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F&B market bustling with series of franchise contracts

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has allowed 137 business people and 148 brands to enter the Vietnamese market over the last eight years

Firefighters battle inferno in central HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze that devastated at least eight houses and caused chaos for many hours in central HCM City yesterday, Dec 1st.

Protective forests in Mekong River Delta in danger

VietNamNet Bridge - The protective forests in Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces in Mekong River Delta have been called a ‘fragile shield’ because they cannot protect the coastal land strip from sand and wind.

MOET mulls solutions to train pedagogy students

Many graduates of education schools are unemployed, but many schools complain they lack teachers. Some students at these schools give up studying or if they do finish they don't want to work as teachers.

Tourists explore central cities on a road of culinary delights

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoi An and Da Nang have not only wooed tourists with their breath-taking landscape, fresh sea and friendly people, but the localities are a special attraction for their food.

MST vows to prevent rubbish technology with new regulation

Circular 20 with strict requirements on the quality and usage time of used equipment, which faced strong opposition from the business circle, has been replaced with a new Circular 23. However, many questions are still pending.

Low-cost carriers have bumper crops in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietjet Air has expanded its domestic carrying market share to 35.7 percent. Jetstar Pacific has also seen the number of passengers increasing rapidly. Low-cost carriers (LCC) are on the rise. 

ASEAN pact to bring benefits

Tran Viet Thai, deputy director of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke to the newspaper Lao dong (Labour) about the birth of the ASEAN community.

Universities to teach students professional-oriented training

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training said the professional-oriented high education (POHE) model must be used at universities and colleges to make sure graduates are qualified to get jobs without needing to be retrained.

Vietnamese workers in Thailand get temporary work permits

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese migrant workers in Thailand are allowed to register for temporary work permits at the country’s provincial labour departments from December 1-30, 2015, according to the Thai Ministry of Labour.

Vietnam dreams of manufacturing aircraft

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s aviation industry could take off if the cooperation commitments from Airbus’ President come true.

Trawler with 14 fishermen rescued off Nha Trang

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Nha Trang Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre's (Nha Trang MRCC) SAR 27-01 boat yesterday (Nov 30) rescued a trawler and towed it to Khanh Hoa Province's Nha Trang Port.

Stump-tailed macaque released back into the wild

 VietNamNet Bridge – Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, and the central city's Ba Na-Nui Chua forest protection sub-department have jointly released a stump-tailed macaque into the wild in Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve.

Da Nang hosts event for independent filmmakers

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign filmmakers are attending the fourth independent filmmaker festival that began today in the central city of Da Nang.

UK Agent Orange activist Aldis dies

 VietNamNet Bridge – Secretary of the Britain-Viet Nam Friendship Society (BVFS) Len Aldis has passed away at his home at Tomlins Grove Street, London, the United Kingdom. He was 85.

Ha Noi concert to feature Duong Thu's winter songs

 VietNamNet Bridge – A concert featuring songs by famous Vietnamese composer Duong Thu is scheduled to take place at the Ha Noi Opera House on December 13.

Clipper’s sailing boat model on display in Da Nang

A model featuring a sailing boat used in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2015-2016, one of the most competitive and challenging sports activities in the world, is being showcased in the central coastal city of Da Nang

Farming model increases profits, lowers emissions

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huong, a farmer in Tan Hiep District of southern Kien Giang Province, has increased her profit from rice farming by 10 per cent since she applied a new locally developed farming model.

PM co-chairs high-level dialogue on climate change in Mekong Delta

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, together with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Vice President of the World Bank Laura Tusk, co-chaired a high-level dialogue on responding to climate change in the Mekong Delta region held in Paris

Government hurries to borrow money as NA gives approval

The government has begun implementing the plan on mobilizing capital in large quantity after getting the go-ahead from the National Assembly as the state budget is becoming exhausted.