Poor, students get priority in City housing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Upgrading apartments and building new ones for poor households and students will be a top priority under HCM City's housing development programme for the 2012-15 period.

Keo Pagoda designated special national relic

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Keo Pagoda in Duy Nhat Commune, Vu Thu District, in northern Thai Binh Province, has been recognised as a special national relic for its unique historical, cultural, architectural and artistic values.

State to clean up insecticide leaks

 VietNamNet Bridge – A programme to curb pollution from insecticide residues by targeting 100 hot spots throughout the nation will cost VND1.01 trillion (US$48.4 million).

Money lost in translation

 VietNamNet Bridge – The demand for Vietnamese language versions of foreign titles is growing rapidly among young readers.

Low cost smart phones would help popularize 3G

According to Ericsson--in Vietnam, 47 percent of smart phone users download data with the phones, while the figure for popular mobile phones is 11 percent.

Thai and Chinese fighting to conquer Vietnamese market

Thai imports have become popular with Vietnamese consumers. However, Thais would have to compete fiercely with Chinese to cement their firm position in the market.

Dutch Maestro Jan Stulen in town

VietNamNet Bridge – An evening of world-class music led by celebrated Dutch conductor Jan Stulen will take place at the HCMC Opera House on the November 27.

How are “caged tigers?”

The iron door opened, C entered into the tiger cage. The four tigers recognized their owner so they rushed to see him. C stroked their heads. At times of high excitement, C slapped continuously onto the face of the biggest tiger, making us shiver ...

Foreigners collect rubbish around Hoan Kiem Lake

  VietNamNet Bridge – Every Sunday morning, Japanese and Taiwanese businessman gather at the Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi to collect garbage.

HCM City students develop solar drip irrigation

 VietNamNet Bridge – A team of students at the HCM City University of Polytechnics has developed an automatic solar-powered drip irrigation system for grapefruit farms in the central Ninh Thuan Province.

Ending the power monopoly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the National Assembly yesterday urged the Government to apply a fully competitive retail power market sooner than the scheduled date of 2022 in order to offer a wider choice for customers.

Manufacturers fear products to be unsold in Tet season

Food companies still keep diffident when preparing for the year-end production and Tet sale season. Anticipating the low demand, they do not intend increase the output.

Education crisis in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Vietnam boasts the highest number of Ph.D s in Asean countries, it shows little evidence of original or innovative ideas.

Drums of war still resound for 18th-century emperor

VietNamNet Bridge – Breathtaking views of the East Sea from the rolling Ba Na Hills, brick-tower relics from the ancient Hindu-Buddhist Cham culture that once ruled powerful sea-trading city-states – and traditional martial-arts villages

Overseas training raises job chances

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vocational training in Singapore has brought Nguyen Truong Giang more job opportunities and a higher salary than many of his university educated colleagues.

ASEAN will open up to Viet Nam skills

 VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN nations will pilot a free labour market for skilled workers and professionals in 2015 as part of a plan to integrate the region economically. This will enable workers to move freely in the region.

Animal husbandry cannot attract FDI

Vietnam has been trying to call for foreign direct investment (FDI) into the animal husbandry industry, which remains unattractive in the eyes of foreign investors.

Breeding wild beasts becomes new hobby of the rich

Breeding dangerous animals is now in vogue among the rich people. They not only have to spend billions of dong, but a lot of time as well to “hunt” for the wild beasts.

Boom time for foreign fast-food

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a young population and fast income growth, Viet Nam is seen as a promising market for foreign fast-food companies.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 27/10

 Learn new words on Language Day; UNESCO starts Green campaign; Orphans show paintings; HCM City Circus Troupe to perform

Vietnam to set up new safety requirements in post-Fukushima period

Government officials have reassured the public that the most advanced latest technology would be chosen for the nuke power plants in Vietnam, while affirming that new safety standards would be set up in the post-Fukushima period.

Current policies cannot encourage bachelors return to home villages

While rural areas are seriously lacking qualified workers, university bachelors are abundant in big cities.

Ministry declares war against smuggled chicken

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of husbandry farms in Vietnam are in danger of bankruptcy because of the massive imports of low-quality chicken from China.

New required licenses bring new sufferings to wood importers

Wood importers have complained that the new regulation on the PRA (pest risk analysis) import plant quarantine certificate has put big difficulties for their operation.

Russian Prime Minister to visit Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Vietnam in early November, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi at a press conference on October 25.