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Wealthy Vietnamese businesspeople shun the bourse

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese billionaires will refuse to talk about themselves and their business, keeping the public out of the know and preferring to stay away from the stock market.

Fanciful Sa Mu Pass in pictures

 VietNamNet Bridge – The pass of Sa Mu in the central province of Quang Tri is nearly 1,400 meters above sea level and very near the Vietnam-Laos border. It is a big challenge for drivers on the north-south route.

Hanh Thong Tay Church

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located in a spacious setting of lush trees and diversified species of flowers, the ancient church named Hanh Thong Tay is a haven away from the bustling life in the largest urban centre in Vietnam.

F&B investors enter Vietnamese market via side door

Vietnam will have to open its food&beverage (F&B) market beginning in January 2015 under its WTO commitments. However, dozens of F&B brands have been present in Vietnam for years, some entering through the “front door”.

Tax incentive policy for investment projects in financial difficulty

VietNamNet Bridge - A 60-day deferral of Value Added Tax payment on imports and Value Added Tax refunds are tax incentives that Viet Nam applies to investment projects facing financial problems.

Cassava-processing plant in Yen Bai pollutes river, kills crops

The standard of living for residents in five communes along the Chay River in Yen Bai province in northwestern Vietnam has deteriorated as a cassava-processing plant has damaged crops and polluted water sources.

Serious errors found in Vietnamese dictionary

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese dictionary for students that is riddled with errors has been added to the lookup list of the Vietnam National Library.

Opinions shared through video blogs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Video blogs (vlog) reflecting the maker's take on various social and cultural issues are now a popular draw among Vietnamese youth.

Hai Au Aviation launches seaplane

 Hai Au Aviation, the first private airline company to offer seaplane service for tourism in Viet Nam, is providing a new luxury tourism package that features Ha Long Bay.

Tobacco firms rue weak anti-smuggling campaign

 VietNamNet Bridge – The domestic tobacco industry hopes that the Government can be more effective in fighting an impending surge in smuggling that causes losses amounting to trillions of dong to the State Budget.

Facebook’s new sticker feature unpopular with Vietnamese netizens

While Facebook engineers believe that the sticker feature in the Comments section allows people to express opinions in a fun way, many Vietnamese netizens, with some exceptions, have found the new feature annoying.

Pictures: The radiant smiles of Vietnamese

 VietNamNet Bridge – Whoever they are – a mountain kid, newlyweds or a miner - they all share a sunny smile.

Exhaust fumes choke big cities

 VietNamNet Bridge – Associate Professor Nguyen Le Ninh, a member of the Advisory Board on Science – Technology – Environment, talks to Dai Doan Ket newspaper about measures to cut motorbike exhaust fumes.

Farmers unhappy with MARD’s rice-production restructuring strategy

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set high goals when drafting the rice-production restructuring strategy, which Vietnamese farmers have found “unfeasible” and “unrealistic”.  

Millions of US dollars spent on real estate for the dead

VietNamNet Bridge - The movement to build cemetery parks in Vietnam has been flourishing in recent years, with projects worth dozens or hundreds of million of US dollars. Below are the most typical projects.

NA to open 8th session on October 20

The 13 th National Assembly will convene its eighth session at the headquarters of the new NA House from October 20 onwards, marking the longest meeting this tenure so far with 35 working days.

HCM City school teaches life lessons

 VietNamNet Bridge – An unconventional school in HCMCity offers classes in the arts while encouraging students to think creatively. Dinh Phuong Linh reports.

Vietnam’s growth rate could fall behind Laos, Cambodia: experts

VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have warned that Vietnam could fall into the middle-income trap, and it is predicted that within several years it could even fall behind Laos and Cambodia in economic growth.

Saigon home to souvenirs made of used motorbike parts

 VietNamNet Bridge - Beasts, pedicabs, motorcycles, and aircraft made of discarded components from motorcycles are special souvenirs sold on Le Loi Street in HCM City.

Young designer to vie for Asian titles

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-American designer Tran Phuong My is among 28 designers to be nominated for the titles of Asia favorite designers at the 2nd Mercedes Benz Stylo Asia Fashion Week,