Foreign investors rent over 340,000ha of forest in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Most of foreign-invested forest planting projects in Vietnam belong to Chinese investors, with modest investment capital, according to a government’s report.

HCM City police arrest dozens of motorbike racers

VietNamNet Bridge - Police impounded about 550 motorbikes and arrested dozens of youths who were planning an illegal speed ride through the streets of HCM City on Saturday night, October 23.

Volatile FX rates shape up as big headache

US dollar credit repayment pressures were not the key factor creating strong exchange rate fluctuations in recent weeks.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/10

North-central region’s largest oil storage inaugurated; Central region advised to tap EU market; Oil depot receives first stock

Gold price escalation believed to cause eight negative impacts on economy

The upward trend of the gold prices has been continuing over the past many days. Meanwhile, experts have warned that the price escalation will have bad impacts on the national economy.

Elephant survives second poacher attack

VietNamNet Bridge – A tamed elephant with beautiful tusks found last week with hundreds of cuts on his body has been in critical condition, Buon Don District officials said.

Mobile phones will replace fixed lines?

Mobile phone service providers are gradually swallowing up the market share held by fixed line service providers. The latter have voiced their concern about the sharp fall in their revenue.

Japan to go to Vietnam to explore rare earths

Japan plans to cooperate with Vietnam to explore rare earth minerals in Vietnam after their home industries became stagnant due to the interrupted supply from China.

Service-related majors favoured, technology-related studies unattractive

What causes headache to many big universities is that they cannot enroll enough students for some majors, but they still have to continue offering the subjects

State still controls equitised firms

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Van Hieu spoke to Thoi bao Tai chinh Viet Nam about the conversion of State-owned enterprises into single-member limited liability companies.

Vietnamese exporters scrambling for orders, forcing export prices down

Despite the sharply increasing demand for tra fish in the world market, Vietnam’s export prices are decreasing.

VN faces old-tech dumping ground future

VietNamNet Bridge – It is time to tighten imports of technological devices because the practice is pushing Viet Nam into becoming a technology dump, experts say.

8 killed, 20 injured in shrine blast in Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and 20 others were injured as a blast hit a shrine in Pakpattan, a city in Pakistan's Punjab province, early Monday morning, local media reported.

FDA to limit use of Arena obesity drug

U.S. health agency Food and Drug Administration said it would limit the use of an obesity drug from the Arena Pharmaceuticals as it has little effect on losing weight, Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Ministry set to crack down on telecoms vandalism and theft

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecommunications violations will be punished with fines of up to VND70 million and no less than VND200,000.

Assembly debates inspections, administrative litigation

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly discussed on Saturday proposed revisions to the Law on Inspections and the Law on Administrative Litigation.

National TV show collects donations for flood victims

VietNamNet Bridge – A national television programme entitled For our beloved Central Region was broadcast on Saturday to share sympathy for victims of the two storms that hit the northern part of the region.

Foreign investors prop up market

VietNamNet Bridge – Volatility in the foreign exchange and inflation rates last week began to worry foreign investors, the final sustaining force on the nation's stock markets in recent days.

World Bank upbeat on Vietnam's economy

Viet Nam's robust economic recovery from the global crisis has experts optimistic about next year's prospects.

Missing boat and crew to return home on Oct. 25

VietNamNet Bridge - The Chinese side is ready to hand over to Vietnam fishing boat QNg 66478 TS and its nine-member crew in the afternoon of October 25 due to nice weather at sea.

Malaysia police rescue 8 Vietnamese slave workers

VietNamNet Bridge - Malaysian police rescued eight Vietnamese women who were forced into labor slavery in Kuala Lumpur late last month, according to the Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA).

Campaign promotes environmental practices

VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of students and other volunteers joined in the Green City Tour campaign in Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang yesterday, Oct 24, aiming to promote public awareness of environmental protection.

When a word is worth a 1,000 pictures

VietNamNet Bridge – Painter Nguyen Thi Hien is in love with the written word. She explains that writing itself has been a work of art since humans began drawing images on stone to communicate and find others.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 25/10

Viet Nam's U-21 draw first blood; Local athletes dominate half marathon; Nhat excels on Asian Tour; Children's basketball tourney starts

Cholera death toll in Haiti rises to 253

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen to 253, said the country's health department on Sunday.