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VN, Singapore raise ties to next level

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to elevate the friendship between the two countries into a strategic partnership. This was announced at talks in Ha Noi yesterday.

Top Model men to live with camera

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight qualified male contestants have been selected to join 10 shortlisted female models for the fourth season of the TV show Viet Nam's Next Top Model.

Ministry: OTT isn't to blame for recent 3G price hikes

VietNamNet Bridge – While a recent hike of 3G package costs was attributed to the rampant growth of Over-The-Top services, the Ministry of Information and Communications has said it was in fact because 3G service fees were falling

Park boss battles hydro-power dam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The chief of the Yok Don National Park has strongly opposed a project to build a 28MW hydro-power project in its core zone, saying he will resign from his post if such a project was allowed to go through.

Ho Xuan Huong, rendezvous of lovers

 VietNamNet Bridge - Located in the heart of Da Lat city, Xuan Huong Lake is the place attracting numerous tourists and couples by its graceful and poetic beauty.

Foreign investment continues to rise into real-estate projects

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the domestic property market continues to stagnate, statistics show that foreign direct investment (FDI) into real-estate projects is on the rise.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 12/9

 Production, business sectors pay more tax; Kumho plans $100m spend in Viet Nam; Vietnam flaps its air-transport wings; Shiseido Vietnam builds US$30 million plant in Dong Nai

Japan investors come knocking, annoyed at hindrances

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese investors, aware of plenty of opportunities in Vietnam, are coming in droves here but are also vexed over numerous hindrances in the country, heard the Vietnam-Japan Economic Summit in Hanoi

Young man’s heart punctured with a needle

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lying on a needle, Ha, 19, in Hoa Binh province was in risk of cardiac perforation without a surgery.

When will the State Bank stop selling gold?

After 55 bidding sessions, the State Bank had sold 1,477,800 taels of gold, or 56.8 tons. However, the gap between the world’s and the domestic prices is still big, at VND3 million per tael, or 9 percent.

Hanoi: 200 students off school because of hacker

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police have identified the one who penetrated into the electronic communication software system of the Ha Dinh Primary School in Hanoi, to send false messages that made nearly 200 students absent from school.

The agricultural sector needs $1 billion to cope with climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is calling for nearly $1 billion of investment in projects to cope with climate change, including $30-40 million for the greenhouse emission program.

Indonesian FC wants to have overseas Vietnamese striker

Speaking to Indonesian media, the coach of Mitra Kukar FC – Mr. Stefan Hansson - said he was very interested in overseas Vietnamese striker Mac Hong Quan, a member of the U23 national football team of Vietnam.

Smiles and tears on enlistment day (photo)

 VietNamNet Bridge – The moment of farewell to relatives, friends of 2,550 youth men in HCM City who joined the army on the morning of September 10 was filled with radiant smiles and also tears.

Seoul, Pyongyang agree to fully reopen Kaesong complex

 South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed to fully reopen the Kaesong industrial complex next Monday after agreeing on several institutional tools to help prevent future shutdowns and develop the factory park

Big firms beg for tax reductions and pocket billions of dong

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of big enterprises, the biggest cheeses in the national economy, have one after another asked for the permission to delay the tax payment or reduce tax rates.

Over 175,000 Vietnamese bit by dogs

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 175,000 people have been bitten by dogs so far this year, of which 64 died. Most of the samples were positive for the rabies virus.

In pictures: The visit of RoK President Park Geun-hye to Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang, the Republic of Korea (RoK) President Park Geun-hye made a State-level visit to Vietnam from September 7 to 11.

French connection began in 1624

 VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 150 photos featuring the long relationship between Viet Nam and France is on display in Ha Noi.

Co To - paradise island

 VietNamNet Bridge - 50km north-east of Van Don, Co To appears with its wild beauty and one of the longest white sandy beach in the Gulf of Tonkin.