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Is it illegal to speculate domain names?

Domain names are the national resources which need to be protected and not to be wasted. However, with the existing law loopholes, the national resources have been traded by individuals to seek profit.

Giving foreign names to products now in vogue

VietNamNet Bridge – It is now a growing tendency of giving foreign names to products and services. It is because the product and service providers believe that foreign names would help made their products more luxurious.

Clarify land-related rights in the Constitution, MPs suggest

VietNamNet Bridge - The land-related content always heats up the National Assembly meetings. In the discussion of the amendments to the Constitution at the year-end session of 2012, there were many opinions about land ownership.

More maps affirm VN’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa

The Da Nang Institute for Socio-economic Development (DISD) has unveiled the receiving of more valuable documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/1

Retail industry draws investors; MoF to refund tax on plastic bags; Garment makers optimistic for 2013; Southern trade bloc does well; Mergers, acquisitions expected to boom this year; Dung Quat oil refinery targets 6.5 million tonnes of products

Tourism Year focuses on Red River region

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rich cultural tapestry of the Red River Civilisation is being celebrated during the National Tourism Year 2013 in the delta, which kicked off on January 6 in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Vietnam’s two hotels awarded by US prestigious magazines

The 111-year-old Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi and the Park Hyatt Saigon have just received various awards selected by two prestigious magazines Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 and Travel + Leisure Magazine’s 2013

Shares make gains on improved liquidity

 VietNamNet Bridge – The finished the first trading week of the new year in the black.

Armstrong may admit to doping - report

 Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, is weighing whether to admit he used performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported.

H1N1 death toll rises to 25 in Jordan with new fatality this year

Jordanian Health Ministry announced on Sunday that a 26-year-old Jordanian man died in the northern city of Irbid after suffering from the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu. 

Danish embassy displays Vietnamese paintings

VietNamNet Bridge – The meeting hall inside the Danish Embassy in Ha Noi has turned into a display place for a selection of artwork by Vietnamese painters.

Students receive Young Science Talent Award 2012

The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Science and Technology hosted a ceremony in the southern province of Dong Nai to give hundreds of students and young lecturers the Vietnam Young Science Talent Award 2012. 

China 'biggest' nuclear plant construction resumes

 China has resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be its biggest-ever nuclear facility, state media said on Saturday.

Starbucks to open first store in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The U.S.-based Starbucks Coffee Company announced on Thursday it will open its first store in Vietnam next month via the partner Coffee Concepts Vietnam Limited.

Inspectors given more latitude

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government Inspectorate should crack down on violations in key sectors, including finance, banking, management of State Budget funds - and on the import and export industry,

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 7/1

 Former poor district in City now poverty free; Nearly VND400 billion for policy beneficiaries during Tet; Scholarships for disadvantaged; Safe food push ramped up

Cong Vinh still listed as a member of the national squad

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last minute, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) unexpectedly added striker Le Cong Vinh to the list of the national football team.

One dead, several ships damaged by storm Sonamu

VietNamNet Bridge – Waves immerged a fishing vessel of the central province of Binh Thuan, killing one man. Many other ships were also damaged by the first storm of 2013 in the East Sea – storm Sonamu.

Justice Ministry asks for review on funeral provisions for public employees

Nearly 10 days since the decree on funeral of public employees takes effect, the Ministry of Justice’s Legal Document Inspection Bureau has requested to review the decree on organizing funerals of public employees.

The biggest real estate M&A deals in 2012

A lot of investors had to transfer real estate projects in 2012 when their money got exhausted. Though the real estate market was frozen, it is now still the right time to make investment in the real estate sector, when the prices get cheaper.