High-rise buildings nationwide to undergo fire safety inspections

 High-rise buildings across the country will undergo fire safety inspections this month, Colonel Doan Huu Thang, deputy head of the Department of Fire Prevention and Control, Rescue and Salvage, has said.

Sci-tech Ministry plans $45mil. for training project

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Science and Technology is working out a human resource development project for the 2017-2025 period at a total cost of about VND900 billion (US$40.34 million).

Businesses still suffer even with higher GDP growth rate, low inflation

VietNamNet Bridge - Although the GDP growth rate is high and the inflation rate is low, both people and businesses are facing difficulties, economists say.

Graduates struggle to find employment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of thousands of graduates fail to find jobs and yet businesses say they face a shortage of skilled employees.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 7/11

Sapporo Vietnam turns all Japanese-owned, Nielsen survey reveals consumers trust word-of-mouth advertising, EU invests US$4.3 billion in HCM City, Thai SCB to open branch in Vietnam, CMIT handles many more cargo vessels

Chinese leader Xi Jinping addresses National Assembly session

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of China Xi Jinping on November 6 addressed the 10th session of the 13th National Assembly in Hanoi, highlighting the need to maintain the countries’ time-honoured friendship. 

Tour invites tourists to go through heritage sites in central region

With numerous heritage sites, Vietnam’s central region holds huge potential for tourism development. Taking advantage of this, the ‘Central Heritages Excursion’ tour was established, offering tourists many interesting travel experiences,

VN, Japan to produce drama film

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is working with Japan to produce a movie entitled Khuc Hat Mat Troi (The Sun's Song), which will premiere on Vietnam Television on November 25.

Unemployment continues to rise for university graduates

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the unemployment rates of graduates keep rising, officials are blaming unbalanced training courses and the low quality of graduates.

Budget burden

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government of Vietnam is running a rising budget deficit, which has been in the news. Some government ministers have expressed concern over the budget deficit during the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

VN real estate most attractive regionally

 Vietnam was chosen as the most favored property market in the region at a conference on real estate held in Singapore, out the host city and the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

700-year-old tree in Cat Tien National Park

VietNamNet Bridge – Redwood (Afzelia xylocarpa) trees are on the list of endangered species in need of preservation. The 700-year-old redwood tree in the Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Dong Nai is guarded carefully.

Coldplay reveal 'final' album, A Head Full of Dreams

 Coldplay have revealed their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on 4 December.

Vietnamese cueists to compete in 3-cushion world champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ma Xuan Cuong, Duong Anh Vu and Tran Quyet Chien will represent Vietnam to compete in the 2015 Carom Billiards Three-cushion World Championship, to be held in Bordeaux, France from December 1 to 5.

Destinations that see repeat visitors

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hoi An, Da Nang, Moc Chau, Co To, Ha Giang, Tam Binh and Da Lat are places that travellers like to revisit. 

Parts of Ca Mau dyke demolished, threatens lives

 The dyke in southernmost Ca Mau Province has been demolished in certain spots, and the sea now poses a serious threat to the lives and farms of local residents.

Cafe brings green-filled terrariums to Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – An architecture graduate pursues his passion for creating tiny bowls of life, and teaches others how to do the same - to build terrariums.

SBV bank purchases no burden on State budget

 Though not mentioned prominently in the government’s report to the National Assembly (NA), the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) purchasing banks for a price of VND0 has attracted much attention from delegates at the ongoing NA session.

Vietnam, Italy pledge to reinforce co-operation, ties

 President Truong Tan Sang and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella agreed on a number of measures enhancing the countries' co-operation during talks in Ha Noi yesterday.


President calls for increased Vietnam-China political trust

Vietnam and China need to intensify the building of political trust, boost co-operation, and actively seek appropriate solutions to existing differences, stated President Truong Tan Sang during talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

Italian President pays State visit to Vietnam

 President of Italy Sergio Mattarella is paying an official State visit to Vietnam from November 6-8 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.

Foreign tourists like catching fish with bared hands

 Many people are taking the chance to catch fish bare-handed at a tourism zone in HCMC.

Doctors remove 4kg tumour from woman's abdomen

 Doctors at the cancer hospital in the central Da Nang Province have removed a 4.3kg tumour from the abdomen of a 59-year old woman.

Four years of major restructuring of the banking system

The number of commercial banks cut from 42 to 34 in the last four years when the banking system underwent a restructuring process, considered ‘major surgery’. No bank went bankrupt. 

ASEM dialogue and cooperation should be linked to SDGs

 Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has suggested that dialogues and cooperation among Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) members should be closely connected with sustainable development goals (SDGs).