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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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.
