Agricultural emissions ‘can be cut by 50%'

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam would be able to reduce over 50 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural production by 2020 if the country managed to take full advantage of potential reduction measures.

Ailing property market seeks cure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, on Dec 18, advised HCM City to restructure the real estate sector towards removing weak and ineffective players and providing housing to meet real demand.

Smartphones overwhelm local market

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of smartphones in Vietnam had reached the highest level so far in the third quarter of this year, with considerable market shares belonging to local companies, market research company IDC Vietnam reports.

Vietnam needs joint visa to attract Chinese tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tourism has proposed cooperating with Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar to develop a travel program with a joint visa for Chinese tourists in an effort to attract more tourists from China.

MOET criticized for “abandoning” people-founded schools

People-founded schools, which are in the danger of getting dissolved because of the lack of students, have been vocal about the indifference of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to their difficulties.

Photo book on Cham culture published in five languages

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photo book by Nguyen Van Ku about Cham cultural heritage has been first published in five languages, including Vietnamese, Cham Latin script, English, French and ancient Cham.

Ministries’ different interpretations, wood imports get stuck

The disagreement among the relevant ministries on the wood import licensing has made enterprises suffer, because they cannot import materials for their production plans until the ministries can reach a consensus on the issue.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/12

More firms seek to get delisted; Electronics short circuits; Gov’t to adopt specific resolution to unfreeze real estate market; Wind power projects must be 300 metres from residential areas; Sugar industry mired in troubles, awaiting help

Facebook to charge for some message delivery

 Facebook began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.

Visitors bring firms festive cheer

 VietNamNet Bridge – The upcoming holiday season has heated up the tourism market with an increase in the tours being booked despite the ongoing economic crisis.

Shortage of IT personnel resources foreseen

The local information technology (IT) industry is expected to face a shortfall of laborers from 2015 due to the slowing supply for the industry at home, heard a seminar in HCMC’s Quang Trung software park on Wednesday.

VKA hosts dog contests next weekend

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five national and international dog shows organized by the Vietnam Kennel Association (VKA) were officially announced on Wednesday in HCMC.

Commercial banks eye foreigners for senior positions

In recent years, commercial banks, especially non-State-owned commercial joint-stock banks, have been recruiting foreigners to work in senior positions as divisional heads, advisers and most recently, chief executive officer (CEO).

Nearly $50 million to bring electricity to Ly Son Island

The Government has approved a project to install submarine cables to transmit power to the Ly Son Island district, with a total investment of nearly VND1 trillion ($50 million).

SBV promises bailout, real estate developers bubble over with joy

Real estate developers have sighed with relief after relevant ministries agreed to pump money into the frozen real estate market to rescue it.

Inspiring tale translated for Vietnamese readers

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese translation of the autobiography Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic, an Australian who was born without arms and legs, was introduced to readers at a meeting in HCM City on Tuesday.

Malaysian races to fifth-stage win

 VietNamNet Bridge – Malaysian Mohd Hariff Salleh of Terengganu Cycling Team stepped on the pedal in the finishing straight to lead home a mass sprint finish on Friday, Dec 21, at the fifth stage of the ADC Tour of Viet Nam.

Vietnam terminates Chinese online game with map of East Sea

On the evening of December 19, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications had written to the VNG Corporation (Vinagame), the main game supplier of Chinh Do Online Games, to close the game

Local authorities emulate each other in investment environment

A lot of decisions have been made and many drastic measures have been applied to show the strong determination of local authorities in creating perfect investment environments to attract investors.

UFOs many times appeared in Vietnam?

Unidentified flying objects UFOs, the mystery for the human being so far, were believed to turn up in Vietnam many times.

Teachers getting emotionless to avoid troubles

Vietnamese teachers complain that they always bear a too hard pressure in their job and that they have not been respected by the students and their parents as they expect.

People have to spend money to be able to scratch garbage and work in pollution

Hundreds of people flock to the Con Quan dumping ground in Phu Son ward of Thanh Hoa City every day to scratch garbage for scrap materials. They work in shifts and have to pay 3000 dong to have the right to work on the ground.

Ha Noi night-market gives a helping hand to Dao ethnic women

VietNamNet Bridge – The five-star hotel Sofitel Legend Metropole Ha Noi, in collaboration with Community Based Tourism (CBT), will organise the Highland Festive Season.  

Higgs Boson discovery tops Science picks for 2012

 The discovery of the Higgs Boson, an invisible particle that explains the mystery of mass, leads a list of the top 10 scientific advances of 2012 released by the US journal Science.

Capital slammed for having ‘little to offer'

VietNamNet Bridge – Touring city sites is an appealing attraction for visitors to many countries, however, Ha Noi has been accused of having little to offer.