East Sea: Be careful with China’s “win-win” plot

 VietNamNet would like to introduce the final part of the talks with Dr. Ngo Huu Phuoc, Head of the International Law Faculty of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law.

Legal Advice: What constitutes a legitimate advertisement in Vietnam?

 VietNamNet Bridge - In an imperfectly competitive environment leading to asymmetrical information as today, advertisement is a marketing tactic which plays an important role in the course of existence and development of the majority of enterprises.

Benoit Delhomme on YxineFF jury

 VietNamNet Bridge – French photography director Benoit Delhomme is one of the members of the YxineFF international online short film festival jury this year in International Competition category.

Giant winter melons fail to bring a profit

 Farmers in the central Binh Dinh Province are harvesting their typical winter melon, which is about 10 times larger than the normal size and weight.

China's nine-dotted line: a vague claim

 VietNamNet Bridge – China has made its claim about a nine-dash line that stretches along the coastline of a number of countries in the East Sea, covering up to 80 percent of the sea’s area.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/5

 Mekong Delta targets reduction in post-harvest loss; HCM City-based firms need 20,000 workers in June; Danang luxury real estate projects hit brick wall; PM urges ministries to support enterprises

Vietnamese students struggle in Japan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese students have been struggling with a difficult student life in Japan, as they are abandoned by their overseas study consultancy companies.  

Smartphones pose threat to print media

VietNamNet Bridge – The increasing number of people using smartphones to read online news is making life difficult for print media outlets, heard a recent seminar in Hanoi.

Defending national sovereignty by historical evidence

 Long time ago, the feudal state of Vietnam carried out policies to send people to Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes to affirm its national sovereignty, said the People's Army Newspaper online on May 22.

Programme aims to develop e-commerce

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has recently approved a national programme to develop e-commerce for the 2014-2020 period.

New York festival promotes Vietnam’s cultural heritage

Vietnamese handicraft, cuisine and distinctive culture received great acclaim from visitors to the 6th Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Festival, which opened in New York, the US, on May 25.

Noi Bai Int’l Airport begins screening for MERS

The Hanoi Department of Health is stepping up measures to prevent the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus from entering the country via Noi Bai International Airport.

“Natural toys” of bygone days

VietNamNet Bridge - Catching insects used to be an "elegant" hobby of urban kids but, for a variety of reasons that diversion has largely disappeared.

Vietnam to make banned business sectors known soon

The Government is expected to publish a list of prohibited and conditional business sectors to facilitate implementation of the Enterprise Law whose amendments and supplements will be passed at the ongoing NA session.

Political News Headlines 25/5

 Vietnam hopes Thailand will stabilise situation soon; Prime Minister inspects NA building project progress; Vietnam, Armenia enhance friendship and cooperation; China’s ships prevent Vietnamese vessels from performing duties

Vietnam poised to sue China in court over East Sea tension

 The government is preparing necessary filings to bring China to the International Arbitration Court if China does not withdraw its drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

Kishida's Vietnam visit to focus on maritime security

 Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Vietnam in late June or early July to boost cooperation in ensuring maritime security in the East Sea and East China Sea.

Consumer growth entices franchises

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign franchising will continue to boom in Vietnam as firms eye ways to enter the market.

Weightlifters gear up for ASIAD

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will send five male and four female weightlifting athletes to compete in the upcoming 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4.

Facebook has 25 million users in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 25 million of the 36 million Internet users in Vietnam have Facebook accounts, according to a Danish market research agency.

Officials say China’s fishing ban does not apply to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – China’s recent unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea does not apply to Vietnamese waters, an official said.

Medical opinion could help save rhinos

VietNamNet Bridge – Traditional medicine practitioners can help save rhinos by emphasising that rhino horn cannot cure cancer and offering alternative remedies, including various herbs,

License plates required for electric bikes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Starting June 1, electric bike owners will be required to register their vehicles and get license plates, according to Major Pham Quang Huy, an official from the Ministry of Public Security.

The FDI-driven economy?

 VietNamNet Bridge – “FDI-driven economy” is the phrase used by many economists at recent business forums, meaning that foreign direct investment (FDI) is the major motive power for the national economy.

Experts criticise arts development plan

 Many participants at a recent Ha Noi seminar on the performing arts were not satisfied with a master plan to develop the entertainment industry.