Vietnamese favor super-expensive mobile phones

 VietNamNet Bridge – Having super-expensive mobile phone collections is the hobby of the rich. Many people now can afford the mobile phones worth a fortune.

Fishery museum saves aquatic creatures for future

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of aquatic creatures of the Dong Nai River is on display at the Dong Nai Museum. This is an original collection of the endemic aquatic creatures which have been collected over the last seven years.

Minimum wage increase decision makes businesses dumbstruck

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Wage Council has agreed to the plan on raising the regional minimum wage from 2014 by VND250,000-400,000, or 15-17 percent. This has caused a big headache to both businesses and workers.

ATM transactions bring tens of billions of dong to banks

VietNamNet Bridge – Card holders have got with 17 kinds of fees charged by commercial banks, while the fees have been increasing rapidly.

First graders also run a race for high posts

VietNamNet Bridge – The parents who have children going to primary schools in HCM City have been trying to “go through back doors” angle for high positions in the classes for their children.

Sea tourism attracts visitors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local sea tourism has attracted many visitors, foreign and local alike, with up to 70-75% of international travelers and 50% of local tourists choosing coastal regions as destinations,

Opinion divided on benefits of Baby dips

 Swimming courses for babies and toddlers are making a splash at the moment as more and more parents are sending their babies and toddlers to swimming classes.

Viet Nam has no film to compete at upcoming Oscar

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will not send any films to compete in the Best Foreign Language Film Category at the 86th Academy Awards next March in Los Angeles.

The morning in Thien Cam

 VietNamNet Bridge - 20 km from Ha Tinh to the southeast, Thien Cam beach has unspoiled beauty with the shape of a dan cam (musical instrument). A morning like any day on this idyllic land.

The most famous family run economic groups in Vietnam

Though the family run business model remains controversial, the influences of the famous family run conglomerates to the national economy in the past and at present are undeniable.

Four basilicas in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Of around 6,000 churches across Vietnam, there are four basilicas in the provinces of Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Quang Tri and HCM City.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/9

 Motorshow 2013 to be launched in HCM City; Vietnam,Turkey aim for US$3 billion trade turnover by 2015; Farmers apprehensive before new sugarcane season

Vietnamese border guards rescue 19 Cambodians in flood

When the soldiers arrived, nearly twenty Cambodian people were sitting on the roof of the highest house. Many women and children were crying and screaming from cold and fear while flood water was rising, gradually swallowing everything.

Da Lat to launch Culture-Tourism Week

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 2013 Culture and Tourism Week will take place in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat, Lam Dong Province from September 27–31.

Vietnamese securities investors feel worried on delisting wave

A lot of businesses have been forced to delist because they did not expose information.

Quinvaxem vaccine returns after five months of suspension

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Chief of the Preventive Medicine Agency – Mr. Nguyen Van Binh – has said that the 5 in 1 vaccine Quivaxem of Korea will be used again in October, after being paused for five months.

The youth accidentally become passive dirty game players

VietNamNet Bridge – Not purposely looking for online games, a lot of users have been forced to see obscene game ad pieces when accessing to some websites.

How much SOEs’ directors earn?

VietNamNet Bridge – The wage mechanism applied to state owned enterprises (SOEs) has become no more reasonable in the context of the market economy.

Students draw inspiration from free calligraphy classes

VietNamNet Bridge – In a classroom filled with the scent of lotus tea, students use brushes to write an ancient script. Some are teenagers; others, like Nguyen Huu Dong, the oldest student in the class, are in their late 70s.

Ninh Thuan bustles with Kate festival in Oct.

Just in October, the central province of Ninh Thuan is bustling by the sound from Saranai trumpets and Ginang drums, which signals the come of the Kate season. Cham girls in nice gowns and traditional fan dances will captivate visitors.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/9

 Local companies need x-factor to hit Indonesian market; Food processing industry given financial support; Can Tho eyes hi-tech incubator; August trade surplus hits US$176m

Chartered flights to bring HK visitors to Cam Ranh

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cam Ranh Airport in Nha Trang City in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa will welcome two chartered flights each month carrying Hong Kong visitors from late November this year.

Japanese cuisine a movement in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Interim statistics of the Consulate General of Japan in HCMC show that there are over 200 Japanese restaurants in the city. The figure is projected to increase fast in the coming time

Japan helps Hanoi generate electricity from waste

 VietNamNet Bridge – The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan has granted 1,770 million Japanese yen (over VND472.1 million) in non-refundable aid to a Hanoi-based plant to generate electricity from waste.

Hue Festival pavilion draws huge crowds in Japan

 VietNamNet Bridge – A display booth presenting the ancient culture of Hue at the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Tourism & Travel Forum in Japan attracted thousands of Japanese and international visitors.