The unique tricks to seduce customers that can be seen only in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – In the context of the low market demand, manufacturers and service providers have to use original methods to attract customers.

The “hottest” traffic events in 2012

VietNamNet Bridge - 2012 is considered a very "hot" year for the transport sector. Many policies grasped special public interest when they were proposed or implemented.

Lam Phel, Thach Tu keep Khmer culture alive

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coming to the Mekong Delta city of Tra Vinh, tourists often visit the Khmer pagodas, admire the beauty of Ao Ba Om tourist area or just ride around the city to marvel at the ancient trees.

Slum city emerges near famous market

 VietNamNet Bridge – The road that leads to this neighbourhood under Long Bien Bridge was even more slippery after days of light rain.

Miracle of a criminal portrait painter

Only through the victim's description of the shape, the face and the voice, he could sketch out the portrait of criminals that are up to 80% similar. He is Vo Tan Thanh, a collaborator of the Institute of Criminal Sciences in HCM City.

Power development program No. 7 goes back up the age

VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have found out a lot of problems in the power development program No. 7. The one designed for the socio-economic period from now to 2020.

Cua Dai Beach – second call for Hoi An tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An is not only charming due to its old houses and sparkling colorful lanterns, it is also endowed with the stunning Cua Dai Beach which is about 4 kilometers from downtown Hoi An  ancient town. 

No ability to transfer numbers until 2015

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that mobile phone users must wait until 2015 at the earliest before they can change network providers without swapping their mobile numbers.

The virtue of dù kê performances

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dù kê is a popular form of folk art created by the Khmer in the Southwestern region of Vietnam. All performances praise the good and condemn the bad.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/12

More than $40 million to be spent on stabilising prices for Tet; Vinatex to sell non-core operations; Bar set higher for bank branches; Experts call for debt market; Two online trading companies shut operations

Mekong fruit growers try to improve quality

 VietNamNet Bridge – The application of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) in fruit cultivation has paid some export dividends, but serious productivity and saleability problems remain, experts say.

VND257 billion set aside for elephant conservation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nghe An, Dak Lak and Dong Nai will become three centers of elephant conservation under a VND257-billion project set up by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Green industry receives legal support

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is changing its legal framework to help the environmental services industry grow, according to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Cach Tuyen.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 15-31 (daily updated)

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Scientists call for more support

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government plans to create favourable working condition for scientists, similar to that in developed countries, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan said.

MOIT’s retail network programming causes worries to domestic retailers

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) said it has fulfilled the commitments of setting a leveling playing field for all players--when drawing up the network of supermarkets and shopping malls by 2020.

Less than one percent of comics in Vietnam are Vietnamese origin

“Trade deficit” is the term commonly used in economics, not for culture. But it's not hard to find out that Vietnam is in trade deficit for culture, particularly in entertainment, audiovisual, movies, books, etc. Animation is just one of them.

Experts call for more cancer screenings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Screening and health education programmes for the most common cancers should be expanded in Viet Nam to reduce the number of late-stage diagnoses, health experts have recommended.

Travel firms complain of higher ticket prices to relics

VietNamNet Bridge – For nearly a month many tour operators in the central region have complained of the increase of the ticket prices to cultural heritage sites in the provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien Hue.

“Street for special products” in the land of elephants

VietNamNet Bridge – At weekends, visitors flock to Don Village (Dak Lak) to see elephants, ride elephants and to buy “special products.”

Cycling giants peddle VN tour

VietNamNet Bridge – The first ADC Tour of Viet Nam, an official week long event endorsed by the International Cycling Union (UCI), has attracted many international riders to compete when it begins on December 17. 

Banks rush to disburse money for real estate projects

VietNamNet Bridge – The recent moves by commercial banks of lending more capital to estate projects have brought high hopes to investors. However, analysts say the “exit door” remains too narrow for them.

Ancient tea trees hunted high and low because they bring luck

People have been rummaging through Lam Dong province for ancient tea trees, which can enrich them overnight. The trees can be sold for up to tens of millions of dong to the rich people who have ornamental tree collections.

Ceremony paying tributes to Hoang Sa soldiers to be advertised internationally

Since 2013, Quang Ngai will improve the significance of and introduce to international friends the century-old rituals to pay tributes to soldiers of the Hoang Sa flotilla, who sacrificed their lives to guard the Paracel Islands centuries ago.

More HIV-infected patients to get antiretroviral drugs

VietNamNet Bridge – More HIV-positive patients in Viet Nam with higher T-cell counts will have access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, according to the Ministry of Health.