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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.

Women who seek happiness in darkness

VietNamNet’s Quynh Anh and Van Anh discovered the deep world of blind women.

U.S.-Vietnam trade nears US$18 billion

Vietnam is becoming an increasingly important trading partner of the United States in Southeast Asia given their strong bilateral trade expansion, which the AmCham Vietnam in HCM City puts at nearly US$18 billion for this year.

Theft is latest threat to Vietnam coffee industry

VietNamNet Bridge - Coffee theft has been added to steep borrowing costs and unstable exchange rates as a threat to Vietnam's coffee sector and cited as a key factor supporting domestic and global prices, industry players said on Thursday.

Month of discounts for HCMC visitors

VietNamNet Bridge - The hub of Vietnam’s tourism, HCMC, will launch a month-long promotion for visitors to the city with attractive discounts from December 15 to January 15.

Environmental changes challenge Vietnam government

VietNamNet Bridge - About a year ago some farmers from Binh Thanh commune in Vietnam's southern rice growing heartland suspected the worst -- that their irrigation water had become too salty.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 11/12

“I am a real man” exhibition in Hanoi; Figure painting show at Himiko Cafe; Children's literature contest launched; HCMC hosts exhibition of Vietnamese paintings; Da Nang to offer on-board fireworks viewing service

Investment abroad faces risks

Domestic businesses, mostly State-owned companies investing billions of USD to abroad be not one bright spot even faces many risks on the current landscape.

Dalat’s Hung King Temples

VietNamNet Bridge - Ten kilometers from Dalat City on the road to HCMC is the beautiful Prenn Waterfall and a temple site to commemorate the Hung Kings.

Fishy in Phu Quoc

VietNamNet Bridge - Goi ca trich (herring salad) served at Tieu Ngu Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. The dish can be found on the menu of every seaside shack and luxury restaurants in Phu Quoc.

Hanoi in the mood for Christmas

VietNamNet Bridge – Christmas is coming to the capital city. People are busy purchasing decorations for their houses. Many offices and shops have been decorated with pine trees and Santa Clauses for a week.

What will happen if banks do not have required capital?

Under the current regulations, all commercial banks must have a minimum chartered capital of three trillion dong by the end of 2010, which means that banks have only two weeks more to complete their capital increases.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/12

Bank sector joins in to stabilize prices; Vietnamese company wins most innovative company award; Private investors key to HCMC development; InterContinental expands business in Vietnam; Delta urged to develop rice varieties

Miss Vietnam World competes for Miss Grand Slam

Global Beauties website has picked up Vietnamese beauty queen Diem Huong, who was in the top 14 of Miss Earth 2010 pageant, to the list of 87 beauty queens around the world who will compete for the Miss Grand Slam title this year.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 11/12

3,000th open heart patient receives free operation; Copycat teens fail in ATM heist, nabbed; Wasps bite kids to death; Woman gets life for selling state-owned $13 mln mansion; Southern hub to offer tourism discounts

Out-of-date land price frame makes no effect to property market, officials say

VietNamNet Bridge - The deficit between land prices frame and the market price caused corruption, while land auction procedures remain inadequate, officials say.