Industrial processed products earn US$53.19 bil; SOEs make up 70 percent of total bad debts; Foreign retailers expand network in Vietnam; Experts ponder gold hoarding; Vietnam’s real estate market faces fierce competition

 Looking into macroeconomic indices in September and the first nine months of 2012 General Statistics Office (GSO) chief Do Thuc confirmed stagflation would not become a threat.

  Foreign-invested schools can enroll Vietnamese students, but the numer shall not exceed 10% for elementary and junior high schools while the percentage is 20% for senior high schools, according to the latest regulations.

Half a year after being reprimanded, Mr. Lu Ngoc Cu has been dismissed from the Chairmanship of Dak Lak Province, to become a member of the Steering Committee of the Central Highlands.

  VietNamNet Bridge - Police of Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh province are tracing thieves of the rhino horn of a famous banker, Mr. Tram Be, from his mansion in Ham Giang commune, Tra Cu district.

  VietNamNet Bridge - Ngoc Lu drum is the most typical drum in the Vietnamese bronze drum system. Dao Thinh bronze jar is typical for traditional beliefs, while the Bodhisattva Tara statue is the pinnacle of visual arts.

  A concert featuring special chamber music by renowned composers of Romantic Music including Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Gershwin, Henryk Wieniawsky will take place at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on October 9.

With keeping wild birds for ornaments now in vogue, more and more wild birds have fallen into hunters’ traps.

 VietNamNet Bridge – With endless construction, roads clogged by seas of motorbikes, and a growing number of cars, Ha Noi is definitely not the most conducive city for exercising outdoors.

  VietNamNet Bridge - After Coca-Cola and Samsung withdrew their advertisements on Zing, yesterday Zing attempted to reach an international music copyright agreement with Universal Music.

VietNamNet Bridge – Obtaining a seat in dormitories is now the dream of many university students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Harmonising new buildings with old ones is a key requirement for the planned makeover of the city centre in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Without any relative, Ms. Thanh, 83, was refused many times by her landlords because they were afraid that she could die anytime.

Under the scorching sun, sweat soaking his back, Pham Cong Xuan diligently drove his motorcycle along National Highway 1A in Binh Duong province to collect nails. Occasionally, he received a threatening message: "Do you like a scimitar?"

Despite the low demand and the low popularity of e-books, and despite the widespread copyright infringement, the big guys in the hi-tech sector such as VTC, FPT and Viettel all are planning to digitalize textbooks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam may need more time to prepare for the implementation of the emission reducing REDD+ initiative as many stakeholders are still getting to grips with the concept and its importance.

VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives from travel agencies in Hong Kong will join familiarisation (FAM) trips at destinations in Da Nang and Ha Noi on October 8-12, the central city's tourism promotion centre said earlier this week.

A lot of foreign investors arrived in Vietnam and contrived mammoth amusement park projects. Later, only when the investors left, did local authorities realize that the investors just promised the earth.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The feverish demand for iPhone 5 in Vietnam will not affect sales of other smartphone brands, trading companies said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health will implement a new system to control infections in all central and provincial hospitals nation-wide by 2015, said Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen.