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Quang Ngai province to pay $500 for corruption information

To enhance the effectiveness of anti-corruption tasks, Quang Ngai province will pay up to VND10 million (nearly $500) to anyone offering corruption-related information and evidence.

Giant hole in Thanh Hoa sinks again

Just a few days after being flattened with 1,000 m3 of rock and soil, a big pit in Quy Loc commune, Yen Dinh district in Thanh Hoa province has subsided again and expanded to nearby private property.

Two provinces have new chair, vice chair

VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the appointment of the Chairman of Lam Dong Province and Vice Chairman of Nghe An Province from now to the end of 2016.

VNPT companies split to improve management

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) could be split into three corporations to save on operating costs and improve corporate governance.

Restructuring of corporations raises concerns

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists have doubts about the significance and purpose of state-owned enterprises’ (SOEs) restructuring after witnessing equitization of several big corporations.

“Chinahacker” infects modems of FPT Telecom

 VietNamNet Bridge – Subscribers to FPT Telecom in Binh Duong province complained in mid-November about lack of internet access, saying that their modems’ SSID had been changed and replaced by the word Chinahacker or other words.

Racing greyhounds make Vung Tau something more special

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is 7 p.m., on a Saturday in Vung Tau City, and it’s raining cats and dogs. The streets are soaked in water, and rains are slapping on our faces.

Investors flock to Vietnam as e-commerce market expands

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign-run online shops in the past have been less popular than Vietnamese-run ones, which understand local customers, but that trend is changing as more retailers invest in Vietnam.

Legal Advice: Entrustment of export and import of goods in VN

Entrustment of export and import of goods usually causes disputes between the mandator and mandatory. Enterprises need to pay attention when entering into contracts, selecting partners and other matters to best protect their own rights and benefits.

Burning ritual sparks controversy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Researchers in the former royal capital city of Hue are objecting to a recent ban on the custom of burning votive paper offerings.

Pop bands compete for annual prize

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a year of taking the country's music by storm, four pop bands in Ha Noi and HCM City are becoming new music icons for many young people.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/11

UMA nation's top furniture retailer; Five VN firms in ASEAN 100 list; HCM City failing to meet SOE equitisation goal; Investors buy still-unfinished apartments; CPI falls on lower transport costs;

Record holders get doctorates

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Records University has offered an Honorary Doctorate degree to two Vietnamese record-holders.

Party leader visits Russia’s oil leading group

 On November 24, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited Zarubezhneft – one of Russia’s leading groups in the oil and gas industry as part of his ongoing visit to the Russian Federation.

PM Dung propose measures for broader CLV cooperation

PM Nguyen Tan Dung suggested key measures to expand the development triangle cooperation area at the eighth Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Summit taking place in Vientiane, Laos on November 25.

Millions of people expected to join VN’s first Black Friday

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 200 e-commerce companies have registered to take part in the first online Black Friday, scheduled on December 5, said the Secretary General of the Vietnam E-Commerce Association.

First film project market opens in Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first ever film project market is taking place in Hanoi on November 24 and 25 as part of activities of the third Hanoi International Film Festival 2014.

Global importance of urban agriculture 'underestimated'

 Urban agriculture is playing an increasingly important role in global food security, a study has suggested.

MOIT regulation on foreign retailers contains loopholes: lawyers

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies have expressed their concern about the dominance of foreign retailers in the domestic retail market, but the Ministry of Industry and Trade disagrees with their sentiments.

Photos: Ex-chief government inspector’s real estate under microscope

 VietNamNet Bridge - Two houses and a piece of land in the southern province of Ben Tre, two houses in HCM City and a public house in Hanoi, all related to Mr. Tran Van Truyen, former chief government inspector, are being investigated.