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Smartphone addiction a growing problem

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Nam from Ha Noi has a serious complaint: His girlfriend, Nguyen Thi Cam Nhung, appears to be more in love with her smartphone than with him.

Finding a fair deal for farmers

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has resolved to improve farmers' livelihoods, Minister Cao Duc Phat told Countryside Today Newspaper.

Music project woos young pop fans

 VietNamNet Bridge – A new music programme featuring young performers kicked off this week to entertain students, workers and others who could not pay for tickets to live concerts.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/7

 Ministry wants to limit pepper area at 50,000 hectares by 2020; Multibillion-dollar property project in southern VN urged to speed up; VND30-trillion home credit package to benefit more people; Luxury hotels report strong profit rise

Westerners sell grilled hotdogs on Saigon city streets

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large numbers of Vietnamese are rapidly becoming huge fans of German style grilled hotdogs sold by Westerners, out of mini trucks or off of motorbikes, on the city streets of Saigon.

Under new rules, even Bill Gates is ineligible for a work permit in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Under current regulations, even Bill Gates and Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg are not eligible to apply for work permits in Vietnam because they do not have a university degree, analysts have said.

E-library takes new approach

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kim Dong Publishing House's new e-book library is expected to lead to an explosion of similar online sites.

Foreign retailers flock to HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many well-known retailers are setting up shop in HCM City, turning it into a drink, fast food and fashion hub in the region.

Policy on overloaded vehicle fines changed after complaints

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport Minister Dinh La Thang has asked police and localities not to fine vehicles violating axle load restrictions or those that exceed permitted loads by less than 10 per cent.

Vietnamese in Netherlands, Japan oppose China

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large numbers of Overseas Vietnamese (OVs), including students, marched in The Hague, the Netherlands, on July 12 condemning China’s provocative acts in the East Sea.

Poland offers fruitful lessons in agriculture

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is early summer and not yet the harvest season for apples in Europe, but the shelves of all supermarkets and even restaurants in Warsaw were stacked with the fruit.

Chinese aircraft keeps spying Vietnamese ships

 The Chinese side on July 12 dispatched a marine surveillance aircraft to fly above Vietnamese law enforcement ships that are operating in the national waters, close to where the rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegally standing.

Crab bank to conserve the crustacean

 VietNamNet Bridge – A blue swimming crab bank set up in Phu Quoc has helped fishermen improve their incomes while also conserving the species, a speciality of the island.

China has broken its promise

 VietNamNet Bridge – China is continuing to intimidate Viet Nam in the East Sea, using physical violations and slander to try and browbeat the nation for defending its own territory.

HCM City revokes licenses of over 500 long-delayed realty projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC government has withdrawn the licenses and ‘in principal’ approvals of 536 long-delayed real estate projects occupying a combined area of more than 5,390 hectares since Resolution No.16/2012/NQ

Travel tips for Da Lat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 300 km from HCM City, Dalat is always a great destination for those who love old buildings and cool weather.

Workers apathetic about wage hike

 VietNamNet Bridge – Workers are showing apathy toward the Vietnam National Wage Council’s effort to seek public opinion on how much the minimum wage should be increased by in 2015 due to it likely having little impact on their socio-economic status.

VN wastes funds on overseas training for nuclear energy workforce

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Vietnam needs a qualified workforce for its nuclear energy development program, it has been wasting trillions of dong on overseas training courses that have not brought results.

China’s real intentions behind new map

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a new map, China’s 10-dotted line covers over 130 islands, up to 90 percent of the East Sea, instead of more than 80 percent with the nine-dotted line map.

Vietnam anticipates US$500 mln trade surplus in 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – The trade sector has worked out a number of solutions aiming to boost exports and produce a trade surplus of US$500 million by the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reports.