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Quang Ninh to build int’l airport

Over VND5.1 trillion (US$242 million) will be injected into building Quang Ninh International Airport in northeastern Van Don Island District.

Vietnam Airlines plans public offering next year

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is planning to make its initial public offering (IPO) by the end next year, under a restructuring plan submitted to the Ministry of Transport earlier this week.

Car dealers can make super profits

VietNamNet Bridge – Car dealers keep complaining that higher taxes and fees would make them take loss and give up the career. However, in fact, car dealing remains a highly profitable business.

Taiwan may limit entry to Vietnamese workers

VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwan may limit the entry of Vietnamese workers into its territory since the number of Vietnamese workers who flee their workplaces in Taiwan has increasingly grown,

Network operators accept low 3G service fees to stimulate demand

VietNamNet Bridge – Though having spent trillions of dong to develop 3G networks, service providers have been resigned to offering low cost 3G service packages in order to stimulate the demand.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 9/4

Vietnam congratulates Indian Communist Party on successful Congress; President inspects southern dyke network; Procedures on international treaties enforced

Vietnamese students bear hard pressure from parents, teachers

VietNamNet Bridge – Students have voiced the same complaint that they have too many things to do, have to spend much time on learning, and bear too hard pressure from parents and teachers.

City tourism festival to counter economic crisis

The 8th annual HCM City Tourism Day Festival to be held this month will seek to promote the local travel industry amid a global economic slump.

Venezuela culture week looms

Tambores de San Millan (Drummers from San Millan) will kick off the Venezuelan Cultural Week in Viet Nam next Friday.

Strengthening ties with India

VietNamNet Bridge – A series of events will take place this year to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and Vietnam and the 2012 Year of Friendship, announced Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Ranjit Rae.

Red River gets muddy and smelly

The causes that have made the Red River’s water muddy and smell up, originate from the riverhead - Mai Dinh Dinh, Director of the Lao Cai provincial Department for Natural Resources and the Environment.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 9/4

Painter reveals poetic side; French art troupes attend Hue Festival; Diverse activities take place in Hue; Hanoi hosts Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar New Year; 

DPRK puts rocket on pad for satellite launch

The rocket for Pyongyang's planned satellite launch later this month has been installed on the launch pad, Xinhua correspondents saw at the launch site Sunday.

U.S. jobless rate ticks down in March, job gains decelerate

The U.S. unemployment rate edged down 0.1 percentage point to 8.2 percent in March, with job growth stalled, refreshing worries that the current economic growth may not be strong enough to bring sustained labor market improvement.

Red carpet not an easy task

Japan now has over 214,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry without overseas investments. This situation offers Vietnam opportunities to attract these firms to develop the feeble supporting industry at home.

Authority to report on illegal logging claims

A delegation from the Viet Nam Administration of Forestry is inspecting deforestation in central Quang Nam Province following instruction from Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.

2012 foreign investment panorama bears the hallmark of Japanese

Japanese investors are marching towards Vietnam. Not only accounting for 90 percent of the total foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country; Japanese have been penetrating the Vietnamese market through merger and acquisition (M&A) deals.

At least 30 killed in northern Nigeria Easter Day explosion

At least 30 people were killed when a powerful car bomb hit the Gwari area of northern Nigeria's Kaduna State on Sunday morning with deaths reported, a police source has disclosed.

Gas explosion kills one and injures 12

A gas explosion occurred at a boarding house in An Phu ward, Thuan An Town, Binh Duong province, killing one and leaving 12 others with serious burns.

Baroque concert with Stradivaria

VietNamNet Bridge - The Baroque concert with the performance of Baroque traditional works by the Stradivaria band and conducted by Daniel Cuiller from France, will be held at the French Cultural Center at 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on April 10.