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Struggles with copyright infringement continue

Since using videos without permission, the national television VTV may have its YouTube account closed permanently. The struggle with copyright infringement has become hot once again.

Trade surplus causes economists to sigh with relief

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam witnessed a trade surplus of $865 million in the first two months of the year. However, it was foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) which deserved the credit.

Why do Japanese want a stake in Petrolimex?

VietNamNet Bridge - By the end of 2014, Petrolimex, the Vietnam Petroleum Import/Export Corporation (Petrolimex), held 48 percent of the domestic petroleum distribution market.

Securities companies afraid of becoming ‘foreign owned’

Many securities companies are wavering between lifting the room ceiling for foreign investors to 100 percent and staying Vietnamese-owned as they fear they will no longer receive preferences if they are foreign-owned.

Strange events surround instant coffee market

VietNamNet Bridge - What happened with the instant coffee market in 2015 showed that the market was unpredictable.

Big investment incentives only benefit foreign investors: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Only foreign-invested automobile manufacturers can benefit from the current investment incentives, while Vietnamese automobile cannot grow, experts say.

Ignoring warnings, businesses still harbor ‘macadamia dream’

The Vietnam Macadamia Association has been officially set up under a decision by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. LienVietPost Bank and Him Lam JSC were two major businesses lobbying for the association.

The sorrow of the forests

VietNamNet Bridge - Local authorities and investors who are developing road and hydropower projects have promised to plant forests to offset the trees they fell. However, they have failed to keep their word.

Gloomy future for VN steel industry

VietNamNet Bridge - Steel mills now have to struggle to compete with imports from China. If the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) does not take temporary safeguard measures, a series of enterprises will go bankrupt.

Many export markets still have barriers to Vietnamese fruit

VietNamNet Bridge - Though Vietnam has fulfilled the procedures and paperwork related to plant quarantines in order to enter new markets, many countries are still slow to accept Vietnam’s products. 

FDI and Vietnam’s right to choose investors

Foreign investors have been flocking to Vietnam as they can see great opportunities here. Vietnam needs to use the right to choose investors in the best way so as to fully exploit foreign direct investment (FDI), experts say.

Are students spending more time creating trouble, and not studying?

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain that the job is especially hard: they are criticized if they punish students when students go wrong.

Security experts warn about spread of new ransomware virus ‘Locky’

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘Locky’, a new virus that encrypts victims’ files and demands ransom for decryption, has been spreading at an alarming rate, according to FPT, Vietnam’s largest information technology group.

HCM City dreams of building advanced schools

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City local authorities have decided that there must be at least 24 schools that meet standards to approach regional and international education.

Low-cost carrier ‘great war’ begins

VietNamNet Bridge - Behind the current sales promotion campaigns for zero-dong and super-cheap fares is stiff competition among low-cost air carriers (LCC).

‘Barefoot engineer’ invents automatic watering system

VietNamNet Bridge - Cao Phat Trien, a farmer in Mekong River Delta, has created a system which sprays and waters his orchard automatically, thus helping cut production cost and get higher profit.

More Vietnamese goods enter US market

Many investment cooperation contracts have been signed in recent days between Vietnamese businesses and partners from the US, which is expected to pave the way for Vietnamese goods to penetrate more deeply into the US market.

Gaur killed in sanctuary placed under strict control

VietNamNet Bridge - A gaur found killed in the Dong Nai Natural Reserve which has been placed under strict control.

What are domestic retailers doing upon foreigners’ massive arrival?

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese retail chains are hurrying to expand their networks in anticipation of stiff competition with foreign giants.

16 listed companies report profits of VND1 trillion and more in 2015

VietNamNet Bridge - Sixteen out of 600 listed companies which have released financial reports reported  huge pretax profits of VND1 trillion and more.