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No law to protect crypto currency users

 Born after the pioneering crypto-coin Bitcoin, the virtual currency Onecoin is emerging as a form of multi-level business, promising colossal profits for users by inviting more people to join the network.

Food processing pollutes villages in Hanoi

Residents of Hoai Duc District's Duong Lieu Village complain they have had to live for years with pollution caused by thousands of cubic metres of untreated waste water discharged from the nearby food processing workshops.

Image: The most modern traffic works in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Elevated roads, the Hanoi - Lao Cai highway, the HCM City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay highway, and Thu Thiem tunnel have contributed to economic development, creating focal points for urban centers in Vietnam.

Vietnam may lose due to poor infrastructure

 Poor infrastructure and a lack of proper mechanisms for private sector investment would prevent Vietnam from making the most of opportunities from its swift international integration, the director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics said.

A tiring push for success seen as doomed to fail

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is just after seven in the evening when Nguyen Minh Trung gets home. It's been a long day, more than 12 hours, in fact, and he's exhausted.

Student-run food bank helps to feed poor people in Hanoi

  A project set up by a group of students in Ha Noi collects leftover food from hotels and restaurants and donates it to underprivileged hospital patients and others living in the city's slums.

Monsoon Music Festival to be held from October 8-11

 The international Monsoon Music Festival 2015 will take place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi from October 8-11, said the event’s General Director composer Quoc Trung on September 8.

Fishermen extorted by unscrupulous traders

 VietNamNet Bridge – Fishermen from central coastal provinces are still facing losses despite big catches as they are being squeezed by unscrupulous traders.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/9

 Bac Giang sets up Japan desk to assist Japanese investors, Doosan Vina sends core power plant component to US, Animal breeding groups push for industry edge, Ministry proposes increase to special consumption tax

Key bomb suspect bribed his way into Thailand: police

 Thai police disclosed on September 10 that a key suspect in last month’s deadly Bangkok blast paid a 600-USD bribe to enter Thailand illegally.

Vietnam wins one more silver at Thai Open

 Tran Thi Yen Hoa won a silver medal in the women's 100m hurdles at the Thai Open Track and Field Championships that ended on September 9.

Binh Duong win three V-League awards in August

 V.League 1's Becamex Binh Duong received three awards in August, according to the top flight event's organisers.

Phong Nha-Ke Bang Park among most attractive GMS tangible heritage

  The World Natural Heritage Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has been recognised as the most attractive tangible heritage in 2015 by the Mekong Tourism Alliance in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), said the national park’s Management Board.

France remains key partner of Festival Hue 2016

 France continues to be the main partner of the Festival Hue 2016 which will take place in the ancient royal city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, from April 29-May 4, 2016.

HCM City: Huge potentials to develop MICE tourism

 Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic hub in the south, has great potential to become the leading destination of Meeting Incentive Conference Event (MICE) tourism in Southeast Asia, experts said.

Analysts: Vietnam primed for financial derivative market

 Vietnam’s financial market holds promising potential and the basic foundations to develop derivative products, financial experts told a seminar held by the Hong Kong-based Asia Risk magazine in Singapore on September 9.

Over 17 million people visits HCM City war museum

 The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City has welcomed more than 17 million visitors in the past 40 years, including 6.5 million foreigners, Director Huynh Ngoc Van said at a ceremony marking the museum’s 40 th anniversary on September 9.

Vietnam-Indonesia: flourishing 60-year relations

 Significant milestones in Vietnam-Indonesia relations over the last 60 years were reviewed by Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Nguyen Xuan Thuy during his recent interview granted to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Jakarta.

Foreign exchange-rate adjustment deals a blow to dollar borrowers

VietNamNet Bridge - The time when Vietnamese businesses rushed to borrow US dollars to enjoy low interest rates is over.

VCEA seeks higher environment protection fees on coal, oil

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Clean Energy Association (VCEA) is preparing to propose revising up environmental protection fees on coal and oil to prevent an overexploitation of these fossil fuel resources.