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V-League: Long An trounce defending champs

VietNamNet Bridge – Defending champions Becamex Binh Duong lost a humiliating game to Dong Tam Long An, which won 3-1 in a seventh round match of the Toyota V. League 1 yesterday, Feb. 8.

Indie film Flapping towards success

VietNamNet Bridge – The open ending of the Vietnamese feature film Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere, currently showing in Ha Noi and HCM City, proved divisive for audiences.   

One World Futbol project launched

 More than 44,500 ultra-durable balls will be given to Vietnamese children as part of the One World Futbol project recently launched in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

2015 Earth Hour drive launched in Hanoi

 The 2015 Earth Hour response programme, which calls upon people to save energy to cope with climate change, was launched in Hanoi on February 7.

Vietnam vies with Myanmar and Indonesia for foreign hi-tech investment

Multinational technology groups are restructuring their production strategies, giving Vietnam a reason to hope that it would be their next destination.

Government News 9/2

US veterans visit HCM City; Vietnam attends ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions Summit; Deputy PM: Vietnam’s int’l integration process enters important period; Overseas Vietnamese praised for linking Vietnam with other countries

Most modern expressway opens to traffic

 The HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway officially opened to traffic on February 8.

President welcomes expats to Homeland Spring programme

 Nearly 700 overseas Vietnamese from different countries and territories gathered on February 8 at Ho Chi Minh City's Nha Rong Wharf to join this year's Homeland Spring programme, which welcomes the Year of the Goat.

Authorities unable to control Illegal sand exploitation on Dong Nai River

Dong Nai and Binh Duong provincial authorities have been unable to control sand overexploitation on the Dong Nai River.

Training plan fails minority students

 VietNamNet Bridge – Central provinces have implemented a programme to help students from ethnic minority-populated and disadvantaged areas by granting them automatic admission into universities, colleges and vocational schools,

Ministries urged to complete auto industry development plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called on relevant ministries to work closely with the Japanese embassy over the drafting of an action plan for automobile industry development

An estuary worth dropping by

VietNamNet Bridge – The breathtaking caves in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is always what local and international tourists think of first when the name of Quang Binh Province comes to their mind.

Danang to build S-shape flower street

VietNamNet Bridge – DHC Investment Joint Stock Company based in the central city of Danang has kicked off work on a project to build a flower street in the S shape of the country to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year, or Tet

Has the state given up the “Vietnam-made automobile” dream?

VietNamNet Bridge – The breakup of the State with Vinamotor, in the eyes of analysts, is an “unhappy ending” of a strategy to protect domestic automobile production.

Property rule hurts firms, buyers

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new regulation making it mandatory for property developers to make deposits is hurting both enterprises and home-buyers, as it is expected to be eventually absorbed into the selling price.

What will 3G competition be like in 2015?

VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing the number of 3G subscribers and developing 3G-based services that connect smart mobile devices will be the most important tasks for telcos in 2015.

Social News 9/2

Labour exports off to rip-roaring start; Doctors recommend chicken pox vaccine; Poor services drive commuters away from buses; Work on expy in delta to start this month; Hanoi has most winners in national science Olympiads

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/2

Shoemakers upbeat on prospects for 2015; Ocean Group to sell property projects; Import duty differentials benefit fuel firms; Vinacas sets high export growth for cashew nuts; Residential real estate market on the road to recovery

ANZ: Vietnam oil consumption growth fastest in region

 Vietnam’s oil consumption growth is the fastest in the region, overtaking China and rising by 7.5% annually over the last 20 years, according to ANZ Bank.

Photos: The unique peach flower road in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - Renowned throughout the country for its flowers villages of Nhat Tan and Quang Ba, this Lunar New Year the district of Tay Ho in Hanoi, has a unique peach flower road, which stretches from Lac Long Quan to Thuy Khue.