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Lacking gas, EVN has more reasons to raise electricity price

Lacking 800 million cubic meters of gas for generating power, the Electricity of Vietnam EVN will have to spend 18 trillion dong to buy oil to generate power, and have one more reason to raise the electricity price.

Death toll rises to 81 in Indian hospital fire

The death toll from the massive fire Friday which turned a hospital building into a chimney in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has risen to 81, said media reports.

Floating market amid Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge – It is little known that there is a floating market in Saigon – Tran Van Kieu market on Tau Hu-Ben Nghe canal in District 6.

NA Chairman wraps up UK visit

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA left London for Hanoi on Dec. 10, concluding a three-day official visit to the UK.

12 killed, 20 injured in plane crash in Philippines

A light plane crashed in Paranaque City in Philippines' capital region of Metro Manila at around 02: 45 p.m. local time on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others, mayor Jun Bernabe said.

Super-fast medical examination: One minute is still long!

VietNamNet has received a lot of feedbacks of readers about super-fast medical examination at public hospitals in Hanoi and HCM City. Some readers tell us their true stories.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/12

Ceiling airfares blamed for increasing losses; Fruit shipment hindered by rule; Gov’t considers tightening investments; Competitive growth in focus at business forum; Chinese jewelry disguised as Italian products

New rules to boost outbound investment efficiency

Investment authorities are putting the screws on Vietnam’s outbound investment to raise efficiency.

GOP candidates concentrate attacks on frontrunners

Six U.S. Republican candidates Saturday night faced-off in a debate in Iowa, competing for a chance to challenge President Barack Obama on behalf of the Republican Party (GOP) in less than a month.

Nurse mistakenly switches newborn baby in hospital

Tran Thi Hong Cam from Tu Nghia District in the central province of Quang Ngai was shocked to discover that the baby daughter she had given birth to on December 7 had been switched to a male baby by hospital staff.

City lacks gusto to shift pollution-causing firms

The program to relocate pollution-causing production facilities to outer districts of HCMC is a long way from completion.

HSBC to assist ministry in credit ratings

The HSBC Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Viet Nam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), under which it will assist the latter in credit rating assessment, capital mobilisation and training.

Three banks merge, creditors feel anxious

How to handle with the debts incurred by Ficombank, TinNghia Bank and SCB is the question that has been raised after the information about the merging of the three banks was released.

Ha Noi aims to maintain growth rate

The Ha Noi People’s Council is set to maintain the city’s economic growth of 10-10.5 per cent for the year ahead.

Domestic saturation pushes sales overseas

Several Vietnamese enterprises are expanding into foreign countries, including Africa, Middle East and Latin American, because the domestic market has become saturated.

ASEAN agrees on minerals compact

The Ha Noi Declaration on ASEAN Sustainable Connectivity on minerals was adopted at the end of the third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals, which opened in the capital city yesterday.

Tennis tourney for outstanding national players opens

Twenty-four tennis players, including eight women, seeded from 9th to 16th in the national ratings, are competing in the VFM Cup tournament that opened in Danang on December 10.

Half of inspected abattoirs fail meat hygiene tests

VietNamNet Bridge – Half of 450 abattoirs inspected by health authorities recently have been declared below the required standard for meat hygiene.

International school in ads, Vietnamese people founded school in nature

Tens of parents have spent hundreds of millions of dong a year to bring their children to a school advertised as international school. However, they have been exceedingly astonished that the school is just a Vietnamese people founded school.

Super Cup Vietnam scheduled next week

VietNamNet Bridge – The most important match of the year – the Super Cup Vietnam – will be held on December 17, at the stadium of Vinh City, Nghe An province.