VietNamNet Bridge – Members of the National Assembly yesterday urged the Government to apply a fully competitive retail power market sooner than the scheduled date of 2022 in order to offer a wider choice for customers.

Food companies still keep diffident when preparing for the year-end production and Tet sale season. Anticipating the low demand, they do not intend increase the output.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Vietnam boasts the highest number of Ph.D s in Asean countries, it shows little evidence of original or innovative ideas.

VietNamNet Bridge – Breathtaking views of the East Sea from the rolling Ba Na Hills, brick-tower relics from the ancient Hindu-Buddhist Cham culture that once ruled powerful sea-trading city-states – and traditional martial-arts villages

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vocational training in Singapore has brought Nguyen Truong Giang more job opportunities and a higher salary than many of his university educated colleagues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN nations will pilot a free labour market for skilled workers and professionals in 2015 as part of a plan to integrate the region economically. This will enable workers to move freely in the region.

Vietnam has been trying to call for foreign direct investment (FDI) into the animal husbandry industry, which remains unattractive in the eyes of foreign investors.

Breeding dangerous animals is now in vogue among the rich people. They not only have to spend billions of dong, but a lot of time as well to “hunt” for the wild beasts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a young population and fast income growth, Viet Nam is seen as a promising market for foreign fast-food companies.

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Government officials have reassured the public that the most advanced latest technology would be chosen for the nuke power plants in Vietnam, while affirming that new safety standards would be set up in the post-Fukushima period.

While rural areas are seriously lacking qualified workers, university bachelors are abundant in big cities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of husbandry farms in Vietnam are in danger of bankruptcy because of the massive imports of low-quality chicken from China.

Wood importers have complained that the new regulation on the PRA (pest risk analysis) import plant quarantine certificate has put big difficulties for their operation.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Vietnam in early November, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi at a press conference on October 25.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong Delta is considered the largest fruit basket of Vietnam but it is being “attacked” by Chinese fruit.

Charity tours have been added into the lists of tourism products offered by travel firms. However, the firms still keep very cautious in developing the new product.

VietNamNet Bridge - Formal discussion of land policy in Vietnam reveals a confused understanding of price and social cost of land. The confusion makes adverse impacts on the welfare of farmers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Asian and European labour ministers and high-ranking officials have pledged to take steps to create decent jobs, especially for young and vulnerable job seekers, and promote better social protection policies.

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