Organ transplants: 'Supercooling' keeps organs fresh

 A new technique can preserve organs for days before transplanting them, US researchers claim.

Signs and billboards of the economic times

 VietNamNet Bridge – These are hard times for the outdoor advertising industry. Revenue from outdoor advertisements has decreased dramatically. Billboards which once flicker nightly now remain dark and quiescent in both day and night.

News laws shut the doors to foreign buyers of bad debt

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s recently amended bankruptcy and real estate business laws are acting at cross-purposes with the country's need to sell off its massive bad debts.

Supply of fresh finance graduates far exceeding demand

 VietNamNet Bridge – Business schools are the targets of many  [ Vietnamese students, who believe that the finance & banking sector can offer better job opportunities. But they are wrong.

Pictures: North-South railway threatened by landslide

Serious landslides along the Lam River in the central province of Nghe An pose a major threat to the safety of more than 40 north-south trains that pass this section every day, particularly during storm and flood seasons.

Hanoi determined to have five urban railway routes by 2020

 VietNamNet Bridge – From now through 2020, Hanoi will have a new urban railway route each year, and the Cat Linh - Ha Dong route is expected to be completed first, in 2016.

Quang Ngai fishermen find 800-year antiques

VietNamNet Bridge - Fishermen in the village of Binh Chau, Quang Ngai province, have found many precious artifacts allegedly 800 years old near a 700-year-old sunken ship that was excavated in 2013.

Nguyen Anh Khoi wins at Asian chess championship

 Nguyen Anh Khoi, former world U10 championship won a gold medal at the blitz event in the U12 category at the Asian Youth Chess Championship held in Uzbekistan on June 28.

India building collapse: 'Scores trapped' in Chennai

 More than 100 people are still feared trapped after a building collapsed in southern India, an official has said.

German scholar rebukes ‘Chinese dream’ in East Sea

VietNamNet Bridge – Dr Gerhard Will from the Berlin-based German Institute for International and Security Affairs has warned that China will find it difficult to realize its so-called “Chinese dream” because the scheme it contradicts

Bluechips lead nationwide gains

 Shares advanced last week, boosted by large-cap stocks on both national stock exchanges.

Vietnam considers self-certification of origin policy

Vietnamese enterprises may soon be allowed to certify the origin of goods themselves and be responsible for the certification, as the Ministry of Industry and Trade is considering implementing the self-certification of origin mechanism.

Important data on East Sea safe

 VietNamNet Bridge – Network security experts are concerned that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment might have lost important data on Vietnam’s economic secrets, national development strategies and research results about the East Sea

Chinese vessels keep hindering Vietnamese ships

 Chinese vessels on June 29 were arranged in two rows to prevent Vietnamese law enforcement ships from approaching the area where the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegal standing. 

Vietnam lauded for stellar performance as ASEAN president

 Vietnam Ambassador Le Huy Hoang has performed the role as Chair of ASEAN Pretoria Council (APC) in an exemplary manner.

Le Cong Kieu Antique Street

 VietNamNet Bridge - For a long time, the street of Le Cong Kieu, which is located behind Ham Nghi Road, has been known as the only one in Ho Chi Minh City selling various kinds of antiques.

The dangers of an ascendant China

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is incumbent on Southeast Asian countries to be stronger and more self-confident in the face of a rising China.

Legal Advice: Can an enterprise be headquartered in a condominium in VN?

According to provisions of law, corporations are not eligible to be headquartered in condominiums used for a residential purpose. However in certain cases, enterprises may base their head offices in apartment buildings with mixed-use purposes.

Reservoir control to benefit millions in central region

 More than 1.7 million people and thousands of hectares of rice in the central province of Quang Nam and Da Nang city will soon be protected from heavy flood and drought damage.

Five laws to take effect in July

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Laws on Land, Anti-Wastefulness, Bidding, Reception of Citizens and Anti-Fire will come into effect since July 1, 2014.

Station 3A, a new rendezvous for Saigonese

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nha ga 3A (Station 3A), a complex of entertainment and contemporary art facilities in HCMC’s District 1, has emerged as a new destination for people, especially youths to hang around.

Vietnamese-American designer to judge Project Runway contest

Fashion designer Tran Quoc Dung will return to Viet Nam and join three other judges of the reality show Project Runway.

Saigon as seen from the city’s “roof”

 VietNamNet Bridge - Phil Veinott – an American blogger living in HCM City – shared beautiful photos of Saigon taken from the city’s tallest building - Bitexco Financial - on his Facebook.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 30/6

 Hi-tech support industry: high demand, limited supply; One-to-one deal touted for renewables; Disbursements of VND30-trillion home loan package meager; Tech renovations urged to reduce reliance on China; Singapore leads foreign investment in HCM City

An Austrian's love for Viet Nam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Tri Thuc Publishing House and the Austrian Embassy in Ha Noi on June 6 released the Vietnamese version of a book by Austrian author Ernst Frey.