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Fund for HIV/AIDS treatment hard to find

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam needs VND7.6 trillion, or roughly US$365 million, for the treatment of HIV-positive people in the 2013-2020 period, but such an amount is difficult to mobilize given the tight State budget and international funding cuts.

Museum to revive Pho Hien’s old days

More than 10,000 objects and documents featuring the historical and cultural values of Pho Hien in the Red River Delta province of Hung Yen are expected to be introduced to the public in 2015 as construction of a large-scaled museum gets underway.

Vietnam’s monkey bridges among the world’s scariest bridges

 VietNamNet Bridge - The monkey bridges of Vietnam are picked by the American famous travel magazine, Travel & Leisure, among the world’s most dangerous bridges.

The end of the small scale hydropower plants

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) plans to exclude 338 projects from the list of hydropower plant projects to be developed nationwide.

Improved Viber version won’t be a threat to other OTTs?

Experts believe that the launching of Viber’s version in Vietnamese language and the version for computers would have direct impacts on the OTTs with the focus on basic communications, rather than on the mobile platforms OTTs. 

Climate changes in Da Lat – the result of deforestation

The crops have been misled, the climate has changed with out-of-season fits of cold and heat. People now pay a heavy price for their activities of destroying pine trees.

Only 16 SOEs equitised from 2012 to March 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – It is the most updated information about the equitisation process of state owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam, which was included in a report of the Agency for Enterprise Development

50 percent of medical school graduates remain jobless

Vietnam is seriously lacking the labor force for the healthcare sector. Meanwhile, the HCM City Education and Training Department has reported that only 50 percent of medical school graduates can find the jobs as trained.

Trillions of dong worth of capital left unused, wasted

Commercial banks have reported they have hundreds of trillions of dong left in their coffers. Tens of trillions of dong have been kept at securities accounts. Many enterprises suffer a headache because they have nowhere to invest in.

Mass wedding for 100 couples in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Workers Support Centre will hold a mass wedding for 100 pairs of workers at Grand Palace Wedding and Conventions on Vietnam’s Independence Day (September 2).

Demanding money with menaces, luring travelers to low quality tours

Travel firms prove to be very professional in soothing travelers with sweet words. That explains why many people fell into the firms’ traps, and they only realized that they were swindled after experiencing terrible trips.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/5

 Restructured Viettel to concentrate on core business; SME owners determined to succeed; Moody's rating for VietinBank ‘stable'; Vinacomin clarifies tax confusion

Misses Vietnam "allergic" to Miss World?

 VietNamNet Bridge – So far, the Miss Vietnam in three consecutive times have opted out of the beauty world arena.

Having to pay higher wages, businesses trim workers’ allowances

VietNamNet Bridge – Business owners have been told to increase the workers’ wages in accordance with the roadmap set up by the management agencies. Meanwhile, their wage funds have become scantier in the economic crisis.

Power cut in Southern Vietnam caused by a crane

 VietNamNet Bridge – A crane hit the 500 KV transmission line, causing the power outages in all 22 southern provinces this afternoon. The southern region is expected to have power back tonight, an official said.

Quang Binh fishermen rescue one-ton whale

 VietNamNet Bridge - Fishermen and relevant agencies of the central province of Quang Binh successfully rescued a whale of more than one ton that was caught in a net today, May 22.

First Vietnamese action fantasy enjoys Cannes festival teaser

VietNamNet Bridge – A five-minute promo of the Vietnamese action fantasy Lua Phat has been presented to film distributors and international journalists at the Film Market of the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival.

Vietnamese poet Nguyen Du to be recognised as man of culture

The UNESCO Executive Board will send the file of Nguyen Du (1765-1820), a great Vietnamese poet renowned for his literary masterpieces ‘Truyen Kieu’ to the UNESCO’s Great Council for his recognition as 'Man of Culture of the World'.

Cartoon funnies paint a picture

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sixty oil on canvas and water colours by late cartoonist Choe, or Nguyen Hai Chi, are on display at the Tu Do Gallery in HCM City.

Landmark US immigration bill passes key hurdle

 The sweeping overhaul of the US immigration system took a major step towards viability when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve a landmark bill offering a path to citizenship for millions.