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Cau Duc pineapples

Hau Giang Province has three specialty crops which are pineapples, cajuputs and sugar canes. Of these, Cau Duc pineapples have the highest economic value.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 15/7

Experts eye credit loans for businesses; Interest on dollar deposits rises; Transparency in reporting honoured; Stalled Can Tho refinery project may lose licence; Vietnam’s economic transparency under strict scrutiny

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 14/7

Vietnam welcomes the US Pacific Fleet; Army general visits Lao embassy; Vietnam seeks closer ties with China and ASEAN; Vietnam Fatherland Front receives Cambodian Buddhist delegation

Human habitat encroaching mangrove forests

At a seminar on mangrove forest protection and development hosted recently in Can Tho City, the Vietnam Administration of Forestry said that gradually human settlements in the Mekong Delta are encroaching into the mangrove forests

Raising Shrimp on Cat Ba Island

Thanks to the brackish coastal water environment and applying advanced techniques, the local people on Cat Ba Island, Cat Hai District in Hai Phong City have successfully developed an industrial shrimp-raising model.

Bus overturns, seven foreigners injured

Thirteen passengers, including seven foreigners, were injured after a bus carrying 40 passengers overturned on a pass in Khanh Hoa province on July 13.

The Red Dao wedding

Though simpler nowadays than it once was, the traditional wedding of the red dao ethnic  minority remains steeped in ethnic  tradition.

Domestic businesses complain it’s difficult to squeeze into supermarkets

VietNamNet Bridge – All manufacturers want to put their products on sale at supermarkets. However, they always have to struggle hard to obtain the right to display products on the shelves there.

Pristine Co To island opens up to tourism development

VietNamNet Bridge – The fresh smell of the sea and a summer breeze in the early morning energised a large number of people from different parts of Viet Nam to elbow their way ashore to Co To's crowded dock.

Telecoms delay rate hike

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked the country's two biggest telecom firms VNPT and Viettel to delay implementing new rental tariffs on use of infrastructure by smaller telecom companies.

Online mission too taxing

Deputy Finance Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan brings some light to why it would be hard to achieve a target of having 190,000-200,000 businesses filling their tax declarations online by the year’s end.

Berliner Symphoniker debuts in Hanoi

The renowned Berliner Symphoniker, led by conductor Lior Shambadal, makes its debut at the Hanoi Opera House today, marking the first time a full-scale orchestra from the West will perform in Vietnam at the invitation of a non-State entity.

Lacking money, land, Hanoi lacks standardized schools

VietNamNet Bridge – The limited land fund and the low budget have been cited as the main reasons that have hindered the construction of schools meeting national standards in the inner Hanoi city.

Van Lam Embroidery Village

Located in Ninh Hai Commune, Hoa Lu District of Ninh Binh Province, Van Lam embroidery-making village has a long history famous nationwide for this traditional craft.

PPP sparks IT activity

The public-private partnership investment model appears to be in vogue in the information technology field.

Yahoo confirms 400,000 user accounts stolen by hackers

Yahoo on Thursday confirmed that hackers had stolen around 400,000 account credentials from its computer system.

More warnings given by Internet community about Chinese Baidu

Warnings have been given repeatedly these days about the possibility that Chinese Baidu would harm Vietnamese computer users.

Vietnam opposes Chinese fishing in Truong Sa archipelago

Chinese fishermen’s activities around the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago are illegal and violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over this archipelago.

Binh Dinh to host int’l martial arts festival

The fourth International Vietnamese Martial Arts Festival will be held in the central province of Binh Dinh from August 1-3.

Hanoi vies with city to host int’l tourism expo

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved Hanoi to host the International Tourism Expo (ITE) Vietnam, better known as ITE HCMC, next year and recommended the capital and HCMC take turn to organize this tourism event.