Publishing houses join hands with technology firms to develop e-books

VietNamNet Bridge – Publishing houses are rushing to trade e-books, believing that in the long term, e-books would bring the revenue much higher than normal books.

Sua loggers to go to trial

VietNamNet Bridge – Police are cracking down on thieves who chop down the capital's precious sua trees.

Wall Street ends mixed, gold sets new record

Wall Street ended a choppy session mixed as technology sector dragged, while Gold futures closed at another record high.

VNAT to make master plans for six tourist regions soon

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) will make plans for six of seven tourist regions of the whole nation for submission to the Government for approval within the next two years.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/8

Japan helps Vietnam preserve ancient villages; Food safety to be boosted for festival; Hanoi theatre experiments with English; My Style fashion show in Designers House; Hanoi to mark National Day with various activities    

White leg shrimp make two powerful ministries diverge

While the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment believes that it is necessary to bar the door to white leg shrimp, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development encourages farmers to continue breeding white leg shrimp.

Legal gold trading floors shut down, illegal floors open

All gold trading floors have been forced to shut down since March 2010 as per the instruction by the State Bank of Vietnam. However, the demand for making transactions remains high which explains why many illegal trading floors have been set up.

Escalation in East Sea doesn’t benefit anyone, Indonesian Ambassador

VietNamNet Bridge – Indonesia does not agree with using force to solve disputes and any escalation that leads to conflict in the region does not benefit anyone, says Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Pitono Purnomo.

Visa Guidance for foreigners to Vietnam

Vietnam has made strides to make visa easier for tourists to enter the country. Instead of taking time to get visa stamped at Vietnamese Embassy, visitors can get stamped visa at the border gates.

Obesity does not necessarily mean poor health

It is widely accepted that obesity leads to an increased risk of health complications, but new studies quoted by media Tuesday challenge the conventional notion.

Eurozone inflation down to 2.5 pct in July

Annual inflation in the eurozone dropped to 2.5 percent in July from 2.7 percent in the previous month, the European Union's (EU) statistical office Eurostat reported on Wednesday.

Enzyme nullifying antibiotics passable from chicken to human: research

ESBL-enzymes, which are known for their ability to stop the effects of antibiotics, can directly pass from chicken to people, said a research published on Tuesday.

New order for the East Sea: Power or institution?

Analyzing the situation in the East Sea, one will see that the key is not simply the relations between the week and strong, or the big and small countries.

S. Korean iPhone users sue Apple over location data

Nearly 27,000 South Korean iPhone users filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against Apple for privacy violations from the collection of location data.

Orchard tourism awaits a “conductor” who leads it by the hand to develop

Southern residents can see the great potentials in orchard tourism, but they still find it difficult to design new orchard tourism products to attract travelers.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/8

Steel industry warned about anti-dumping suits; Kien Giang cancels more tourism projects; HCMC to scrutinize illegally-built brewery; Fitch rates Vietnam's debt ‘B+’ with stable outlook; Ministry eyes hike in minimum wage 

Illegal foreign workers to be monitored

VietNamNet Bridge – Le Quang Trung, head of the Department of Labor Management in the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has decided to make public names of all those companies that are employing illegal foreign workers.

How to deal with sovereign debts: mobilizing domestic or foreign sources?

VietNamNet Bridge – Though the government’s officials have affirmed that the sovereign foreign debt is still within the safety line, worries still have been raised about the rapid increases of the debts.

Millions of pupils enter new school year

VietNamNet Bridge – More than two millions of students of general schools in Hanoi and HCM City returned to school after nearly three summer-vacation months on August 15.

Long Thanh Airport project awaits investment

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang has called on agencies under the ministry to prepare feasible policies and measures to mobilize investments to make Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai Province a reality by 2020.

“Citizens must be inspired to believe that peace is possible”

“A concert for reconciliation reaches millions of people, with the message of hope, so that those who hear will insist on an end to violence,” said Ambassador Swanee Hunt after the Reconciliation Concert.

Corruption is restrained in some fields, says gov’t inspector

VietNamNet Bridge – Though anti-corruption activities in Vietnam have made positive moves recently, the vice chief government inspector admits that corruption is still serious and one of threats to the regime’s existence.

NASA's Atlantis Shuttle crew lands in New York

NASA's Atlantis Shuttle crew was greeted by hundreds of young people on Tuesday at American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for the celebration of their historic final mission completed on July 21.

Vietnam can see great opportunities to export parboiling rice

Vietnam’s parboiling rice has been exported to Eastern European countries, Africa and some Asian countries. If its plan to expand export markets goes smoothly, it may export 150,000 tons of parboiling rice this year.

Software parks still far from “technology incubator”

The role played by concentrated software parks remains modest in the development of the information technology which has gathered 500 enterprises and 30,000 workers, or 10 percent of the number of enterprises and workers of the whole industry.