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National Tourism Year 2013 to include nearly 70 events

 VietNamNet Bridge – During National Tourism Year 2013, themed “The Red River Civilisation”, nearly 70 events will be organised in localities nationwide.

Give land to farmers, and they will stop deforestation

Local residents who have been living together with the forests, considering the forests as their homes, still devastate the forests. It’s because they need land for agricultural production.

Police start drive to curb traffic violations at Tet

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have started to clampdown on drivers that break traffic laws in an effort to ensure public order and traffic safety during the lunar New Year festival, which falls on February 10. 

Nation records 5.03% GDP growth, single digit CPI

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 5.03 percent in 2012, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) in a press briefing in Hanoi on December 24.

Many locally-made PCs cannot meet electromagnetic compatibility

Ninety percent of locally-made computers were found as not meeting the Radio Frequency Department in 2011, while the percentage has decreased to 50 percent, according to the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).

Can a future be built with blackened hands

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many of her peers are blind to corruption. But 21-year-old Nguyen Thi Diem, a student in Ha Noi, is trying to lead a truthful life.

Shares turn cheap, Japanese quietly try to acquire Vietnamese banks

While the banks from Europe and US keep quiet at this moment, Japanese have been hunting for Vietnamese banks’ shares.

Magic tricks performed at national festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Second National Magic Festival will confound crowds from Friday in Ha Noi featuring some of the most baffling illusionists from across the country.

Ministry targets lower farm produce contamination

 VietNamNet Bridge – Amid increasing fears about food safety, Viet Nam aims to cut the contamination rate of plant-origin products by 10 per cent next year,

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 27/12

ADB grants $251m loans to Viet Nam; HCM City districts call for delayed projects to be cancelled; Agro-forestry and aquatic exports earn US$27.5 billion; Foreign direct investment pledges go down

Vietnam’s FDI attraction on decline

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam might not fulfill this year’s FDI attraction target of US$15 billion due to a recent decline. 

Vinashinlines ship arrested in India

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly two months trapped in the port of Kolkata, India, the crew of Cai Lan 4 ship sent a letter home to ask for help, but Vinashinlines leaders could not help and told them to wait.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/12

 Japan assists Vietnam in vocational training; Early intervention can prevent HIV spread; Woman seized for absconding with funds; Police seize expired cosmetic products

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 26/12

  Vietnamese child performs in Australian music show; All-star charity concert to raise funds for disabled; American jazz singer set for Ha Noi hotel residency; Book paints picture of famed Hue artist

HCM City to increase bus fare

VietNamNet Bridge - In order to increase revenues, reduce budget subsidies, from January 1, 2013, the bus fare in Ho Chi Minh City will increase by VND1,000 dong per turn.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 26/12

  Ha Noi hold on to retain HCM City futsal title; Ninh Binh's Farias gains Vietnamese citizenship; Nam stops at Abierto Juvenil Mexicano; Dung claims Motorcross Challenge crown

Vinacas drives cashew nut exporters to death?

Tens of cashew nut exporters incur losses, while the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas) has fallen into complete mess. It’s still unclear about the future of the Vietnam’s cashew industry.

Viettel outstrips rival VNPT in annual earnings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viettel corporation, the nation's largest telecom, has surpassed rival VNPT Group in earnings for the first time, according to reports released by Viettel yesterday, Dec 25.

Smart-phone sales up 83% as consumer interest grows

Smart phone shipments to Viet Nam reached an all-time high in third quarter of this year, with local vendors grabbing a significant amount of market share, according to the latest IDC Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

Vietnam rescues crew from stranded tanker

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rescue teams yesterday, Dec 25, successfully saved five sailors from Myanmar stuck on a Malaysian oil tanker that ran aground just 300m off the Thua Thien – Hue coast.