Nha Trang Bay

 Nha Trang Bay, covering 507km2, is located in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province. The bay includes 19 named islands and many small rock islands. In 2003, it was recognized as one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

Billions of dollars buried under real estate projects

It is estimated that with 60,000 apartments unsold, roughly 2.86 billion dollars worth of capital has been “buried” under the real estate projects.

Oyster farming in Can Gio

Can Gio District is located southeast of Ho Chi Minh City with an approximately 20km-long coast and interlaced river system. It s favorable conditions for farming many valuable commercial seafood species, including oysters.

National jobs, training programme to boost employment

 VietNamNet Bridge – A national employment and vocational programme will help create up to 800,000 new jobs by 2015.

Int’l Techmart 2012 to open later this month

VietNamNet Bridge – The International Techmart Vietnam 2012 will be held in Hanoi from September 20-23, said an official from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). 

Russian tour operators to introduce tour professionals to Viet Nam

Vietnamese travel agency Anh Duong Co. and its Russian counterpart Pegas Touristik will bring 400 tourism-industry employees from 18 Russian cities to Viet Nam in late September and October for familiarisation trips.

HIV patients may buy health insurance

 VietNamNet Bridge – As funds from international sources for HIV/AIDS prevention are shriking, patients need to buy health insurance to cover treatment, a spokeswoman for HCM City's HIV/AIDS Prevention Committee has said.

What “teacher” means – educators or teaching workers?

Experts believe that the biggest problem in Vietnam’s education now is that teachers cannot act as educators, but they just simply are the “teaching workers.”

Big telecom groups meet with barriers on the way to obtain cable TV licenses

Some telecom conglomerates have revealed their plans to jump into the pay-TV market. They might not anticipate the barriers they would meet when implementing the plan.

Da Nang’s civil servants must be top-grade university graduates

Da Nang City People's Committee has issued the recruitment plan of administrative civil servants in 2012. Accordingly, candidates who do not currently work at state agencies in the city must graduate from colleges before 2011 with excellent marks.

Women’s Union leader acts as woman seeking a foreign husband

  VietNamNet Bridge - Ms. Le Thi Thuy Hang, Chair of the Women's Union of Co Do District, Can Tho City, played as a woman who desires to get married to a foreign man.

Part 2: The bottled drink market to see strong waves

Technology, transport, labor cost and distribution network are the four factors every investor needs to consider when attempting to join the Vietnamese bottled drink market.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/9

 Banks forecast to fall short of credit targets; VietGap logo to be introduced soon; Less production, steel, cement stock down; Imports of outdated machinery halted; VN and Tariff Alliance to launch FTA negotiations

Hanoi hosts fourth int’l book fair next week

VietNamNet Bridge – This year’s international book fair will be held at the Exhibition and Fair Centre in Hanoi from September 17-21 2012, reports VietnamPlus.

 

Vietnam-made medicines swallowing a bitter pill

  Vietnam-made medicines are losing out to due consumers’ and doctors’ obsession with foreign products.

Dormitory accommodation a dream for poor students

Millions of university students coming to big cities to study say their biggest expense is on accommodation, which is so much beyond their capacity that most of them who come from poor families resign themselves to renting dilapidated

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 15-30 (daily updated)

 Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam.

Farmers need more practical support

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is gathering opinions to perfect the mechanism for temporary rice storage, but businesses insist that farmers need more practical support.

Davines Hair Show 2012 to be held in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Davines Hair Show & Contest 2012, presenting the latest hairstyle trends from across the globe will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on September 20.

Wood manufacturers struggle to reoccupy the home market

Vietnamese wooden furniture manufacturers have vowed to reoccupy the domestic market, but they still do not know where they should start since they still have no distribution networks.

Illegal online games set to flood Viet Nam

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal online games are being accessed in Viet Nam through servers from other countries, and industry observers are warning the country could be flooded with such products from mainland China and South Korea in the near future.  

Mining companies forced to bear responsibility for environment protection

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has stated that mining enterprises must bear the responsibility for environment protection.

Early Mid-Autumn color at D5’s ‘lantern street’

 VietNamNet Bridge – There are still three more weeks to the Mid-Autumn festival which falls on September 30 or the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

The craft of casting bronze in Tong Xa

 For over 900 years, bronze casting in Tong Xa Village, Yen Xa Commune in the district of Y Yen in Nam Dinh Province has been preserved and strongly developed, bringing a good life to the local people.

“Swan Lake” to be performed in Hanoi

Famous American cellist Jeffrey Solow will perform “Swan Lake” with artists of the Vietnam Opera Ballet Theatre at the Hanoi Opera House on the evening of September 21.