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Rural residents pay through the nose

VietNamNet Bridge – Residents in rural areas are missing out on price-stabilised products that are mainly being sold at wholesale markets and supermarkets in urban areas.

HCM City to promote domestic medicines

VietNamNet Bridge – The city last Friday began to implement a programme to encourage consumers, hospitals, manufactures and retailers throughout the city to increase the use of domestic drugs.

Science, social welfare contributions hailed in annual awards

VietNamNet Bridge – Three groups and five individuals have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to society in the fields of applied science and technology, and social welfare at the 8th annual KOVA Awards.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 15/11

Police discover heroin trafficking ring; Foreign NGOs pledge to help Vietnam reduce poverty; Official charged over bribery; Support continues for central flood victims

Faults found in waste water treatment plant

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 160 design and construction faults had been discovered in a new waste water treatment plant and pumping station in Binh Chanh District, causing many operation difficulties in its first year.

Outstanding Olympiad students honoured

VietNamNet Bridge – A ceremony was held at the Au Co theater in Hanoi on November 14 to honour 23 students who won medals at international and regional Olympiad competitions.

Miss Earth: Best Traditional Costume goes to Japanese contestant

Japanese contestant Marina Kishira, 23, defeated nearly 80 Miss Earth contestants to take the Best Traditional Costume title on November 13 in the coastal city of Phan Thiet.

Nation joins Trans-Pacific Partnership

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations as an official member, President Nguyen Minh Triet has said.

Assembly eyes laws on independent audit

VietNamNet Bridge – The majority of NA deputies last Saturday advocated for the need to issue the Independent Audit Law in order to build a comprehensive legal framework of auditing services and enhance the efficiency of State management.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 15/11

Charity scooter run to help underprivileged children; Vietnamese pupil receives gold medal in letter writing contest; Fine art exhibition to raise funds for Agent Orange victims; Student beats nearly 2,000 to win English Olympic competition

Film on city founder hits cinemas

VietNamNet Bridge – A movie about the life of King Ly Thai To who moved the capital from Hoa Lu (now in the northern province of Ninh Binh) to Thang Long (today's Ha Noi), is now being shown at cinemas across the country.

VN beats Chinese Taipei to host competition in 2016

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam was selected to host the fifth Asian Beach Games in 2016 at the Olympic Council of Asia's (OCA) meeting which concluded on Saturday in Guangzhou, China.

Acute labour shortages are rattling FIEs

As high inflation hits Vietnam, workers are turning their backs on poor paying foreign-invested companies.

Bronze in wushu puts nation on tally board

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam added its name to the 16th Asian Games medal tally yesterday, Nov 14, when wushu artist Nguyen Manh Quyen won a medal on the second day of competition in Guangzhou, China.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/11

Viet Nam exports 6 million tonnes of rice; More traders to be licensed to import gold; HCM City to host watch, jewelry exhibition next month

FPT Telecom to broadcast EPL Sunday matches

VietNamNet Bridge – FPT Telecom will broadcast K+ channels on its iTV under a contract signed last week.

Domestic market nearly saturated, time to make outward investments

Within just two years, Viettel has expanded its investments into many countries in the world with its committed investment capital of up to hundreds of millions dollars.

Installing cameras will make teachers give up their jobs

While the HCM City Education and Training Department is still discussing the plan to install cameras at kindergartens in order to reduce abuses, many private kindergartens have moved ahead.

Government needs to restore confidence in VND

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) lack of dollar is not the reason for the depreciation of the Vietnamese dong.Instead, the key issue at the moment is that Vietnamese people do not want to keep the Vietnam dong.

What is K Plus?

VietNamNet has received many emails asking what K plus (K+) television station is. Some people collected hundreds of opinions protesting K+ to send them to VietNamNet.