Nearly all the general schools in Hanoi would be subject to the punishment because of the substandard material facilities and overloaded classes, once the decree being drafted by MOET is promulgated.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Under performing banks may have to file for bankruptcy if they cannot meet new conditions set out by the central bank under a recently issued circular that is effective on April 27.

The frozen real estate market has put big difficulties on the domestic building material industry, but has brought the golden opportunities to foreign groups to take over domestic companies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year's Culture Day of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups will feature cultural activities to celebrate Vietnamese Family Year 2013 and the solidarity of 54 ethnic groups of the country.

Where there are hydropower plants, the battles between the local people and the plants’ developers have been lasting for many years.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have set up a pilot scheme to install cameras in underground sewers to detect the dumping of any building or other waste into the drainage system.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.   

 Property transactions seen picking up; Power demand up 12 pct in dry season; Drop in rice price after Gov’t stockpiling program; Construction material market in severe deadlock; Market demand remains sluggish

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite strong growth in recent times, the information technology industry in HCM City and Viet Nam is still far from meeting Japanese companies' needs in terms of know-how and human resources,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal poaching and shrinking habitat are forcing endangered Gaurs to encroach on farmland in southern Dong Nai Province, causing conflict with local farmers.

Vietnamese and Japanese businesses plan to join forces with develop priority industries. However, they still cannot map out any business plans until a government’s action plan is approved.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s approximately 300,000 teen abortion cases—60 to 70 percent of teenage students aged 15–19—constitutes the highest adolescent abortion rate in Southeast Asia and the fifth highest in the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – The number of enterprises suspending operation and dissolving business in the first quarter exceeded the number of newly-established ones, signaling a year full of difficulties for the economy.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fascinated by the centuries-old gong music of ethnic minority communities in Viet Nam, Vincenzo Della Ratta, an Italian researcher, has travelled to the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to learn about the local gong culture,

In five days in Vietnam, Nick Vujicic - an Australian who was born without arms and legs - will have seven meetings with over 50,000 and three talk shows on the biggest TV channels.

Being sexually refused by their wives, some men killed their babies of several months or several days old. They argued their angriness against their wives and their psychological depression for the murder but nobody can be sympathetic with them.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Another 250 methadone clinics will be opened around the country by 2015 to treat 80,000 intravenous drug users, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

It would be better to reduce tax and collect tax sufficiently, than setting up high tax rates which prompt businesses to evade tax.