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The businessmen aged over 70

Besides the President of the Lam Son Sugar Company, Le Van Tam, who is 76 years old, the list of the listed companies still shows some other businessmen at the age of over 70.

Home sweet home

 VietNamNet Bridge – After having lived and worked in Japan for more than 40 years, Professor Dang Luong Mo decided to return to Vietnam, hoping to contribute to his homeland.

Disaster risk management key in policies

 VietNamNet Bridge – Panellists discussed the importance of disaster risk management policies in the private sector at the launch in Ha Noi last week of the United Nations 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.

F&B chains resume fighting for retail premises

VietNamNet Bridge – In the real estate market which seems to be quiet, there is a boisterous fighting among food and beverage (F&B) chains to obtain advantageous retail premises.

The sculptor who builds giant Buddhas

VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Thuy Lam's statues steal the hearts of viewers with their angelic features, unlike the man himself. At the age of 65, he looks like a bumpkin, with a tobacco pipe in his mouth and flat cap on his head.

Travel firms seek help to ride out tough times

VietNamNet Bridge – Due to the fact that tour operators in HCMC have found it difficult to fuel up buying power while local hotels have seen few customers,

Draft law sees tougher social insurance rules

 VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises that delay paying social insurance will be subject to a fine three times higher than the current level if the amended draft Social Insurance Law goes into effect.

Tragedies after the university dream

Hamlet 5, An Xuyen commune, Ca Mau city--where Mrs. Nguyen Thi My Nhan hung herself after failing to borrow VND4 million to pay tuition for her son, schools have boards noting: "Education is the way to get out of poverty."

Replicating “Football for All” model

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is committed to promoting the “Football for All in Vietnam” (FFAV) initiative to discover talents for national football.

The businesswoman who makes paint from rice husk

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a lot of research and experimentation, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoe, Chairman of the Kova Paint Group, has turned an agricultural waste into unique nano-paint for export.

Developing a lot of power plants, EVN still buys Chinese electricity

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the only electricity wholesaler buyer, plans to buy 293 million kwh of electricity from China in June 2013.

Vietnam is just a victim of chemical weapons

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has always rejected chemical weapons – the weapons of mass destruction that are condemned by mankind.

Vietnam succeeds in rescuing precious pine trees

The program on researching the biological characteristics of a pine variety - Ducampopinus kremfii – has shown initial results.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/6

 Delta urged to stockpile rice to keep price stable; Sugar inventory continues to rise; Convenience shop popularity threatens local supermarkets; Mining companies see licenses revoked; Bentley to open sale agent in Vietnam

In pictures: 500-year-old artifacts from Binh Chau wreck

More than 500 years after the explosion that wrecked the ship carrying ceramic items in the waters of Binh Chau commune, Quang Ngai Province, hundreds of antiquities from the wreck were picked up from the seabed on June 4.

Shocking illegal mineral exports to China

 VietNamNet Bridge – A recent report has revealed how illegal exports to China have depleted natural resources and resulted in huge losses to state coffers.

Earn a living on the railway of Saigon

Many people sell small things near the rails. Whenever trains pass, they have to stick to the handrail. Violations of railway safety is witnessed often in many road-railway intersections in HCM City.

Positive signs for LBGT community

 VietNamNet Bridge – It took only a few minutes for Jessica, 26, a transgender woman, to pass through the customs gate at Noi Bai International Airport.

Cabinet members to be grilled about pressing issues

VietNamNet Bridge – Four Ministers and the head of the Supreme People’s Procuracy are expected to answer deputies’ questions about pressing issues of voter concern at the current National Assembly session.

The business stories about the 200 businessmen with Nguyen family name

The number of profitable businesses managed by Nguyen businessmen was five times higher than the unprofitable ones. However, not all of them felt satisfactory about the business performance in the first three months of the year.