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President urges more efforts to restructure businesses

President Tran Dai Quang has asked Party cells under the Party Organisation of the Central Business Bloc to work harder to fulfill the task of business restructuring.

Technology students create flycam on smartphone

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of students from FPT University has defended their graduation thesis with ‘Hummingbird’, an ‘aircraft’ which allows users to take selfies tens of meters above with their smartphones.

Bac Kan specialties

 Pac Ngoi Village in Nam Mau Commune, Bac Kan province, is one of just a few places where the traditional customs of the Tay minority ethnic group are still practiced.

Imported meat floods local market

 Vietnam has seen annual rises in imported meat, which has posed a challenge for domestic products and businesses.   

Climate change paves way for disease epidemics to return

VietNamNet Bridge - Unusual climate changes provide favorable conditions for diseases to break out, while some infectious diseases eliminated in the past are likely to return. 

2017 the year for enforcing discipline at schools

VietNamNet Bridge - School violence has caused problems in the Vietnamese educational sector in recent years. An eighth grader, for example, committed suicide after being beaten and humiliated in front of friends.

Top 7 listed businesses in 2006 – how are they doing?

VietNamNet Bridge - They were the best known names in 2006, known for having the highest capitalization value. However, big changes occurred in the last 10 years.  

NA to keep tabs on fishermen’s compensation

VietNamNet Bridge – A National Assembly (NA) task force will monitor compensation disbursement and implementation of social welfare policies for fishermen and others affected by the mass fish deaths in central Viet Nam last April.

Rosy 2017 VN economic outlook: experts

Viet Nam will achieve its 2017 goal of 6.7 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP), higher than 6.21 per cent in 2016, due to the efficiency of its reforms, say experts.

Japanese director inspired by Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Director Ken Ochiai of Japan has dreamed of making a film in Viet Nam after his first visit to the country on vacation years ago. His dream finally comes true with Ve Si Sai Gon (Sai Gon Bodyguard),

Administrative procedures enrage Vietnamese patients

VietNamNet Bridge – “Why didn’t they spare me this troublesome paperwork? I know I don’t have much time left,” 51-year-old throat cancer patient Nguyen Thi Nhung said regarding the procedures she had to complete in order

Agriculture sector expects further investments with slashed policies

 Local and foreign investors are welcoming the government’s landmark move to eliminate agricultural policy-related obstacles in a bid to attract more investment in the agricultural sector.

Coal piles up as VN firms prefer imports

According to statistics from the General Customs Department, as of December 15 Viet Nam had imported a total 13 million tonnes of coal worth US$860 million during the year, more than four times the targeted 3 million tonnes.

Miss Tourism Vietnam pageant launched

 A beauty pageant was launched in HCM City on Tuesday to popularise and promote Viet Nam’s tourism industry.


The best investment channels in Vietnam in 2016

 People are investing their money in five main channels of stocks, gold, foreign currencies, property assets and savings but which of these offered the highest returns in 2016?

Network to develop science and tech

 A network of thousands of outstanding Vietnamese individuals living in foreign countries world-wide, is expected to be set up following a project newly kicked off by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

VN among the world’s most optimistic countries on economic prosperity

 Viet Nam is ranked fifth in the list of the world’s most optimistic countries on economic prosperity in 2017, according to a survey by WIN/Gallup, the world’s leading association in market research and polling.

Vietnam second in ASEAN in manufacturing sector growth

  The Vietnamese manufacturing sector ended 2016 on a positive note, with the Nikkei Viet Nam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) coming second among the top three PMIs in ASEAN region.

Top singers to perform in Hanoi concert

 Many of Viet Nam’s A-list singers will perform together in a concert at Hanoi Opera House on Saturday.


Vietnam may fail to reach CPI target of 4% in 2017

 Experts said that it would be difficult for Vietnam to reach the CPI target of 4% in 2017 set by the National Assembly when the country still faces many macro-economic challenges.