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Vietnamese women warned on dangers of molar pregnancies

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 9,000 women in Viet Nam are found to have molar pregnancies a year, according to research conducted by the National Hospital for Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Ministry plans to halt veggie imports

VietNamNet Bridge – A proposal to confiscate and destroy vegetables carried from Europe in travellers' luggage was submitted to the Prime Minister by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

Minh falls to world No 1 Wei in Indonesia

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Nguyen Tien Minh was ousted from the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier after losing 10-21, 14-21 to world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in yesterday's quarter-final round in Jakarta.

Vietnam CPI rises 21 pct y-o-y

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in June rose by 1.09 percent against May, bringing the country’s CPI to 13.29 percent this year - a 20.82 percent rise year on year, according to Vietnam General Statistics Office (GSO).

Hang ready to step up a gear

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's top middle-distance runner Truong Thanh Hang will compete against strong rivals at the Cottbus Track and Field Meeting in Brandenburg, Germany today, June 25.

East Sea pressures ASEAN

VietNamNet Bridge - It will apparently take more than two to tango to resolve East Sea issues, as observers urge ASEAN to engage economic powers in dispute settlement.

Festival celebrates families

Hundreds of households are expected to gather in Ha Noi on June 25 to celebrate the 10th annual Viet Nam Family Day, said organisers.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/6

Petrol price constant despite global fluctuation; Risk management to protect cotton industry; Seed shortage threatens crop; Ministry seeks income tax changes; Khanh Hoa’s waste nix plant long overdue; HTC launches most high-end handset in VN  

Tax break proposed to the Government

The Ministry of Finance has drafted a tax break law which includes a range of corporate and personal income tax exemptions and deductions.

An Bang - City of Ghosts

VietNamNet Bridge – “The City of Tombs” or the “City of Ghosts” An Bang has become a tourist attraction in the central city of Hue.

Unusual whirlwind ravages Hai Phong’s commune

VietNamNet Bridge – A whirlwind devastated 1,000 houses and killed several people in the northern port city of Hai Phong on June 23. A senior expert said that the whirlwind is similar as those in Central America.

Storm Haima batters North Vietnam, 4 dead

Tropical storm Haima cut a swathe through three northern and north-central Vietnamese provinces and cities yesterday, killing at least four people, leaving three others missing, and injuring hundreds of others.

Historical documents on Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel and Spratly islands

Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) are two archipelagos offshore Vietnam. The closest point of Paracel is 120 nautical miles east of Da Nang. Meanwhile, the closest point of Spratly is 250 nautical miles to the east of Cam Ranh Bay.

Only 1% of Vietnamese enterprises do marketing via social networks

While 54 percent of international companies use social networks as an effective marketing tool, only one percent of Vietnamese enterprises use this tool.

Home appliance market restructured after WonderBuy case

Suppliers have become more cautious when doing business with retailers after WonderBuy has filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, analysts have every reason to believe that after WonderBuy, some more names would also disappear from the market.

Smoking may increase risk of prostate cancer recurrence, death: study

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and University of California, San Francisco, researchers suggests that men with prostate cancer who smoke increase their risk of prostate cancer recurrence

Vietnam goes against market rules in IT officer training

While other countries in the world strive to produce high quality university graduates, Vietnam strives to set high requirements on students entering universities, but floats the quality of university graduates.

Draft decree on bullion gold trade raises controversy

The gold market has warmed up after the draft decree on gold bullion trade has opened for public opinions. However, worries have been raised that the new regulations would lead to the monopoly on the market.

Energy saving: heavy investments bring modest efficiency

Though Vietnam’s construction standards were promulgated in 2006, annual surveys in HCM City show that nearly all the buildings in the city cannot meet the standards, which leads to a high level of energy consumption.

Chinese Communist Party delegation visits VN

A high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 23 paid a courtesy visit to Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat