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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/4

Over 16,000 vehicles sold in March, Work starts on Vietnamese-invested complex in Vientiane, HCM City Expo 2015 to be held in Myanmar, Vietcombank lends money to Chinese-invested business, Vietnam imports more cattle feed

Ernst&Young: Vietnam needs only five major banks

 VietNamNet Bridge – Keith Pogson, senior officer of banking and financial services of Ernst&Young Asia Pacific, spoke with the media last week in Vietnam about the banking situation in the country.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10-20 (daily updated)

  Major art&entertainment events in Vietnam's big cities.

VNAT seeks to stop foreign visitor falls

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Vietnam Tourism Association sat down together on Wednesday to devise promotional programs as a measure to curb a further decline in international visitors

Vietnam’s biggest cave to be broadcasted on ABC

 The central province of Quang Binh and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) have agreed to broadcast live a program on Son Doong and En caves on Good Morning America in May.  

Carnivorous plants become favorite ornamental trees in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a specific scent to attract insects and a strange shape, carnivorous plants are becoming popular in Saigon.

Most farm produce import tariffs to go in 2018

 Vietnam will have to remove import tariffs on most farm goods in 2018 and apply a tax rate of as low as 5% to the rest in line with the free trade agreements (FTAs) in which the country is a signatory.

Art & Entertainment News 13/4

VTV9 to broadcast reality-talk show, Writing forum opens in HCM City, Vietnamese students host cultural event in Russia, Da Nang prepares to have a blast, Vietnam attends multicultural festival in Egypt

Vietnam aims to be in ASEAN aviation top five by 2020

 Vietnam has set a goal to reach the top five ASEAN aviation markets by 2020 under a project to restructure the local aviation sector.

Vietnamese incinerators create deadly dioxin gases

VietNamNet Bridge – Many incinerators in Viet Nam are discharging high amount of dioxins into the environment, according to a new research.

 

Will Vietnam become a production factory for Thai billionaires?

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe that after swallowing a number of Vietnamese companies, Thai billionaires will take the next steps to turn Vietnam into their production bases from which Thai products will be distributed globally.

Connecting world heritage sites – an urgent need

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Tourism Year 2015 has been recently kicked off in the central province of Thanh Hoa under the theme “Connecting World Heritage Sites” striving to maximise the value of Vietnam’s heritages,

Vietjet to launch Vietnam-China route

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietjet recently unveiled its plans to launch direct flights connecting Vietnam with China. The announcement was made at a ceremony held in Beijing during the official visit to China by Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong

Social News 13/4

Five fishermen rescued off coast of Da Nang, Food firm found guilty of unhygienic practise, Police catch animal traders, Hanoi to rescue residents from risk of sewage floods, Marine police seize 135,000 tonnes of oil

Hillary Clinton declares 2016 Democratic presidential bid

 Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the White House in a bid to become the first woman US president.

HCM City to hold Belgian beer fest

 The Belgian Beer Festival will be organised for the first time late this month in HCM City, following its first appearance in Ha Noi last year.

FPT Group name new German director of M&As

 FPT Corp. announced the appointment of Uwe Schlager as Director of its Mergers and Acquisitions division on Thursday.

Opera signs up with Viettel to provide mobile internet services

 Now that Viet Nam's internet penetration rate has reached 45 per cent, Opera Software has joined hands with Viettel to bring Vietnamese without internet onto the web through their mobile devices in 2015.  

Auto industry faces risk of collapse

 The domestic automobile industry faces the risk of collapse, with both consumers and manufacturers shifting to imports, according to the Tuoi tre (Youth) newspaper.

Police issue fines to drivers for children without helmets

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though her mother and teachers constantly tell her to wear a helmet when riding her electric bike to school, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang of HCM City's Tan Binh District does not because she does not "like it."