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Callous fans cast a pall on artists’ funerals

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year has been a particularly sad year for artist circles in Viet Nam.

Half of high-grade property purchase for speculation in HCMC

 Fifty percent of upper middle and high ranking real estate purchase volume in Ho Chi Minh City is for speculation, according to the city Real Estate Association (Horea).

Vietnam’s top IT companies generate revenue of US$1.25 billion in 2015

 Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies generated a total revenue of nearly VND28 trillion (US$1.25 billion) last year, according to Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, General Secretary of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association.

HCM City bustling with year-end art perfromances

 Audiences will have a chance to enjoy many art performances during the year-end months.

HCM City to open VND1-trillion coffer for startups next month

 The HCMC Department of Science and Technology is expected to announce a startup supportive program at the end of November in which VND1 trillion (US$44.7 million) would be lent to young local businesses.

Vinastas to be grilled over fish sauce news

The minister of industry and trade has ordered the Vietnam Competition Authority to set up an interdisciplinary team to check whether Vinastas has complied with law after its release of misleading information about fish sauce.

Lotte to jump in e-commerce filed

  The Lotte Group revealed that its e-commerce website, lotte.vn, would be officially launched this Friday.

CMC Telecom among most promising telecom solution providers

 CMC Telecom is the only Vietnamese information, communication and technology (ICT) firm voted among the top 25 most promising telecom solution providers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) market.


Dutch trade delegation signs raft of deals in VN

  A Dutch business delegation with executives from 34 companies and knowledge institutions led by Vice Minister for Foreign Trade of the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marten van den Berg ended a two-day visit to Viet Nam on October 26.


Japanese firm to build waste treatment factory at HCM City dump

 The government of HCM City has approved a pilot factory project that will treat 200 kilos of rubbish a day for power generation at the Phuoc Hiep Rubbish Dump Area. 

Van Quan Lake polluted, stinking up locality: locals

 Residents who live around Hanoi’s Van Quan Lake are complaining that the lake, once a beautiful spot, has become very polluted and is stinking up its surroundings.

VN to meet Japan in AFC U19 semi-finals

 Vietnam’s U19 team will meet Japan in the semi-final of the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) U19 Championship on October 27 in Bahrain.

Anh Vien enters 200m finals at swimming World Cup

 Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien earned a slot in the finals of the 200m medley category in the ongoing FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 in Japan.

VN bamboo building wins American prizes

A bamboo building inside Muong Museum, 80 kilometres west of Hanoi, has just been awarded a silver prize in the Cultural Architecture category by the organisers of the American Architecture Prize 2016.

Former Vinashinlines officials to be prosecuted

 The Supreme People’s Procuracy has decided to prosecute three former officers of Vinashin Ocean Shipping Company Ltd, or Vinashinlines on charges of embezzlement.

Teacher who beat boys badly is penalised

 A secondary school teacher in this central province was forced to resign as class teacher today after he admitted to badly beating six of his students with a ruler.

Passengers bus to be prohibited on some streets in HCM City

 To ensure traffic order and safety, HCM City’s Department of Transport has decided to ban private buses with more than 25 seats on some streets in District 10 including Le Hong Phong, Vinh Vien and Tran Nhan Ton from 6am to 10pm, starting October 29.

Chairman of Vietnam Railways offers to resign

 Tran Ngoc Thanh, who was appointed chairman of Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) in April 2015, has submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

Abducted fishermen back home

Three Vietnamese fishermen held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years returned home to a tumultuous reception in Hanoi yesterday.

WEF’s ASEAN regional business council to be launched

 An ASEAN regional business council (RBC) gathering 55 leaders of big enterprises is set to make debut at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region (WEF-Mekong) in Hanoi.