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Ancient Co Loa gets a make-over

Co Loa Studios, nearly 20km north of Ha Noi's centre, were built in 1960 and quickly became the home of Vietnamese cinema, through both times of peace and war.

Teaching and learning Vietnamese in the US

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese will soon be officially taught at primary and secondary schools in California, USA.

From ‘naughty child' to classical sensation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese cellist Ngo Hoang Quan talks with Luong Thu Huong about his love for music and his career, which has taken him from Japan to Macedonia.

Farms hit by high feed prices

 VietNamNet Bridge – High animal-feed prices are causing financial losses for husbandry households and farms, especially those that raise poultry, pigs and tra fish.

Assoc. seeks visa-free policy for visitors of certain markets

The Vietnam Tourism Association has petitioned the Prime Minister for a mechanism to issue visas at a number of border gates and to continue exempting visas for visitors from seven key markets of the local tourism industry.

Mobile network operators find great opportunities in mobile marketing

The increasingly high number of mobile devices in use and the rapid setback of the traditional marketing methods have both paved the way for the development of mobile marketing.

New tolls add to drivers' financial concerns

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is working on a project to upgrade National Highway 1A by 2016 and install 21 toll stations along its 1,700km length.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/4

Fixes key to boosting FDI; Nation still a tasty target; Land clearance slows power line project; Market heats up for domestic pepper exports; HCM City sees a leap in pledged FDI

Collecting animal skeletons – a monstrous hobby

VietNamNet Bridge – Collecting or making animal skeletons has attracted many young people because it is uncommon and the collected items are different from each other.

Preferential import duty rates increase

 VietNamNet Bridge – On April 4, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular No38/2013/TT-BTC amending preferential import duty rates applicable to some commodities,

Consensus on national ceremonial costumes hard to reach

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a workshop on selecting Vietnam’s national ceremonial costumes, garnering diverse opinions from experts and researchers in the fields of history, art and culture.

Cloud computing market sees tough competition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local information technology (IT) companies are racing to launch new products to claim their shares in the cloud computing market.

Goods exchanges quiet with few buyers and sellers

VietNamNet Bridge – Goods and farm produce exchanges still cannot attract businessmen over the last years, even though they are believed to be the inevitable goods transaction mode in the modern times.

Jobless numbers keep falling

Reports from cities and provinces revealed that during the first quarter of the year the number of applicants for unemployment insurance declined to over 91,300 people, a decrease of nearly 22 per cent year-on-year.

The different looks of the Saigon riverbanks

District 1 is brilliant at night with skylines buildings, while the District 2 riverside is deserted, dilapidated though land for the urban project which is expected be the most beautiful in Southeast Asia has been cleared.

Economic challenges hinder VN recovery

 VietNamNet Bridge – The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by 4.8 per cent during the second quarter of the year, lower than the previous quarter.

Thanh Binh - the talented blind musician

VietNamNet Bridge – At the age of 24, Nguyen Thanh Binh’s talent is recognized by prestigious music awards.

Pristine Hon Seo Island: ideal destination for explorers

VietNamNet Bridge – As a beautiful uninhabited island, Hon Seo Island in Binh Dinh Province is an ideal destination for those who want to explore the sea and island, see colourful pebbles on the beach,

Billions of dong to be swept away by the water stream

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has suggested an initiative which it believes can settle the water dispute between the Da Nang City authorities and the developer of the Dak Mi 4 hydropower plant.

Clip exposing Vietnamese education’s problems stirs up the public

Vietnam does not need a generation of people who have to receive training in everything, but they don’t know what they will do, what they want to obtain and what their purposes are in life.