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Part 1: Lacking orders became an obsession for garment companies

After the prosperous year 2011, when garment companies were all very busy with big orders, they are now experiencing dark days with the serious thirst for jobs.

East Asia agrees on education action plan

VietNamNet Bridge – East Asian countries have agreed to adopt an action plan to improve the quality of education in the region at a recent regional education ministers’ meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Troubles occurred with math university entrance exam questions

The math exam questions appeared on the Internet and then spread out rapidly via Facebook at 9 am on July 4, one hour before the exam hour finished.

Death toll in Nigeria village massacre hits 90

At least 90 people had been killed during attacks on villages in Gashik District of Barkinladi Local government area of central north Nigeria's Plateau State by Sunday afternoon, security sources and Xinhua reporters on ground said.

Exuberant orchards in Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge – This is the harvest time of orchards in the Mekong Delta. Visiting the region at this time, tourists will be enchanted by these luxuriant orchards. Let’s visit them with us!

Animals that can make themselves invisible in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Making themselves invisible is the special ability of leaf insects in Vietnam. Below are pictures of leaf insects.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/7

Bigger M&A deals in sight; Renovation pushes small traders to hardship; National carrier looks for greater lift; Ministry to set up dept. to supervise state capital; Private sector drives economic reforms  

Troubled access to global supply chain

Vietnamese firms are facing difficulties joining the global supply chain.

Real estate projects left fallow, foreign investors vanished from sight

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign invested real estate projects have been unimplemented after they got operation licenses, while the investors have disappeared altogether.

Hanoi’s night flower market

Quang Ba - the only flower wholesale market in Hanoi - opens at 2am when trucks carry flowers from Hanoi’s suburbs and Da Lat city to the market. One hour later, the market is crowded. Let’s visit the market with us to discover a different Hanoi.

The colours of wool embroidered paintings

Only a few people know about the genre of wool embroidered painting because it is not as fashionable and smooth as traditional thread embroidery.

Web servers at risk, says BKAV

BKAV yesterday warned that a critical flaw in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) across supported versions of Windows is affecting about 32 per cent of the Viet Nam's Government web servers.

Increasing capital flow to cope with bad debt

The State Bank of Vietnam has proposed setting up a company with initial capital of VND100,000 billion to trade bad debt in the banking system. Is it possible that this company alone can resolve the problem?

Insurance holds up rescue of VN ship

Work to tow a Vietnamese cargo ship whose steering broke down in Indian waters last week and has since been drifting has been delayed over an insurance dispute.

World tour electric car arrives in Vietnam

Two French engineers, Antonin Guy and Xavier Degon, who are traveling around the world in a standard electric car, have arrived in Vietnam. 

State-owned businesses should not be seen as “burden,” says official

VietNamNet Bridge – Admitting that nearly one third of State-owned groups have debts that are three times higher than their own capital, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that this matter is “not so worrying.”

Ly Son Island

VietNamNet Bridge - With many historical, cultural relics and fascinating tourist areas, the 10-square-kilometer Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai is an amazing tourist attraction.

New fauna and floral species discovered in Lam Dong

VietNamNet Bridge – Several new fauna and floral species have been discovered in the Bidoup Nui Ba National Park in the central highland province of Lam Dong in recent years.

Economists optimistic, businesses pessimistic about economy performance

While independent economists and government officials believe that the economic downturn has “touched bottom” and the economic recovery would be seen in some more days, businesses have affirmed that the situation is still very worrying.

Hue - A city of festivals

Today, talking about Hue City many people not only think of a World's Cultural Heritage Site with magnificent and splendid temples, shrines and tombs, but also have a memory of a renowned city of cultural festivals of Vietnam and the world as well.