giang (1926-1998) has been sold for US$11,000 at auction to raise funds for the Live to Love Vietnam charity.

Vietnam Tourism launches video contest

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s national tourism board is calling on Vietnamese people to share the best of their cities with international travellers through short amateur videos in a new online campaign titled, ‘#MyVietnam’.

Death threats unable to stop journalists form reporting

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two journalists received death threats earlier this week for reporting on an alleged parking racket at Long Bien Market, the biggest wholesale market in Hanoi.

Disputes crop up as apartment buildings become more popular

 VietNamNet Bridge – Across cities in Vietnam, building high-rise apartments is gaining popularity as urban populations swell while ground space remains limited.

Foreign partners want to “swallow breweries whole’

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 90 percent of the beer market share is now in the hands of the ‘big four’ – Sabeco, Habeco, Heineken and Carlsberg. 

Beauty of Non Nuoc Cao Bang global geopark

 Established in 2015, Non Nuoc Cao Bang in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is the second UNESCO-recognised global geopark in Vietnam.

Vinashin’s former General Director detained

The Investigation Police Agency has started legal proceedings against the temporarily detained former General Director Truong Van Tuyen and Deputy General Director Pham Thanh Son of Vinashin.

State-owned agriculture, forestry farm land needs stricter control

 VietNamNet Bridge – The management of land areas previously allocated to the State-run agriculture and forestry farms needs reviewing to avoid disputes and losses for the State, 

Government News 10/12

Dak Lak advised to develop green, hi-tech agriculture, Cambodian Front delegation visits Mekong Delta province, Senior Party official visits Angola, Japanese Emperor’s 85th birthday celebrated in HCM City

Top legislator’s RoK visit – important milestone in bilateral ties

The official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) made by National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from December 4-7 was described by Korean leaders as an important milestone in the fine Vietnam-RoK relations.

Curbing construction violations in an expanding city

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Van Duc, director of the Ha Noi Department of Construction, talks to the Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the measures to tackle construction violations in the city.

Ancient city to revive gentle manners in tourism

The ancient city of Hoi An has launched a campaign to raise awareness of good-natured behaviour and hospitality among the community, promoting a friendly tourism environment to make the city the most popular destination

Plastics industry has more room for development

 VietNamNet Bridge – The plastics industry with more than 2,000 firms has grown strongly in recent decades, with exports and domestic sales increasing year after year.

Spotted-babylon snails never fail for these farmers in Kien Giang

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tien Hai, an island commune in Kien Giang Province’s Ha Tien City, plans to breed more spotted babylon snails, which are highly valuable.