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The rich also have to live in pollution

 VietNamNet Bridge – The high income earners, who spend billions of dong to buy high end apartments in big cities, also complain the pollution has badly affected their quality of life.

Additional school fees burdening university students

 VietNamNet Bridge – The actual tuitions students have to pay are much higher than the tuitions advertised by universities on mass media or quoted on official documents.

FIEs threaten to leave Vietnam for neighboring markets

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of foreign invested associations have warned they are considering leaving Vietnam for the more attractive markets, like Cambodia or Myanmar.

Countdown to German Oktoberfest

 VietNamNet Bridge – The German Business Association (GBA) co-hosts and celebrates Germany’s largest cultural event in the two cities of HCMC and Hanoi in October - Oktoberfest.

Airport price caps end overcharging

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi-based Noi Bai International Airport has imposed ceiling prices on certain food and beverage products at its terminal as part of measures to prevent unreasonable price hikes.

Real estate loan deals to kickstart credit growth rise

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of banks have unveiled real-estate loan packages targeting feasible property projects and mortgages to intensify credit growth.

VN artist to star at world festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Independent artist Phan Y Ly will bring a stage production titled Nguoi La (Stranger) to the World Stage Design Festival (WSD) 2013 in Cardiff, Wales from September 5-15.

Nation to save US$60 million on aircraft purchases

VietNamNet Bridge – Local aviation companies are expected to save a total of US$60 million on aircraft purchases from now to 2015 given participation in the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol,

Start-up's quest to localise Vietnamese travel

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hai Ho, co-founder of triip.me, is the brain behind the Vietnamese start-up that allows anybody with a tour idea to create their own package and sell it to interested tourists.

Schools asked to enhance traffic safety awareness

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training has asked its departments; universities and colleges to step up on campaigns to raise awareness of traffic safety at the very beginning of the next academic year.

Pollution blamed on seafood processing

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 400 households with 1,900 people in Dien Ngoc Commune in Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province, have lived for five years surrounded by pollution from seafood processing enterprises.

Experts sought to aid nuclear power plant

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is recruiting skilled professionals in the nuclear power sector as it prepares to start construction of the country's first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province at the beginning of next year.

Singaporean researcher talks about Vietnamese photography

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singaporean researcher Zhuang Wubin is a well-known critic on photography in Southeast Asia who has curated various photography exhibitions in the region.

Foreign investors snub power generation sector

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s policy to purchase power at low prices and hold a controlling stake in state-owned power projects has discouraged many foreign investors in the power sector.

“Our House” festival for foreign expatriates in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will host a festival at Van Thanh tourist resort on September 10-12, targeted at the city’s foreign communities, diplomatic corps, and expatriate students.

VN pearls have the world as their oyster

VietNamNet Bridge – The entire audience at the fashion show, Silk Heritage, on August 2 at the Grand-Ho Tram Strip, were deeply impressed by the unique combination of pearls and traditional materials used in the collection "Hue khoi xu Nam Ky"

Leaders pay tribute on National Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of Party, State, Government, National Assembly and Viet Nam Fatherland Front leaders on Saturday paid floral tributes to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum to mark Viet Nam's National Day,

Turtles near extinction return home to new conservation area

 VietNamNet Bridge – Sarah Wahl meticulously counts the red spots and jots down the exact size of each of the 71 Annam leaf turtles.

Over 70 percent fresh IT graduates need re-training

 VietNamNet Bridge – A survey by the National Institute of Information and Communications shows that 70 percent of graduates in Information Technology (IT) need to be re-trained to meet requirements of firms.

Banh Xeo Pagoda lures visitors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Banh Xeo (Pancake) Pagoda is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tinh Bien, a border area in the Mekong province of An Giang.