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Social News 10/10

 Two tonnes of suspected elephant tusks found at Sai Gon port, Work starts on new national exhibition and fair centre, PM urges HCM City to develop clean food supply chains, Charity gala raises 20 billion VND for children with heart diseases

Vietnamese Issac wins Rising Star award at Busan International Film Festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese actor Issac won the Rising Star of Asia Star Award at the 21st Busan International Festival on October 7.

Devices monitoring radioactive sources in place by Oct 30

 VietNamNet Bridge – The installation of devices to monitor 600 major radioactive sources in the country will be completed by October 30, officials said yesterday, Oct 6.

Inspection on polluted cement factories and thermal-power plants begins

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministries of Industry and Trade and Natural Resources and Environment will inspect cement manufacturing factories and thermal-power plants that pose a high risk of contamination.

Vocational education is being revised

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hong Minh, Director General of the Department of Vocational Training, spoke to the newspaper Tin tuc (News) about some key changes in the Law on Vocational Education and Training.

Overseas remittances: have they been used effectively?

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) complain that it is difficult to make investments in Vietnam.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/10

 Vietnamese farmers urged to shift from rice to corn, Japanese businesses interest in Vietnamese market, Indian firm wants to supply garment-textile machines for Vietnam, Fish exporters face difficulties in hitting year-end goal

Network providers urged to up 3G service

 The quality of Viet Nam's 3G network service is not low, as was written in recent reports published by global mobile application providers, who evaluate the speed of internet networks and mobile internet throughout the world.

VN leads weekly trend of accessing online video

 Viet Nam leads the weekly trend of accessing online video, with 92 per cent of respondents saying that they accessed online video on a weekly basis, Nielsen reported.

VRG sells hydropower shares for VND1.4 trillion

 Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) sold one lot of 110.8 million shares from five hydropower companies for over VND1.4 trillion (US$62.6 million), aimed at divesting from its non-core subsidiaries.

Gov't launches website to address business concerns

 The Government launched a new website this month which enables businesses to send feedback and suggestions.

Vietnamese traditional games on Hanoi pedestrian streets

VietNamNet Bridge – The roads around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake have become pedestrian streets on the weekends since September 1. 

Delta rice yields fall on diseases

 VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun harvesting the year’s third rice crop, but face low yields even as prices have been pushed down by export difficulties.

Landslides threaten Thua Thien-Hue households

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 500 households living along the banks of the Bo River in central Thua Thien-Hue have been threatened by serious landslides.

Buddha stolen from Me So Pagoda returned

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue stolen from Me So Pagoda in the northern province of Hung Yen has been found by the side of National Highway 5B,

The diamond wedding of Vietnamese couple

VietNamNet Bridge - Wedding photos of a couple more than 80 years old have amazed Vietnamese facebookers and Internet users.

The face of autumn in Ru Cha

 Ru Cha islet is one of the few places in central Hue city that people can experience the autumn leaves of cha (excoecaria agallocha – a mangrove species) trees. The islet has become a must-visit destination for photographers around the country.

Mekong Delta rice yields fall on diseases

  Farmers in the Mekong Delta have begun harvesting the year’s third rice crop, but face low yields even as prices have been pushed down by export difficulties.

Hanoi after 62 years of liberation

 Hanoi has been developed into a peaceful and prosperous city over the past 62 years.

Proposed new power tariff rules cause a ruckus

 A proposal to allow Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to set retail prices has been criticised for granting excessive power to the national utility as well as the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).