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Labour laws seen as hard work by firms

Firms have frowned upon proposed disclosure of salary sheets under the amended Labour Code draft.

Vietnam maps out a road to more wealth

Vietnam’s National Assembly has finished mapping out the country’s road to prosperity until 2015 but government cuts to investment capital could mean funding for the ambitious targets is hard to come by.

Lawyer: Investment law hinders business, needs to be removed

The currently applied 2005 Investment Law comprises some overlapping, contradictory and confused provisions, which is the combination of the provisions of other laws. Therefore, it needs to be removed.

Volunteer tour guides a hit with foreigners

After booking tickets, hotels and other services for their trip to the capital of Viet Nam, Dorothy Colton and her husband from England visited the website www.tripadvisor.com to read recommendations from tourists all over the world.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 14/11

“Breaking dawn” premier delayed in Vietnam; Vietnam-Japan festival opens in HCM City; Biggest film studio kicks off in Long An; Two records recognized at rice festival; Online music award kicks off its second season     

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 14/11

Healthy lifestyle can beat diabetes; Tuoi Tre shoots video of man scattering nails; Families affected by explosion at mine discuss compensation; Lightning kills 2 in Ho Chi Minh City

European music festival returns to Vietnam

The annual European Music Festival will return to Vietnam next week with first-time participants from Slovakia.

Lack of ports hinders smooth transport along Mekong Delta

VietNamNet Bridge – The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta has few ports considering the number of river systems there, meaning the transport needs of the country's main rice growing area are not met.

Over 400 granted Professor, Associate Professor titles

Vietnam’s Professorship Council awarded the titles Professor and Associate Professor to over 400 teachers and lecturers from universities and institutes nationwide in Hanoi Saturday.

Hanoi precocious child publishes novel at 10

A little boy who has yet to celebrate his tenth birthday has wowed many adults with his first novel, to be released next week.

About building hydro-power plants in national park, killing wild birds, fake Ph.D diplomas, Vietnam's first Tourism Ambassador...

Today’s mistake to harm the future; Universities rush to open joint training programs; ‘Tourism Ambassador does not need university diploma’; Dangerous season for wild birds

The cost for Ha Long Bay’s wonder title not high: official

Nguyen Van Tinh, head of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s International Relations Department, said that the advertising campaign for Ha Long Bay is not costly in comparison with other tourism promotion programs.

Millions of Syrians nationwide rally against the Arab League

Millions of Syrians on Sunday thronged main squares and streets in various Syrian cities to lend support to their embattled President Bashar al-Assad and to express discontent with the Arab League decision to suspend Syria's membership.

Heartless Facebook comment stirs ire

VietNamNet Bridge – The family of the victim of a motorbike accident in northern Yen Bai Province early this month has asked the public to forgive a Facebook user who posted an offending message on the social networking site

Universities do everything they can to retain young lecturers

Training postgraduates themselves to create lecturers for their schools is the way many universities are following to upgrade their lecturing staff.

Locals clamor for tougher action against polluter

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in a commune in Dong Nai Province demand the polluting company, AB Mauri Vietnam, be shut down if it continues causing pollution problems.

Lam wins gold medal at world bodybuilding event

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese bodybuilder Nguyen Van Lam caused an upset at the World Bodybuilding Championship in Malaysia by winning the gold in the men's 65kg last Saturday.

Classic French play comes to Viet Nam

VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Play Theatre will be staging the French classic Andromaque, directed by Jean Mari Lejude, in Ha Noi on December 14 and 15, before touring France and a number of other European countries.

Only 2/3 of SMEs have healthy operation

The open legal framework has helped small and medium enterprises (SMEs) increase rapidly in the last five years. However, only 2/3 of SMEs have been operating well, while the other 1/3 has been running at random.

Anti-nuke rallies held in Japan's Fukuoka

Anti-nuclear protesters held a series of large rallies in Japan's southwestern city of Fukuoka on Sunday, with more than 15,000 people participating and calling for dismantlement of all nuclear power plants in Japan, Kyodo News reported.