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Vietnam’s enterprises not yet ready for int’l integration

 VietNamNet Bridge – While many businesses are struggling with the question "to be or not to be", enormously important and volatile changes are soon to affect the economy of Vietnam.

Legal Advice: Details on the authority to approve investment projects

VietNamNet Bridge - Enterprises that want to invest in Vietnam need information about which projects must be approved by the Prime Minister and which investment certificates must be issued by competent authorities.  

Vietnam strives for 4-in-1 biosphere reserves

The outstanding characteristic of biosphere reserves in Vietnam is the 4-in-1 model: protection of the environment, development of local economies, advancement of scientific research, and adaptation to climate change.

Social News 27/1

Students respond to blood donation campaign; HCM City collects 3,465 drug addicts; First district and township recognised as new rural areas; Vietnamese, German farmers’ assoc continue joint work; Tet tree planting festival launched in Ninh Binh

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/1

 Vung Ang to become nation’s largest thermal power center; VEC plans to increase charter capital; January CPI slides over fuel cost reductions; Motorbike sales continue to fall; Phu Quoc Island strives to attract more foreigners

Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra to perform in Hanoi

 An Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra concert is set to take place on February 3 at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi.

Vietnamese-Canadian athlete wins skating championships

 Nam Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Canadian athlete, has won men's single title at Canadian figure skating championships which is taking place in Kingston city, Ontario, Canada from January 19 to 25.

Vietnam, US enhance comprehensive partnership

 Leading diplomats from Vietnam and the US gathered in Hanoi on January 26 for an international conference reviewing 20 years of the Vietnam-US relations.

Education-universalization law prevents teachers from doing their job

VietNamNet Bridge – Teachers are not forcing failing students to repeat classes, because if they do, they will not fulfill the tasks of the education-universalization program.

Photos: Hoi An’s kumquat village before Tet holiday

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly a month before the Lunar New Year (Tet), kumquat villages in Hoi An ancient town are ready to supply the local market and Laos with kumquat trees.

The unknown facts in the purchase of Nguyen Kim

How much does the Central Group have to pay to acquire Nguyen Kim? Why has the Thai investor accepted to buy only 49 percent of Nguyen Kim’s shares? Both questions remain unanswered.

VietJet inaugurates new training center in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Low-cost airline VietJet yesterday opened its revamped training center in HCM City. 

Birdman given Oscars boost by Producers Guild of America

Michael Keaton's film Birdman has been given a boost in the run-up to the Oscars after winning the Producers Guild of America's top award.

Two Saigon men arrested for running US-based male child-porn website

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese police on January 22 arrested two men in HCM City for founding and operating a US-based child porn website, based on information from the FBI.

Students at defunct US pilot school seek help from Vietnam's Transport Minister

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students studying at the Ahart pilot training center in California have asked the Ministry of Transport for help after the center was suspended by the US Federal Aviation Administration last October.

Social News 26/1

 Hospital treats puffer fish patients; Man arrested for drug, weapons smuggling; Petrol stations cheat customers in Dac Lac; Smuggling on the increase as Lunar New Year approaches; Electrical faults the most common cause of HCM City fires

Nam marches into second round at Australian Open

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ly Hoang Nam booked a place in the second round of the Australian Open's junior competition yesterday, Jan 25.

Fulbright expert warns of return to old growth model

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is likely to come back to the growth model fueled by the State sector rather than private enterprises in the coming years if strong investments from the former continue.

Foreign capital flows to stock market may slow on dollar appreciation

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors’ excess of sales over purchases in the stock market have been attributed to the appreciation of the US dollar.

Art & Entertainment News 26/1

TNT Theatre tours across Viet Nam; Concert to celebrate friendship with Japan; Bank's support brings theatre to communities nation-wide; Vietnamese artwork exhibited at Southeast Asian art fair; Coin collector's thousand-year journey