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Indicators to measure people’s satisfaction to be applied

VietNamNet Bridge - The government will use more sets of indicators to assess people's satisfaction with the administration, said the director of the Public Administration Reform Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Huge investment fails to improve quality of education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite Vietnam spending billions of dollars on education annually, the quality of the country’s education remains far from expectations, one educator has said.  

FDI needed for hi-tech production

 VietNamNet Bridge – More foreign investment is needed for high-tech production, services and research in HCM City through to the end of 2015.

Vietnam takes actions to rescue the slowly sinking fleet

It’s now the right time to find the way to rescue the huge assets which have been lost day by day, and save the crew members who have been trapped in both Vietnam and foreign countries.

Cancers near iron mine: The iron content in excess

After VietNamNet reported about the high number of cancer cases around Thach Khe iron mine, Ha Tinh province, the local authorities investigated. However, their data is much low compared with the previous information provided by the local people.

Party Central Committee's Resolution on land policies renovation

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed the Resolution 19-NQ/TW on continuing renovation of land policies in a bid to create background for Viet Nam to become a basically modern-oriented industrial country by 2020. 

Seven reasons to consider a Halong Bay cruise

VietNamNet Bridge - So you are thinking of what to do on your next holiday to Vietnam? Try Halong Bay cruising.

Phan Rang is tourist heaven

 VietNamNet Bridge – I have visited Phan Rang several times but each trip gave me a new experience and brought me to new cool places of this coastal central city of Ninh Thuan Province.

Boosting rice export at “golden moment,” VN hopes to make record in 2012

The predictions about the world’s quiet rice market in second half of 2012 did not come true. Consignments of rice exports have been continually leaving Vietnam’s ports for other countries in recent days.

Half nation’s hydropower dams unchecked

 VietNamNet Bridge – As of last week 33 out of the 66 hydropower dams subject to periodic inspections had not been checked, including seven large-scale dams.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 11/11

Workers back to Libya; Vietnam, Denmark cooperate in wind power development; Petrol traders ordered to stop abusing stabilisation fund; Vietnamese handicrafts on show in Germany; VietJetAir continues biggest ever sale

Chinese clothing becomes Made-in-Vietnam products for export

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese poor quality garment products have become Vietnamese products for exports, by using fake labels. These products are sold very well.

Ting-Ting Cheng wants to change Western stereotype on Vietnamese

When asking the philosophical question “If you can change one thing in the society, what will you change?” Ting-Ting Cheng, a Taiwanese artist in the city for one month for an art-exchange project in HCMC, is always intrigued

Between the human and animal world

‘Voracious Embrace: The Human / Animal Interface’ solo installation exhibition by Lena Bui on Thursday opened at HCMC Fine Arts Museum, bringing visitors to the hidden, perhaps overlooked encounters, between the human and animal world.

Resort glut feared in construction boom

 VietNamNet Bridge – The large number of upscale hotels and resorts being built across the country could create an oversupply and lead to unhealthy competition among hoteliers, experts have warned.

Pollution taints national icon

VietNamNet Bridge – Several areas of Ha Long Bay, the newly-voted world wonder in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province, are seriously polluted. 

Health officials call for more sex education

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Lan, a worker in Ha Noi's Bac Thang Long Industrial Zone, has had three abortions.

Movie industry struggles to make historical films

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese movie industry faced a lack of resources and money to make historical movies, cinema researchers and filmmakers told a conference on Tuesday in Ha Noi.

Man detained for brain cancer scam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in Ha Noi's Cau Giay District have arrested Dong Pham Nguyen, 26, a resident of central Binh Dinh Province who pretended to be a brain tumour patient to ask the public for money.

Hanoi needs $3 billion to build “intelligent city”

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi needs up to VND60 trillion, or $3 billion to build a smart city that applies information technology in all areas. This plan will be submitted to the Hanoi People's Council in early December.