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Corals illegally exploited in Khanh Hoa Province

Every year tens of thousands of tons of coral are illegally exploited in the coastal province of Khanh Hoa, home and reserve of an abundant variety of coral species.

Vietnamese kingfishers

VietNamNet Bridge - There are many species of kingfishers in Vietnam. Let’s discover them.

Van Ngoc Tu says goodbye to Olympics

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese judokas Van Ngoc Tu failed in his first performance at the London Olympics, while swimmer Anh Vien and gunman Hoang Xuan Vinh were not successful in women’s 400m individual medley and men’s air pistol.

Gorgeous Con Dao Island offers self-evident pleasures

 VietNamNet Bridge – Even before we set out, I knew this trip to Con Dao was going to be a deeper experience than usual, literally. But there was no mystery to it.

Psychological help for school children

 VietNamNet Bridge –  Experts have urged primary schools to set up psychological counselling offices to help them overcome problems and enhance their learning.

Low tariff encourages export, but technical barriers keep goods inaccessible

 VietNamNet Bridge – Australia and New Zealand have committed high tariff preferences to Vietnam. However, the exports to the two markets remain modest.

Cooperation and Connectivity in East Asia

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and a Vietnamese delegation attended the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012, which focused on “Shaping the Region’s Future Through Connectivity.”

Support needed for veterinarians

 VietNamNet Bridge – While veterinary staff working at the grassroots level of communes are considered as playing a key role in control of diseases among cattle and poultry, there are very few support policies for these workers.

The five painful deaths of rare animals in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – In the last five months, the public has been captured by many cases related to the wildlife in Vietnam. Because of greedy and lack of knowledge of related people, many rare animals of Vietnam were killed.

A fishing village in Ha Long Bay

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 20km of the Bai Chay Tourist Wharf to the south of Ha Long Bay is the wild and charming Cua Van fishing village.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 29/7

Nation attracts US$8.03 bln in FDI; Gaming industry revenue expected to soar; US firm wants to develop restaurant chain in Vietnam; Travelers to be banned from carrying gold bars; Good signs for farm product exports

Vietnam to let Russia set up ship base in Cam Ranh

 Vietnam will allow Russia to set up a ship maintenance base at its port of Cam Ranh – a former Soviet naval base, but this is definitely not a military base, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said Friday during his official visit to Russia.

Film industry gets new look

 While state-owned studios drag their feet in putting out new films, private producers have been much more aggressive in grasping market share and catering to the tastes of audiences.

Communal wells

Only a few wells are seen in rural villages but they remain unique in terms of cultural value like bayan trees and communal yards.

Mobile boosters cause problems

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked mobile-phone users in Ha Noi not to use signal boosters to enhance voice quality and other attachments.

Pennywise policy helps securities companies make profit again

Instead of waiting for the instructions from the watchdog agency, securities companies have been reshuffling their organizations themselves, which has helped them make profit again in the first half of 2012 after a long period of taking loss.

EVN to increase power prices to offset losses

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will make up for its losses resulting from electricity trading and exchange rate discrepancies by hiking power prices from now until 2015, said EVN deputy general director Dinh Quang Tri.

Crossing over roads in fatal way

VietNamNet Bridge – On the afternoon of July 24, a young man was hit by a bus and died on the spot when he was climbing over the separation line to cross Kim Ma road in Hanoi. This fatal way of crossing over roads is very popular in Hanoi.

Bad quality chicken from threatens domestic breeding

Sales of low quality Chinese chicken in Vietnam remains uncontrolled, posing a threat to the domestic husbandry industry.  

Vietnam greets over 3.8 million visitors

More than 460,000 international tourists visited Viet Nam in July, up 12 per cent over June but down by 8 per cent compared with the same month last year, according to the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).