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There are radical changes in current business landscape compared to several months ago with scarce capital and growing stockpiles firms’ largest burdens at present, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry general secretary says. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese dancers from more than 20 dance schools, theatres and independent dance teams from Southern provinces will perform at the third HCMC dance festival on August 19-22.

Both lawyers and environmental experts say that Sonadezi must be seriously punished because it is a State-owned company specializing in treating waste but it discharged untreated waste water to the environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tomb of King Minh Mang or Ta Tung Tu relic, which belongs to the Hue ancient capital relic, is under restoration at the cost of over VND7 billion ($350,000).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Television Station (HTV) will air the Barclays English Premier League for free in the second consecutive year.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for Congress to act on his proposals to stimulate the economy and create jobs, emphasizing putting the American people first.

Korea-VN joint venture to build three ships; Import goods forced to sell at reduced rates; Ministry won't cut petrol price despite cheaper oil; SBV appointed Techcombank for WB-funded project; Firms call for better policies to develop husbandry   

Paper-made expensive motorbikes for the dead are assembled at Song Ho village in Thuan Thanh district, Hanoi’s neighboring province of Bac Ninh.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 700 submissions for State prizes and titles in literature and the arts field have been submitted to the State Level Council, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Le Khanh Hai said.

The Circular No 13 on examining the imports with vegetation origins has been described as “doing more harm than good,” because it has been putting big difficulties for import companies, while it fails to prevent low quality imports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam Airlines on Wednesday started to sell air tickets for its flights during the coming Lunar New Year, or Tet, a time when demand for air travel within the country always surges.

Japan's largest telecom service provider NTT Docomo Inc on Wednesday announced that it had acquired a 25 per cent stake in Viet Nam's VMG Media Joint Stock Company to expand the firm's services in the Asia-Pacific region

The Italian cabinet approved on Friday a 45-billion-euro (around 64-billion-dollar) austerity program in a bid to avoid a believed debt crisis.

In the turbulent Wall Street week, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.5 percent, the S&P 500 1.7 percent and the Nasdaq 1 percent.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thuy Vy Victoria, a Vietnamese-origin girl in the US, has been chosen as Vietnamese contestant at the Miss World 2011 in London this November.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Sung Duc Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc district has just unveiled four largest jade Buddha statues ever been made in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been speeding up the plan to expand the network of universities and junior colleges. Meanwhile, a lot of schools now fear that they do not have enough students to enroll.

VietNamNet Bridge – Private enterprises seem to be at a disadvantage compared with foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) on the home playfield.

VietNamNet Bridge - Recent economic shocks have released a warning message: if the policy for the Mekong Delta is not changed, agriculture - the region’s advantage - will disappear.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities have decided to invest VND3.3 billion ($160,000) to design the plan on environment protection to 2020, with the vision to 2030.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) does not have any proposal to add four more letters to Vietnam’s current alphabet, chief of its office Nguyen Manh Hung has confirmed in an official document sent to local media.

Russian child arts troupe visit Vietnam; Mong people’s panpipes go to festival; Vu Lan’ Buddhist festival in Suoi Tien Park; May represents Vietnam for Miss Supranational; Lap Dong Gallery is coastal art venue

Nearly 40 percent of enterprises acknowledge the importance of ISO, while the rest simply take the certification in an attempt to attend contract auctions, says an expert from an Australia-based quality management service supplier.

The Canadian smart phone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) entered the Vietnam phone market last month, following cooperative agreements with the country’s largest network operators including Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone.