VietNamNet Bridge – Renewable energy developers will be offered a clearer and specific mechanism for setting up electricity purchasing prices of their projects in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has been ordered to conduct more inspections on hydro-power dams and reservoirs nation-wide with a view to ensuring the safety of residents downstream.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign businesses have withdrawn investment capital and stopped pouring money into the real estate market without any statements about the plans to come back to the market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Patients with cancer are increasing rapidly in Vietnam. The sad thing is that most patients are in the later stage when they see doctors, so the cancer cure rate in Vietnam is not as high as desired.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam would be able to reduce over 50 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions from agricultural production by 2020 if the country managed to take full advantage of potential reduction measures.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, on Dec 18, advised HCM City to restructure the real estate sector towards removing weak and ineffective players and providing housing to meet real demand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of smartphones in Vietnam had reached the highest level so far in the third quarter of this year, with considerable market shares belonging to local companies, market research company IDC Vietnam reports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tourism has proposed cooperating with Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar to develop a travel program with a joint visa for Chinese tourists in an effort to attract more tourists from China.

People-founded schools, which are in the danger of getting dissolved because of the lack of students, have been vocal about the indifference of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to their difficulties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A photo book by Nguyen Van Ku about Cham cultural heritage has been first published in five languages, including Vietnamese, Cham Latin script, English, French and ancient Cham.

The disagreement among the relevant ministries on the wood import licensing has made enterprises suffer, because they cannot import materials for their production plans until the ministries can reach a consensus on the issue.

More firms seek to get delisted; Electronics short circuits; Gov’t to adopt specific resolution to unfreeze real estate market; Wind power projects must be 300 metres from residential areas; Sugar industry mired in troubles, awaiting help

 Facebook began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The upcoming holiday season has heated up the tourism market with an increase in the tours being booked despite the ongoing economic crisis.

The local information technology (IT) industry is expected to face a shortfall of laborers from 2015 due to the slowing supply for the industry at home, heard a seminar in HCMC’s Quang Trung software park on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five national and international dog shows organized by the Vietnam Kennel Association (VKA) were officially announced on Wednesday in HCMC.

In recent years, commercial banks, especially non-State-owned commercial joint-stock banks, have been recruiting foreigners to work in senior positions as divisional heads, advisers and most recently, chief executive officer (CEO).

The Government has approved a project to install submarine cables to transmit power to the Ly Son Island district, with a total investment of nearly VND1 trillion ($50 million).

Real estate developers have sighed with relief after relevant ministries agreed to pump money into the frozen real estate market to rescue it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese translation of the autobiography Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic, an Australian who was born without arms and legs, was introduced to readers at a meeting in HCM City on Tuesday.