The future of textile industry depends on garments

Only when garment companies can export the products designed by themselves and using domestic fabric, will the industry take off.

VN film travels to society's edge

VietNamNet Bridge – The highly anticipated film Hotboy Noi Loan va Cau Chuyen ve Thang Cuoi, Co Gai Diem va Con Vit (Lost in Paradise) directed by Vu Ngoc Dang will be released in cinemas nationwide tomorrow, Oct 12.

Shipping firms unprofitable, maritime transport industry gloomy

Vinalines incurred the loss of 660 billion dong in the first six months of 2011, Falcon 48 million dong, while Vosco suffered a loss of 21 billion dong and it could only avoid the loss thanks to the ship selling contract.

Party General Secretary leaves for China

Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, left for China on Tuesday for a five-day official visit at the invitation of Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China.

Improving foreign technology, Vietnam will make a leap

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign experts said that Vietnam should not worry about its dependence on foreign science and technology. If it simulates and improve foreign technology well, Vietnam will achieve a great leap in technology.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/10

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease on the rise; Ten outstanding citizens honoured; Cockfight enthusiast not dead from gunshot; Italians build centres for disabled kids; Australian navy on goodwill visit

South Korea taps into Viet Nam tourism

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten South Korean travel agents attended a conference and art performance in Ha Noi last Friday to promote their country's tourism potential.

Cloud computing technology becomes popular in Vietnam by 2015

Vietnamese service providers have affirmed that only by 2015, will the cloud computing become popular in Vietnam, telling that they need some more time to prepare to introduce their products to users.

Thanh qualifies for World Cup

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh qualified for the women's vault final at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday night.

Staying off from lecture hall dais, teachers losing their knowledge

Unable to find the jobs as teachers, a lot of pedagogical school graduates have seen their knowledge buried in oblivion.

African tulip tree still grown in Lam Dong

African tulip tree, or Spathodea Campanulata, one of the 100 evasive exotic plants that cause serious consequences in the world has been multiplied and grown in Lam Dong and Khanh Hoa provinces.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 11/10

VN, Japan agree to boost logistics co-operation; Mexico wants to enhance ties with Vietnam; Condolences to Thailand over flood damage; President Sang’s visit makes the headlines in India

Friendly ties with Ukraine to be developed further

VietNamNet Bridge – The Communist Party of Viet Nam always attached great importance to developing its traditional friendship with the Communist Party of Ukraine, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said yesterday, Oct 10.

Thailand, Viet Nam work to ensure food security

VietNamNet Bridge – The legislative bodies of Viet Nam and Thailand had reached a high degree of consensus on how to develop their co-operation through specific activities, including the exchange of delegations and experience

Backlog of photos delays health-insurance cards

VietNamNet Bridge – While Viet Nam Social Insurance has been piloting health insurance cards with photos, work has met with some difficulties, according to Nguyen Huy Nghi, deputy head of the agency's Registry and Card division.

Land-mine photos document the end of a bitter legacy

An exhibition featuring 40 black-and-white images by photographer Sean Sutton documents the work of the Mines Advisory Group, a humanitarian organisation dedicated to clearing away the remnants of conflict in communities

Two American economic professors share 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics

Two American economic professors shared 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics, announced Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Monday.

Tra fish demand outstrips supply

Many European and US importers looking to buy Vietnamese tra fish products at the Food and Hotel Exhibition in HCM City last month were unhappy because local exporters could not meet their increasing demand.

Multi-million dollar houses still selling well in frozen market

Though the real estate market remains gloomy with very few successful transactions reported, high grade apartments worth multi-million dollars still have been selling well in HCM City.

Only 20% of mental patients are treated

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has more than 12 million people with mental disorders but only about 20 per cent of them get treatment because there are not enough psychiatrists and not enough funds.

Committee sets socio-economic tasks and Party re-organisation

VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the Party Central Committee defined keys tasks to promote socio-economic development and build the Party at their third plenum which wrapped up yesterday, Oct 10.

Twin blasts kill 13, wound 22 in Baghdad

Two successive roadside bombs rattled western Baghdad late on Monday, killing 13 people and wounding 22 others, an Interior Ministry source said.

Radwanska survives 154-minute battle to lift China Open title

Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland experienced a 154-minute battle to disarm German world No. 11 Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to seal the title of China Open here on Sunday.

Dollar slumps as European bank hopes boost euro

The U.S. dollar slumped in late New York trading on Monday against major counterparts after Germany and France said they were close to a final deal to shore up European banks.

Steve Jobs' funeral held Friday: report

The funeral for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56, is taking place on Friday, U.S. media reported.