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Inside presidential suites of luxury hotels in Vietnam

These are the rooms where US President George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, and movie star Angelina Jolie stayed when they visited Vietnam.

More banks set up remittance companies

VietNamNet Bridge - Three more commercial banks, namely OCB, Vietcombank and Bac A Bank, have announced they will set up subsidiaries specializing in providing kieu hoi (overseas remittance) services. 

Creepy specialties from southern Vietnam

Besides a number of eye-catching dishes, Vietnam is also well-known for its scary culinary specialties that will make foreigners ‘creepy’.

Foreign language requirement set for college students

VietNamNet Bridge – All students of universities and colleges nationwide must satisfy foreign language requirements to be eligible for graduation by 2025. 

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/6

 VinaCapital and DEG enter into wood industry, Agricultural sector focuses on recovering growth, ADB trade finance programme increases Việt Nam presence, Credit growth surges 5.48% in first five months

Indian actress Avika Gor to return Vietnam

 Indian actress Avika Gor, well known in Vietnam for her role in the Indian film named Balika Vadhu (Child Bride) will return Vietnam on June 23.

Social News 18/6

Netherlands hands over World Blood Donor Flag to Vietnam, Danang to construct USD196.65 million river tunnel, Smuggling via air routes on the rise, HCM City police arrest swindlers, Nineteen enterprises awarded for solutions to climate change

Can Tho joins 100 resilient cities

Can Tho has been chosen as one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC), a program of the Rockefeller Foundation, said Ho Thi Thanh Bach, deputy director of the Mekong Delta city’s Department of Foreign Affairs.

VNPT aims for second place

The Vietnam National Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) targets revenue of VND19.5 trillion ($877.5 million) in the 2016-2020 period.

Policies give preferences to FIEs, neglect domestic enterprises

VietNamNet Bridge - There are 40 state financial funds established to support Vietnamese enterprises to develop its production. However, most private businesses say they cannot receive any support from the state. 

NA Chairwoman greets EU, UK, German ambassadors

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on June 17 held separate meetings with newly-accredited ambassadors of the EU, the UK and Germany.

ADB President pledges stronger support to Vietnam

ADB President Takehiko Nakao has vowed that his bank will continue to give strong support to Vietnam through loans of about $1 billion each year, as soon as it builds a new Country Partnership Strategy for Vietnam in the 2016-2020 period.

Vietnamese, Lao ministries of planning and investment hold talks

 Vietnam and Laos need to promote the efficiency of the Intergovernmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation while enhancing collaboration to facilitate Vietnamese enterprises’ operations in Laos.

Photos on war legacy on show in Saigon

 A Vietnamese photographer who is practicing contemporary photography is putting on an exhibition featuring images of those suffering during the Japanese occupation of Vietnam.

New legislature to gather on July 20

 Vietnam’s new National Assembly (NA) is expected to hold its first session on July 20, with the major focus being on electing a new leadership for the legislative body, the State, and the government.

Power market regulations to be ready by 2017

 Working on regulations to oversee the competitive power wholesale market are to be completed by June 2017.

A getaway in the far north

  Bao Ha is a remote commune in Bao Yen District, Lao Cai Province in the northwestern upland near the Vietnamese-Chinese border.

HCM City urges illegal chemical crack down

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chemical markets that are endangering food and public safety must be moved out of residential areas and criminal charges filed against violation of trading rules in toxic substances.

Self-trained mechanic manufactures $100,000 armored vehicle

VietNamNet Bridge - About 2 years ago, after watching a TV program on a foreign channel armored vehicles, Nguyen Dinh Chinh, 57, who runs a mechanics workshop, began to study and then make an armored vehicle.

Local firms lag far behind regional peers in technology

VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic firms’ ability to develop and apply new technologies is far behind that of companies in regional countries,