Ha Noi to open six more pedestrian zones

 The Ha Noi People's Committee discussed extending walking space in Hoan Kiem District on Tuesday.

Locals duped by power plant promises

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities and residents living nearby hydro-electricity power dams in the Central region are bemoaning the negative impacts on their livelihood as power plants are failing to comply with their contractual commitments.

Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap

Vo Nguyen Giap, the legendary general of Vietnamese people passed away on October 4, 2013. Here are articles about the great general on VietNamNet Bridge.

Catching locusts, earning million dong a day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Catching locusts has become a lucrative job of many farmers in Quynh Luu district in Nghe An province.

Thesis market held in the open air

 VietNamNet Bridge – Theses can be bought easily in Vietnam as there are numerous thesis suppliers, and at “reasonable” prices.

Vietnam to restructure agriculture and profit farmers: Minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – The restructuring of Vietnam’s agricultural activities would aim at getting the most benefits and the highest profits for farmers-- one official has said.

Secretive power behind bank merger, aircraft deals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Just within one day, two big deals, each of which was worth billions of dollars, were made. And both of them related to one big conglomerate - Savico.

Free special concert to be held in Hanoi and HCMC

 VietNamNet Bridge – A free special concert titled ‘Les Sieste Électroiques’ (The Electronic Naps) will be held at Tao Dan Park in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 and Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi on October 19.

VN food contributes to creating friendship in Australia

VietNamNet Bridge – Two overseas Vietnamese women have opened their restaurants in the south of Australia introducing Vietnamese culture and traditional food to international friends. Report by the Voice of Vietnam Radio.

White mustard flower season in Moc Chau

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Moc Chau prairie in the late fall days are immersed in a fairy space with immense white mustard flowers in floating morning mist, green tea fields or brilliant wild sunflowers and poinsettias.

Danang gets street smart, thanks to IBM

 VietNamNet Bridge – These solutions, based on cloud computing, help make the central Danang City’s operations more efficient.

Legendary General Giap passes away

 VietNamNet Bridge - General Vo Nguyen Giap, former Commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People’s Army, passed away in Hanoi on October 4 at the age of 103.

Vietnamese prefer iPhone 5 than IPhone 5C

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is quite a surprise that iPhone 5, which hit the market last year, not iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C, the latest models of Apple, is the best seller in Vietnam.

Few State agencies use online services

VietNamNet Bridge – Although the annual cost of sending and receiving files at State agencies is over VND130 billion, only six ministries, government agencies and provinces are using electronic services,

Gov’t confirms higher budget deficit plan

VietNamNet Bridge – More capital will be pumped into the economy in the rest of this year, as the State Bank of Vietnam said it would seek to loosen both budgetary and monetary policies to outcast the gloomy cloud over the local economy.

Warmer oceans may up mercury levels in fish: study

 Rising ocean surface temperatures caused by climate change could make fish accumulate more mercury, increasing the health risk to people who eat seafood, U.S. researchers said Thursday.

Vietnam’s 2012 Justice Index released

 Vietnam's first-ever justice index was released yesterday, casting light on citizens' feelings towards the country's judicial procedures.

Miss Global arrives in HCM City

 The 2013 Miss Global Emily Kiss and runners-up Joanna Hill and Emilia Zoryan have arrived in HCM City at the invitation of super model Vu Ha Anh and Caravelle Saigon Hotel.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/10

 NFSC assesses Jan-Sep economic performance; Local book company among top 500 Asia-Pacific retailers; Tuna exports to ASEAN surge; Vietnam has trade surplus with Germany

Samsung to invest $1.2b in electronics plant

 VietNamNet Bridge – Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam (SEMV) Co Ltd on Wednesday received a licence from authorities in the northern province of Thai Nguyen to invest US$1.2 billion in electronics production.

MobiFone equitization plan moves on

 VietNamNet Bridge – The plan to equitize Vietnam Mobile Telecom Service Company, the operator of MobiFone network, will proceed after a long pause, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang.

Foreign ship in distress near Ly Son Island

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 4am this morning, 60 border guards of Quang Ngai Province were mobilized to rescue a Panama cargo ship which was stranded at the sea of Ly Son Island, with two large holes in the body.

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh gets a card to world finals

Vietnam’s best female gymnast, Phan Thi Ha Thanh scored the highest point ever in the women’s single vault event and got a ticket to the finals at the World Championships in Antwerp (Belgium) tomorrow night, October 5.

Failure to raise U.S. debt ceiling will affect global economy: IMF chief

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief warned Thursday that if U.S. Congress failed to raise the government's borrowing authority, it would seriously damage both the U.S. economy and the global economy,

Three dishes of Hanoi honored as top Asian cuisines

 VietNamNet Bridge - Pho, bun cha and bun thang will be honored at the Tourism festival of traditional villages of Hanoi and the Red River Delta provinces in Hanoi from October 8 to 12.