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Restoring order in shrimp material export: An urgent need

 VietNamNet Bridge – Massive Chinese buy-ups of pre-processed shrimp for export and processing at home have left the processing and export market in disarray.

Music man's soup and sounds hit right note

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though he is the descendent of a poor farming' family in Nhue Duong Commune in the northern province of Hung Yen, Cao Ky Kinh's affinity for music was predestined.

Hanoi opens more information kiosks to serve foreign tourists

 VietNamNet Bridge - The information desks at the main tourist sites in Hanoi will receive complaints and feedback of visitors.

Embezzlers jailed for 103 years

 Eight people were sentenced to a total of 103 years in prison in southern Vinh Long Province's court yesterday for embezzlement involving the making and repair of cultural and historical relics.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/9

 VFA lowers rice export target; Local lending grows by 5.83%; Local firms lack knowledge of TPP trade agreement; Lax management blamed for uncontrollable imported milk prices

HCMC to have first Bus Rapid Transit by 2018

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first modern Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line in Ho Chi Minh City on the Vo Van Kiet-Mai Chi Tho Highway is expected to be ready by mid-2018.

Foreigners sell toothpaste at below production costs?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Domestic manufacturers have accused foreign brands of dumping toothpaste products in the market in a long term plan to kill domestic brands.

Rice farmers head for pastures new

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is famous for being the land of rice. However, an increasing number of struggling farmers are going against the grain and selling their land to search for new and more profitable work.

Students strive to keep folk songs alive

 VietNamNet Bridge – A high school in Thai Nguyen Province has been teaching its young pupils the art of traditional then singing in a bid to preserve the genre and pass the baton to a new generation of artisans.

“White gold” plants encroach on forest’s territory

The rubber growing area in Vietnam has far exceeded the rubber plantation development program. While the socio-economic effects of the plants called as “white gold” remain unclear, thousands of hectares of natural forests have fallen down.

International sailboats coming to Nha Trang

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 20 international sailboats will compete at the Hong Kong to Vietnam Race 2013 starting in Hong Kong and ending in Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa Province on a 656 nautical mile route.

Vietnam aims to win 76 gold medals at 2013 SEA Games

Head of the Vietnam sports delegation to the 27th Southeast Asian Games (27th SEA Games) – Mr. Lam Quang Thanh, says that Vietnam expects to win 76 gold medals from 29 sports at this event, which will be held in Myanmar later this year.

Street cable sketcher wired for success

 VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-year-old artist Nguyen Ngoc Dan has spent the last decade obsessively drawing and painting Viet Nam's maze of overhead wires, telegraph poles, loud speakers and traffic lights.

New iPhones priced at up to VND47 mil. in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – Shortly after the new iPhone 5S and 5C went on sale in some foreign markets, many local stores have announced the prices of these smartphones, with the highest quoted at a whopping VND47 million.

Vinashin counts the cost of redundancy payments

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) would need nearly VND1.2 trillion (US$57.1 million) to pay out redundancy entitlements for 14,000 employees laid off under the company's restructuring plan.

Are dog thieves to blame for fatal vigilante attacks?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities seem to be sitting back as dog thieves supplying Vietnamese tables furtively carry out their nasty work. How, therefore, can the ordinary public be blamed for taking matters into their own hands?

Students may have to attend math, literature exams to finish high schools

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam plans to make big changes with its national education system after 2015. Students would have two exam subjects for the finals – math and literature – instead of six as currently.

Vietnamese, French artists gather for Oh la la music festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Large-scale music festival ‘Oh la la’ featuring popular Vietnamese and French singers and bands will take place on October 12 at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi.

National Assembly gets electronic management system

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group will transfer the electronic management system e-PAS to the Office of the National Assembly Sep 27, after nearly two years of working out the project.

Investment incentives begged for bauxite projects

Affirming that bauxite projects would be profitable, the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group has asked for the preferences in borrowing capital, tax incentives and fee reductions to help ease difficulties.