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Ambitious show on Vietnamese history falls flat
VietNamNet Bridge - The much hyped “Xin Chao” (Hello), a show featuring a mix of music and dance and depicting Vietnamese legends, has failed to amuse even Ho Chi Minh City’s undemanding audiences, thanks to its sloppiness.
Vietnam’s market of applications for mobile phones attractive in foreigners’ eyes
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s
market, with 50 million regular mobile
phone subscribers, a developing 3G infrastructure , but a limited number of
mobile phone applications, is gold mine for foreign companies.
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 13/12
First-ever requiem to
be held for AO victims; German financial
expert honoured; Thua Thien-Hue
prepares to market community based and eco tourism; Car crash causes
store collapse; 70m age-old tree
certified as national heritage
Gateways to cities – the new retailing paradises
VietNamNet Bridge – Retailers now
tend to set up shopping malls in the suburb areas of big cities, since the land
in the inner cities has become too expensive, and it is nearly impossible now
to seek large land plots for retail premises.
Tropical depression affects southern waters
VietNamNet Bridge - A tropical low pressure zone is now centered 240 kilometers east off Khanh Hoa – Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces’ coast, 9.7-10.7 degrees latitude north and 110.1-111.1 degrees longitude east on December 13.
Vietnam has big potential in online marketing: Google
VietNamNet Bridge - A representative of Google in South East Asia shared his optimistic view on Vietnam market in a seminar on export solutions and online marketing on Wednesday, citing the increasing number of Internet users in the country.
FDI firms evade income tax, get massive VAT refunds
VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign firms have reported losses to avoid paying tax though they may lose their licence as a result but they continue to apply for and get value-added tax refunds.
Saigontourist seeks Japanese investment for new hotel projects
VietNamNet Bridge -
Continental Hotel in Ho Chi Minh, which is operated by Saigontourist
Retired vehicle becomes tourist attraction
VietNamNet Bridge - No
longer a public transport means, xích lô in HCM City
has stepped down. But it should live on as a symbol of the municipal tourism.
Support urged for auto industry
VietNamNet Bridge -
Vietnam's auto industry still needs government support to develop a clear and
long-term growth strategy, said the European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) in Vietnam.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/12
Experts suggest gold,
bank deposits as viable channels; VALC inks
US$184-million deal to buy aircraft engines; Vietnam overseas remittances up 26 pct; Gold recovers as low
prices boost demand; Russian group gets
down to business
SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/12
Fifth-grade students
hospitalized for pesticide poisoning;
Tourism firm fined
$15,400 for illegal constructions;
Female cop
investigated in deadly traffic accident; Russia closes market,
lays off 400 Vietnamese
Vietnam's banks urged to go hi-tech
Vietnam's banking sector will have to develop more useful and modern services to meet future challenges, and the application of information technology and security systems will play a more important role in the future, experts said.
Vietnam hikes rice prices as Indonesia buys more
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam
raised its rice export floor prices by nearly 14 percent, partly to meet
possible demand from Indonesia, which more than doubled its grain imports and
is seeking more to replenish stocks.
Harmful waste treatment fees flying in HCM City
The average cost to treat harmful waste has skyrocketed up to VND40 million (US$2,000) a ton from only VND1.3 million in 2007. With such booming prices, businesses have to draw up contracts with waste treatment companies.
Shopping time for Hanoi’s home buyers, brokers say
VietNamNet Bridge - Despite the bearish real estate market in Hanoi, many brokers recommended that it was the good time to buy a house for living.
Is youth’s lifestyle bad?
VietNamNet Bridge – There have been many reports in the local medion odd activities cruel behaviourof to the youth. What is happening with the lifestyle and personality young people?
Vietnamese phones dominate domestic market
VietNamNet Bridge - It
is easy to own a mobile phone that is made in Vietnam these days, as phones
with Vietnamese trademarks such as ABTel, Viettel, Hanel or FPT are available
in many shops in Hanoi.
HCM City plans to build first Vietnamese chip maker
VietNamNet Bridge - An electronics factory in Ho Chi Minh City. The establishment of a chip production plant is expected to help promote the country’s hi-tech sector.
Foreign direct investors return to the real estate market
Though the
global real estate market cooled down after the economic crisis, international
real estate developers have still been pouring their capital into Vietnam.
