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Phone providers offer Tet deal

VietNamNet Bridge - Major telecommunications service providers such as MobiFone, Vinaphone and Viettel have rushed to offer subscriber promotions prior to the Lunar New Year festival.

Telecoms push use of fixed lines, 3G for Lunar holiday

VietNamNet Bridge - Customers should use 3G and fixed phone technology to avoid network congestion during the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, telecommunications companies have said.

EU gives $15m to develop sustainable tourism

VietNamNet Bridge - The European Union yesterday officially announced a grant of 11 million euros (US$15 million) to help develop an ‘environmentally and socially responsible' tourism sector, the ever biggest tourism programme in Viet Nam.

New trend takes hold in hotel industry

VietNamNet Bridge - Hotel developers are now beginning to manage properties under their own brand names, setting off a new trend in Viet Nam's hospitality industry.

Farmers grow rice in chill

VietNamNet Bridge – In the piercing cold, thousands of farmers in central Vietnam still work very hard in the field.

Smuggling diseased Chinese poultry into Vietnam increases as Tet approaches

Skyrocketing prices of pork and chicken has prompted some people to illegally transport these animals into the country. The smuggling is rampant at border crossings such as Tan Thanh, Cao Loc and Mong Cai, in Lang Son and Quang Ninh. 

Investors put faith in animal feed

VietNamNet Bridge - Foreign investors are looking to make the most of Vietnam’s lucrative animal feed industry in 2011.

Lin Dan, Wang Meng win China's CCTV Sports Personality of the Year

Badminton player Lin Dan and Winter Olympic champion Wang Meng won the best male and female Athlete of the Year honors at the 2010 CCTV (China Central Television) sports personality awarding ceremony here on Sunday.

Paper-flower making village welcomes lunar New Year

VietNamNet Bridge – Located on the bank of the Huong River, the 300-year-old Thanh Tien paper-flower making village in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue is busy preparing for the New Year.

Vietnam’s $300,000 gem

VietNamNet Bridge – The first ruby owned by the Vietnamese state was sold to a Thai businessman at the price of $290,000 at an auction a decade ago. The auction is part of the history of Vietnam’s jewelry industry.

Business community voices rosy economic outlook

Despite a number of obstacles, Viet Nam will continue to be one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia, with the Government targeting a 7-7.5 per cent GDP-growth rate, according to experts speaking at a corporate gathering in HCM City.

NASA research finds 2010 tied for warmest year on record

Global surface temperatures in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York.

Hundreds of overseas Vietnamese to attend New Year gala

VietNamNet Bridge – 1000 people will be invited to a special gala to welcome the Lunar New Year 2011, held by the State Committee for Overseas  Vietnamese Affairs on January 28 in Hanoi.

Trade surplus with US passes $10 billion

VietNamNet Bridge - Viet Nam had a trade surplus of more than US$10 billion with the US for the first 11 months of 2010, according to figures from the US Department of Commerce (DoC).

VNR500 forum: expert says big businesses need sustainable growth

Vietnam needs big enterprises which can compete on the international market. However, “big” should mean “substantial and sustainable” growth, Tran Si Chuong, Member of the Advisory Council of the VNR500 Club, told Vietnam Economic Forum.

More air carriers do not improve aviation market

VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly tens of years of developing private airlines, the aviation market still has not seen any considerable improvement. Passengers still cannot fly even though more airlines have been established.

Border area markets: fake goods paradise

VietNamNet Bridge – There, in the solitary border area of Lang Son province, luxury products, like iPhones or Nokia X7, E71, E72 or E75 are numerous and sold easily like bunches of vegetable. However, all are counterfeit goods.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 17/1

VND740 billion disbursed for low-income housing projects; Papal envoy may improve relations; Another case of A/H1N1 discovered in HCM City; Viet Nam's first baby born in aeroplane; Oxy-fuel welding kills two and injures three

16 killed in bus blast in NW Pakistan

At least 16 people were killed and nine others injured as a blast took place in a passenger bus on Monday mooring in Kohat, northwest Pakistan, police said.

Saigontourist welcomes Princess Daphne cruise ship

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigontourist Travel Service received 300 tourists from Portugal’s Princess Daphne cruise ship during their 2-day tour of HCM City – Cu Chi – My Tho on January 15.