VietNamNet Bridge - While customers of all mobile networks complain about slow 3G services, network operators say their 3G network capacity is large and speed is sufficient.

The government last week released a plan on air quality control, under which at least 70 percent of steel mills, chemicals and fertilizer plants must be equipped with automatic emission monitoring systems by 2020.

VietNamNet Bridge - Without training in mechanical engineering, Nguyen Dinh Chinh took a risky decision to invest VND2 billion to make an armored car.

The announcement by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to seek capital in foreign currencies from domestic sources has raised concerns. Experts warned this would encourage people and businesses to hoard foreign currencies and worsen dollarization.

VietNamNet Bridge - The underground water level in Mekong Delta has been degrading rapidly, and is at risk of arsenic contamination.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Ha Dong, the game developer, famous for his Flappy Bird game, may be subject to criminal prosecution under the amended 2015 Criminal Code which will take effect on July 1, 2016.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese seafood exporters are scrambling to buy raw materials to compete with  Chinese businesses to fulfill export contracts.

The Director of the State Securities Commission’s (SSC) Market Development Department, Nguyen Son, said that Vietnam is struggling to upgrade its stock market from frontier to emerging by the end of the year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Honda, the largest motorbike manufacturer in Vietnam, in a recent report, said the motorbike market would not see growth next year. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is now exporting more high value products instead of raw materials to the U.S. market.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists, Gia Lai provincial authorities, local residents and managers of Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve oppose the project on building a hydropower plant in the sanctuary.  

VietNamNet Bridge - With a value of VND2.4 trillion, the deal between Vietnam Airlines and ANA Holdings is expected to make big changes to the aviation market. The airline sold 8.771 percent to the Japanese-owned ANA. 

While Vietcombank and VietinBank have proposed to lift the foreign ownership ratio ceiling to 35-40 percent to satisfy requirements of the Basel II Accord, ABBank and SCB want higher foreign ownership ratios to speed up the restructuring process.

VietNamNet Bridge - It took Vietnam 12 years to obtain licenses to export lychees to Australia, five years to export Cat Chu mango to Japan and eight years to export dragon fruit to Taiwan. 

The three biggest mobile networks – Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone – now hold 95 percent of the Vietnamese mobile telecom market. However, small network operators believe there are still opportunities.

A report showed that the husbandry industry created 83.67 million tons of solid waste in 2011, nearly 81 million tons in 2012, about 80 million tons in 2013 and 76 million tons in 2014. 

Universities complain that it is difficult to find lecturers nowadays, because many scientists with master’s degrees and doctorates don’t intend to become lecturers.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and China have signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements on Vietnamese rice and rice bran exports to China. The protocol sets stricter sterilization inspection of exports.

Australia's decision to suspend cow exports to some slaughterhouses in Vietnam after reports about inhumane slaughter of cows surfaced could cause a slight crisis in the beef market.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Nhue River has been compared with a pit drain which causes serious pollution to the environment and adverse effects to the public.