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VietNamNet Bridge – New restrictions in HCM City banning the use of brand logos or pictures of products on shop advertisements have stirred concern among shop owners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An international consortium led by an Indian company will on October 28 initial a contract to buy a 70% interest in the Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway project

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sa Pa Market, in the heart of mountainous northern province of Lao Cai, is in full swing by midday. A myriad of colours interwoven into ethnic garb enliven the bustling atmosphere.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more large parks worth hundreds of billions of dong have been established in HCM City, attracting droves of childrens and their parents.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of incidents related to violations of aviation safety and security has surged in January-September against the same period last year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Spanish head coach of the national futsal squad Bruno Formoso has convened 20 players, half of them are young players in preparation for the Futsal Grand Prix 2014 in Brazil

VietNamNet Bridge – Fresh controversy has broken out after authorities in central Quang Binh Province last week allowed a survey project to set up a cable car system connecting many of the caves

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will have to spend VND150 trillion, or nearly US$7.1 billion, repaying for financial aid, short-term loans and domestic borrowings next year,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young golfers from Vietnam will participate in the Kids Golf World Championship 2014 to be held in Johor Baru, Malaysia from December 8 to 12.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hydropower dams expected to be built on the upper course of Mekong pose the biggest threat to the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many people love the traditional Vietnamese ao dai (long dress) look, but few have ever seen how the designs look when combined with beautiful brocades copied from or made by the nation's ethnic people.

VietNamNet Bridge – While iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have quickly become popular in Vietnam, the next-generation iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 have not been selling well.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lecturer at the Vinh Long University of Polytechnic Education has invented a robot that can beat school drums at programmed times.

Foreign-invested projects capitalized at billions of dollars with expected revenue in the billions may enjoy unprecedented investment incentives if the Ministry of Finance’s proposal is approved by the National Assembly.

A new human trafficking section in the Penal Code was drafted to comply with protocol on those crimes laid out in international conventions. Officials spoke about the changes, and if the country will incorporate them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Toyota Classics Concert 2014 will take place at the HCM City Opera House on November 18.

VietNamNet Bridge – Investment from the State budget is falling to a dangerous ratio, menacing the country’s sustainable development, but the Finance Ministry asserted there is no way to raise it as the State coffer is now under siege.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the coast of Da Nang's Son Tra Peninsula, Nguyen Kim Thu, 32, and a 20-member yoga team like to explore the sea on kayak, an increasingly popular tourist activity.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung’s visits to Belgium, the European Union, Germany and the Vatican, as well as his participation in the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit were successful and contributed to deepening the relations between Vietnam and its partners.

 VietNamNet Bridge – German photographer Hans-Peter Grumpe captured images of famous places in Ho Chi Minh City decades ago, such as the US Embassy, Tax Trading Centre, and Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.

While dissolution and bankruptcy both lead to the termination of a company’s activities, their causes, settlement procedures, legal consequences, and liabilities of the proprietor after the two events are very different.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Since for Le Thi Nga "to live is to give," she thought nothing about joining the neighbourhood watch in her fourth quarter in District 1's Cau Kho Ward in 2009.

 Vietnam will celebrate ‘Belarus Cultural Days’ from November 3–7, announced the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 The Ministry of Health has said that after one month implementation of massive free vaccination campaign, more than 4.7 million children nationwide have been injected vaccine against measles and rubella.