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CRM software market segment remains inaccessible to Vietnamese firms

Vietnamese Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software providers have been meeting big difficulties when developing the domestic market.

WHO launches tools to help stop abuse of people with mental health conditions

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to better protect people with mental health conditions, as the Geneva-based organization launched a tool kit to assess and stop violations to their rights and dignity.

3G draws 20 percent more subscribers

Viet Nam has 16 million 3G (third generation mobile telecommunications) subscribers benefiting from wide-area wireless voice messages, mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV by the end of May.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/6

Thua Thien-Hue’s biggest hydropower plant in operation; State bank governor approves Habubank and SHB merge; Credit outstanding in 2012 to reach 12-13 percent; Foreign protectionism threatens exports; Banks increase lending

Angling for visitors

Weekends are the best time for Nguyen Minh Tuan, from Da Nang City, and fellow enthusiasts to go fishing along the Cham Islands, situated close to the ancient town of Hoi An, a favoured tourist destination.

The Double Fifth: time to cleanse mind and body

The Double Five Festival (Doan Ngo) on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (which falls on June 23 this year) is approaching. This marks the transition from spring to summer, traditionally a time when there is an outbreak of epidemics.

50 percent of university lecturers are unqualified

Up to 50% of university lecturers in Vietnam do not have post-graduate degrees.

Seafood processors fight trade barriers

The seafood industry should soon work with trade authorities to remove raw seafood for processing from the list of goods requiring an automatic import licence, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien has said.

Vietnam to see more franchise deals in 2012, market boom from 2014

More and more international brands are seeking the way to penetrate the Vietnamese market through franchising contracts. Analysts believe that 2012 would be another bustling year for franchising deals.

Two new seaports remain idle

Two ports in HCM City that cost VND765 billion (US$36.6 million) to build have been unused for several years because they lack key access roads.

Telco market looks to rate

The telecom market will be knocked into shape if a sound telecom services rate calculation method is in place.

To Huu - the people's poet

Revolutionary poet To Huu was born on October 4, 1920 in the imperial capital city of Hue as Nguyen Kim Thanh. Despite being poor, his family was quite artistic.

China successfully launches spaceship with first female astronaut

China on Saturday sent three astronauts, including its first female astronaut Liu Yang, into space for the nation's manned space docking mission.

U.S. secret space plane X-37B returns to Earth

After spending more than 15 months orbiting Earth on a mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force's X- 37B unmanned, reusable space plane finally returned to the ground on Saturday.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 17/6

Y replaces Phung in U-20 standings; Minh out of Indonesia Open; VN volleyballers in last sixteen; Phuoc wins silver in swimming; National U22 footballers train in Thailand; U13 Vietnam win bronze at AFC U13 women’s champs

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 17/6

“Dung Dot” screened at Asia Film Festival 2012; Lao students attend beauty contest in Hue; Vietnamese-born blind woman impresses US Master Chef jury; 2 illegal TV channels in Binh Dinh stop operation; Ancient toilet found in Vietnam

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 17/6

Over 100 football bettors detained in raid; Get-together for Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan; Urbanization rate set at 38 percent by 2015; 11 Vietnamese women cheated in Macau; HCMC to use $18 mln water pump to ease flooding

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 17/6

Myanmar parliamentary chief to visit Vietnam; Corruption remains serious: Deputy PM Phuc; Vietnam seeks further UNESCO assistance; Former Indonesian ambassador to Vietnam honoured; Vietnam, Morocco sign investment pact

Ran Trao coral reefs put under stringent protection

While coral reefs are getting exhausted in many coastal provinces in the central region, the Ran Trao coral reefs have been safe thanks to the community’s special protection.

University exam prep courses go digital

Training centres for university entrance exams, in the past crowded with students as testing time neared, have been losing ground to online courses.