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Images of war paint vivid picture

VietNamNet Bridge – Carefully opening rolls of faded watercolour paintings from a stained and rusty metal box, originally a heavy machine gun bullet container from the American War, former Police Colonel Luong Manh Tam examines 

Farmers in urban areas find few job opportunities

VietNamNet Bridge – Prof. Nguyen Huu Thu from the Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty at Ha Noi National University spoke with Ha Noi Moi about the challenges faced by farmers in urban areas, including the lack of employment opportunities.

Guidelines set for foreign investors' portfolio investment accounts

VietNamNet Bridge – Circular 05/2014/TT-NHNN (12 March 2014) issued by the State Bank of Viet Nam contains guidelines on opening and using indirect investment capital accounts for implementing foreign indirect investment activities in Viet Nam.

How top bureaucrats are made

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's staff-transfer policy aims to provide greater opportunities for promotion, Professor Nguyen Huu Khien from the Institute for State Organisational Science, told the Viet Nam Economic Times

Hanoi farmer creates multi-fruit bearing tree

 VietNamNet Bridge – A farmer in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Thanh Oai has become well-known in Vietnam for successfully planting trees that yield five to seven kinds of fruits, typically used on offering trays on traditional festivals.

Vietnam has plentiful resources for developing renewable energy

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam should focus on renewable energy, director of the Energy Institute's Renewable Energy and Clean Development Mechanisms Centre Nguyen Duc Cuong told Tuoi tre Cuoi tuan (Youth Weekly).

Violinist introduces Vietnamese folk songs to Germany

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Ngoc Anh Kiet, the only Vietnamese violinist of the Berliner Symphoniker Orchestra, is committed to bringing traditional Vietnamese folk songs to German audiences in a unique manner.

Generous tailor alters lives of hundreds

 VietNamNet Bridge – By offering free vocational training and shelter to the disabled and victims of human trafficking and domestic violence, Tran Duyen Hai helps them escape these desperate circumstances.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 23/3

 ADB warns of risks for Asian bond markets; Forum offers information security update; Bong Mieu Gold plant likely to reopen next month; JICA funds four key infrastructure projects; Fruit exports off to good start

VN focuses on attracting high-tech FDI

 VietNamNet Bridge – An inflow of large scale, high-tech, foreign backed projects is improving the quality of investment in Viet Nam and increasing national export value, experts have said.

Da Lat Nuclear Reactor: safe operation in 30 years

VietNamNet Bridge – The Da Lat Nuclear Reactor has been operating effectively since its restoration and expansion in 1984, said a leading Vietnamese expert in atomic energy.

American finds love in cafe

VietNamNet Bridge – Living in Viet Nam is something Dale Gerstenslager, an American from Ohio, never thought he would do.

Resistance songs still resonate in south

 VietNamNet Bridge – Don ca tai tu folk tunes inspired countless soldiers during Viet Nam's wars against France and the US. For prisoners, singing was an act of defiance. Today, the songs remain an integral part of southern culture.

Vietnamese fashion brands undergoing great hardships

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only facing big difficulties because of the weak purchasing power, Vietnamese fashion firms also have to compete fiercely with Chinese low-cost products to survive.

Hanoi in the grapefruit blossom season

 VietNamNet Bridge – In March, grapefruit flower baskets appear on Hanoi’s streets.

State-run sector will still play a pivotal role in market economy

VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the National Assembly's Financial and Budgetary Commission Phung Quoc Hien talked with Vietnam Economic Times about the State's role in the market-oriented economy.

Viet Nam highlights efforts to ensure ethnic minority rights

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has affirmed its policy of ensuring, protecting and promoting the legitimate rights of ethnic minority groups in all aspects, based on the principle of equality and solidarity for the common progress

Resolving institutional bottlenecks, governance reforms key for VN's development

VietNamNet would like to introduce an article by Ms. Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam about the challenges facing Vietnam's economic reforms.

Logistics restructure investments for decisive battle

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic logistics firms have got ready to compete with foreign service providers in Vietnam, the market which has been fully opened since January 11, 2014.

Ancient tusk a clue to elephant history

VietNamNet Bridge – Tay Nguyen (The Central Highlands) in Viet Nam is renowned for its natural beauty with huge gentle elephants and also for a precious elephant tusk fossil that has been recently revealed.