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Economists say Vietnam’s economy still insecure, getting worse

VietNamNet Bridge – The risks in the banking system have been increasing, the investors’ confidence has been decreasing. These factors show that Vietnam’s economy is still in insecurity.

Viet Nam, China discuss sea area off Tonkin Gulf at negotiations

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts from Viet Nam and China discussed the sea area off the Tonkin Gulf during the second expert-level negotiations round in Beijing last week.

Climbing up 72-story building in 10 minutes

VietNamNet Bridge - In 10 minutes, 6 seconds, Omar Bekkali (Belgian) climbed from the lobby up to the 72nd floor of the tallest building in Vietnam, the Kaengnam Landmark Tower, in Hanoi on September 30.

Dead rare crocodile floats in Phu Yen’s lake

  VietNamNet Bridge – The body of an endangered Siamese crocodile is now kept at the office of the Ea Lam Commune People’s Committee, in Song Hinh district, the central province of Phu Yen.

“Dotty Sanh” invented automatic onion slicer

The machine is simple, cheap and especially, it can undertake the works of hundreds of workers.

Schoolgirls spend a lot of money on clothes and beauty salon

Schoolgirls from well-off families nowadays believe that they have to go to school on luxurious motorbikes and in expensive clothes to show up their upper class.

Salad vendor earns a million dong each night

VietNamNet Bridge – At 4pm every day, the old man with white hair, short figure, wearing glasses, drives his bike along the Hanoi Old Quarter. In his hands is a big scissors that make crackling.

Tracing carcinogen at Thach Khe iron mine

After VietNamNet published stories about the people around the Thach Khe iron mine, who are living in panic, because there are so many people dying of cancer, the authorities have collected water samples for testing.

Vietnamese big guys quit foreign bourses, give up the games

A series of Vietnamese leading companies hurried to draw up the plans to seek international capital by listing their securities on foreign bourses. However, this turns out to be not easy like a knife through butter as they initially thought.

Gimme kills shrimp, fish and human

The insecticides with high toxicity have been used by many farmers to catch shrimp, fish and wildlife. By doing this, they have been destroying their living environment themselves--thus harming their health.

Investors snub Vietnam telecom market

  Foreign investors are showing little interest in the telecom market of Vietnam as it is said to have been saturated.

Capital flows in, out and around, banks rolls over, lending to each other

The finance reports of the banks show that the amount of capital pumped into the national economy yields to the capital in the transactions on the interbank market and the capital injected in other financial investments.

Weather in South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City is very bad

In those days, heavy rains appeared in the southern region and Ho Chi Minh City, causing flooding in some areas. Looking ahead, the weather will continue to deteriorate, due to the impact of the storm No. 7 or Gaemi in the East Sea.

Deputies stress “rescuing” businesses as top priority

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies have emphasised the urgent need to remove difficulties for businesses, which serve as blood vessels to feed the economy, as they are weakening alarmingly.

Bears really do like honey

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many children love teddy bears and consider them their closest friends. So it's easy to understand why children are excited to visit live bears.

Nationwide medical insurance by 2020: minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – The health industry will develop a medical insurance network across the country by 2020,

QE3 can’t be ignored by Vietnam

 Vietnamese American senior financier Bui Kien Thanh sheds some light on possible implications of the US’ recent quantitative easing stimulus programme (QE3) on Vietnam’s  export business and the economy generally.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 1-15 (daily updated)

Updated information about cultural events in big cities of Vietnam. 

New snake species discovered in Vietnam

  VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of blind snake during a field survey in southern China, northeastern Vietnam and Laos.

S Korea cracks down on illegal immigrant workers

 VietNamNet Bridge – No more Vietnamese workers would be sent to South Korea this year, according to the Overseas Worker Centre under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.