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A fabric bridge
VietNamNet Bridge - A model in a made-in-Vietnam dress designed by Vietnamese French fashion designer Linda Mai Phung. Inspired by H’mong and Bana weaves, Phung has given a chic and exotic look to traditional fabric.
Foreign firms reject tax-evasion charges
VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign firms have rejected speculation that they report losses to avoid paying tax even when they have money to expand their business, explaining the funds come from bank loans and customers.
The home of Uncle Ho’s father
To mark 81 years since the death of Nguyen Sinh Sac (1862-1929), the father
of the late Vietnamese President, Ho chi Minh, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap
has inaugurated the Nguyen Sinh Sac Tourist Area in Cao Lanh City.
Hai Phong: Lanterns lighted up for peace
The Vietnam Buddhist Shangha on December 11 held a lantern festival in Hai Phong to call for assistance for flood victims in the central Vietnam, pray for peace and prosperity for the country and pray for peace for the souls of martyrs.
Foreign capital returning to Vietnamese banks
Analysts have said as the world’s economy is recovering a new flow of foreign capital is returning to Vietnam.
New areas dance to the backpacker beat
VietNamNet Bridge - The backpacker grapevine, online and word of mouth, lands Vietnam travelers in areas where Westerners congregate such as HCM City’s Pham Ngu Lao area in District 1.
Dai Lanh Cape
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Dai Lanh cape is located in Phuoc Tan village, Dong Hoa district, Phu Yen
province in central Vietnam.
It is a branch of the Truong Son mounts running to the sea.
Poor teachers who “sow knowledge” in mountainous areas
VietNamNet Bridge – There are teachers from lowland who go to remote mountainous areas of Thanh Son, Trung Thanh and Trung Son of Quan Hoa district in Thanh Hoa province, to bring literacy to local residents.
Only six cities in Vietnam have concentrated waste water treatment facilities
VietNamNet Bridge – Waste water treatment is a big problem in Vietnam’s cities, according to a workshop on waste water control and treatment in Vietnam’s cities held by the Ministry of Construction and Germany’s GTZ on December 8.
Dirty secrets spark alarms
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- Recent discoveries of foreign firms’ environmental violations continue
setting alarm bells ringing in the corridors of Vietnam’s law-makers.
Ambitious show on Vietnamese history falls flat
VietNamNet Bridge - The much hyped “Xin Chao” (Hello), a show featuring a mix of music and dance and depicting Vietnamese legends, has failed to amuse even Ho Chi Minh City’s undemanding audiences, thanks to its sloppiness.
Vietnam’s market of applications for mobile phones attractive in foreigners’ eyes
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s
market, with 50 million regular mobile
phone subscribers, a developing 3G infrastructure , but a limited number of
mobile phone applications, is gold mine for foreign companies.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 13/12
First-ever requiem to
be held for AO victims; German financial
expert honoured; Thua Thien-Hue
prepares to market community based and eco tourism; Car crash causes
store collapse; 70m age-old tree
certified as national heritage
Gateways to cities – the new retailing paradises
VietNamNet Bridge – Retailers now
tend to set up shopping malls in the suburb areas of big cities, since the land
in the inner cities has become too expensive, and it is nearly impossible now
to seek large land plots for retail premises.
Tropical depression affects southern waters
VietNamNet Bridge - A tropical low pressure zone is now centered 240 kilometers east off Khanh Hoa – Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces’ coast, 9.7-10.7 degrees latitude north and 110.1-111.1 degrees longitude east on December 13.
Vietnam has big potential in online marketing: Google
VietNamNet Bridge - A representative of Google in South East Asia shared his optimistic view on Vietnam market in a seminar on export solutions and online marketing on Wednesday, citing the increasing number of Internet users in the country.
FDI firms evade income tax, get massive VAT refunds
VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign firms have reported losses to avoid paying tax though they may lose their licence as a result but they continue to apply for and get value-added tax refunds.
Saigontourist seeks Japanese investment for new hotel projects
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Continental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh, which is operated by Saigontourist
Retired vehicle becomes tourist attraction
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longer a public transport means, xích lô in HCM City
has stepped down. But it should live on as a symbol of the municipal tourism.
Support urged for auto industry
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Vietnam's auto industry still needs government support to develop a clear and
long-term growth strategy, said the European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) in Vietnam.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/12
Experts suggest gold,
bank deposits as viable channels; VALC inks
US$184-million deal to buy aircraft engines; Vietnam overseas remittances up 26 pct; Gold recovers as low
prices boost demand; Russian group gets
down to business
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/12
Fifth-grade students
hospitalized for pesticide poisoning;
Tourism firm fined
$15,400 for illegal constructions;
Female cop
investigated in deadly traffic accident; Russia closes market,
lays off 400 Vietnamese
Vietnam's banks urged to go hi-tech
Vietnam's banking sector will have to develop more useful and modern services to meet future challenges, and the application of information technology and security systems will play a more important role in the future, experts said.
Vietnam hikes rice prices as Indonesia buys more
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam
raised its rice export floor prices by nearly 14 percent, partly to meet
possible demand from Indonesia, which more than doubled its grain imports and
is seeking more to replenish stocks.
Harmful waste treatment fees flying in HCM City
The average cost to treat harmful waste has skyrocketed up to VND40 million (US$2,000) a ton from only VND1.3 million in 2007. With such booming prices, businesses have to draw up contracts with waste treatment companies.
