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The battles for water getting more violent

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

Hanoi to focus on areas of chronic flooding

 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.

Teachers still shy of sex education

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

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/4

 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

IT industry slowed by lack of skills

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,

Scarce food forces gaurs to plunder

 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.

Businesses wait for government’s action plan to plan their actions

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.

Vietnamese abortion rate fifth highest in the world

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.

Bankruptcies outnumber new startups

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.

Gong-ho for Central culture

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,

Nick Vujicic to talk with over 50,000 Vietnamese

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.

Sexually refused by wives, husbands kill their babies

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.

New clinics open for heroin users

 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.

Tax reduction will bring more gains than losses

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

Discovering the secrets of nature

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first gusts of summer wind have only just started to sweep through the country, but Le Thi Mai is already listing down possible destinations for her family's summer holiday.

Wood-product industry faces stricter regulations on exports

VietNamNet Bridge – The forestry sector this year faces serious challenges because of newly issued regulations from key markets like the US and EU on wood products,

Vietnam to have Sea Queen

VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time, Vietnam will organize a beauty contest to looking for faces to promote marine tourism.

Vietnam plans to strengthen post-licensing control to heighten FDI quality

Vietnam believes that it’s now the right time to shift from the pre-licensing to post-licensing inspection over foreign invested projects to improve the foreign direct investment (FDI) quality.

North-South train times may be slashed

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Transport is considering upgrading the current railway system to halve the travelling time from Ha Noi to HCM City while also looking to put another high-speed railway project into action.

Senior citizen preserves village history

VietNamNet Bridge –A village in the north dates back 2000 years but evidence and customs of its past have mostly disappeared. What's left is being steadfastly collected and promoted by an elderly, self-taught historian.