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Eco-tourism harms ecosystem

A lot of tourism sites, introduced as eco-tourism areas, have been set up recently to satisfy the travelers’ demand for mixing themselves with the nature.

Int’l Documentary Film Festival in HCMC, Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Documentary Film Festival in Vietnam celebrates its fifth anniversary with a fantastic line-up in Hanoi and HCMC this June.

VND2.7 trillion spent on State cars

 VietNamNet Bridge – State agencies at central and local levels spent nearly VND2.76 trillion buying around 2,391 automobiles last year, according to a government report.

$288.5 million for raising Vietnamese youths’ height

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam aims to heighten the average stature of men and women at the age of 18 to 168.5cm and 157.5cm respectively by the year 2030, according to a 20-year national programme

NA Committee warns of public debt crisis

 VietNamNet Bridge – A public debt crisis would hit Vietnam by 2020 if the present way of public spending did not change, according to a report by the Economic Committee of the National Assembly.

The Vietnamese software dream (part 2)

The initial success in the software industry gives an important reason to Vietnam to continue making heavy investment in developing software products.

Bai Tu Long gears up for peak summer season

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bai Tu Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh is expected to stun holiday-makers as various tours to explore the beautiful bay will be launched this summer.

Schools lack resources to teach water survival

 VietNamNet Bridge – The recent news of children drowning in several provinces in the Central Highland has highlighted the seriousness of the problem.

Champs-Élysées Orchestra to enthrall Hanoi audience

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Champs-Élysées Symphony Orchestra will perform a special concert at the Hanoi Opera House on June 15 under the baton of renowned conductor Philippe Herreweghe.

Non-reregistered FIEs seen getting lifeline

Nearly 3,000 foreign-invested enterprises missing the deadline for renewing their investment certificates may escape shutdown as a proposal to annul the re-registration requirement for FIEs has gathered support.

Purchasing power gets weaker than ever

VietNamNet Bridge – Small merchants have been sitting idle, while manufacturers have to scale down the production, saying that they have never seen such a low purchasing power before.

Cigarette smoking puts millions at risk

VietNamNet Bridge – Holding a burning cigarette in his stained lips, Nguyen Minh Khang, breathes in deeply. Taking the cigarette out, he rounds his lips to shape smoke into rings running to each other. He closes his eyes and enjoys the moment.

Da Nang public servants to secretly assess their bosses

From July 1, the Department of Interior of Da Nang will begin implementing the model of evaluating the performance of public servants online, after gaining good results in the pilot period.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/6

 Petition filed against steel dumping; Binh Dinh to set up advisory group for oil refinery plan; SOEs pose threats for domestic economy; Authorities consider policy for property insurance contracts

Vietnamese films see increasing violence scenes

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many recent Vietnamese films have focused on exploiting violent scenes with many of them being warned by state management agencies to tone down their explicitness.

Bad debt settlement may take a decade, says report

 VietNamNet Bridge – It may take Vietnam a decade to resolve the bad debt issue that is crippling the banking system, says an economic report.

The heavy load on rivers eased

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed to stop 338 hydropower projects after checking the 1,200 planned projects.

Ministry to tighten control over news-gathering websites

 VietNamNet Bridge – Staff members of websites run by enterprises and organisations will no longer be allowed to work as official newspapers, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

TRAVEL NEWS IN BRIEF 1/6

 Binh Duong to host Lai Thieu Fruit Festival; Vietnam tourism experts call for marketing push; Highland Regions to develop souvenirs for National Tourism Year 2014

Reforms improve Da Nang's ranking

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city has improved its ranking under the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI).