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VNPT - VinaPhone opens two data centres

 VNPT - VinaPhone Corporation has inaugurated two data centres at the Nam Thang Long Industrial Park in Hanoi and Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in Ho Chi Minh City. 

MobiFone introduces new roaming services

 Mobile network provider MobiFone has introduced two new roaming services, called Roam Saver and Data Roam Saver, to help customers reduce the cost of voice, SMS and data services. 

Parliamentary diplomacy helps implement Party, State foreign policy

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past 70 years, the National Assembly’s external activities have become an integral part of external relations of the Party and State, contributing to the effective enforcement of Vietnam’s foreign policy,

Vietnam, Indonesia celebrate 60-year relations

 VietNamNet Bridge – A ceremony marking 60-year ties between Vietnam and Indonesia was held in Hanoi on December 30.

Da Nang police unveils details of assault on foreigner

 VietNamNet Bridge – Central Da Nang’s police held a press conference on December 30 to announce investigation results of a murder involving foreign nationals.

Multinational conglomerates escape transfer-pricing charge

The agreements on double taxation avoidance that Vietnam has signed with other countries is one of the reasons that have made it impossible for state agencies to clarify the suspected cases of multinational conglomerates conducting transfer pricing.

Why are master’s and bachelor’s degree holders unemployed?

VietNamNet Bridge – Up to 225,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree holders in Vietnam are jobless, while graduates from vocational schools can easily find a job.

Vietnamese student wins second prize at international contest

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Pham Thi Minh Khue has come second in a children's poster-drawing contest launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).  

VND1.5 billion fines imposed on press agencies in 2015

VietNamNet Bridge – In 2015, the Ministry of Information and Communications handled administrative violations committed by 37 press agencies and imposed fines totalling over VND1.5 billion ($70,000) on 33 cases.

Images: Unique installation artworks of Vietnamese-American artists

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some artworks by American installation painter and sculptor Mark Cooper are on display at an art exhibition called “YU YU Vietnam BLUE” between December 28 and January 9 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s telecom market earns US$15 billion revenue in 2015

In 2015, local telecom companies obtained a total estimated revenue of over VND340 trillion ($15 billion) and paid taxes of VND48.88 trillion ($2.16 billion), according to a report by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

VinaPhone changes President, CEO

VietNamNet Bridge - Mr. To Thai Dung, director of the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Hanoi branch, has been appointed CEO of the mobile network VNPT - VinaPhone.

Retailers flee from shopping malls

VietNamNet Bridge - The high rent for retail premises in large cities, especially HCM City, has forced retailers to give up their business.

Vietnamese students lack empathy, say educators

Education experts have warned about unreasonable education methods applied at school and at home, saying that many Vietnamese students do not have sympathy towards people with disabilities and disadvantages.

A food specialty at Cam Mountain

Visitors to Cam Mountain can see many eateries selling banh xeo (rice pancake filled with steamed shrimp, sliced pork and bean sprouts) on either side of a path from the foot to the top of the famous mountain in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.

Viettel’s charter capital increased to US$13.2 billion

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently agreed to raise the charter capital of the military-run Viettel Group from VND100 trillion (US$4.4 billion) to VND300 trillion (US$13.2 billion) in the 2015-2020 period.

20 born-in-80s millionaires of Vietnam in 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge - As of December 25, the 20richest millionaires on the stock market who were born in the 80s had total assets of VND4.16 trillion (over $200 million). Some of them are spouses or brothers and sisters.

Key policies involving foreigners take effect in Vietnam in 2015

  The following is brief introduction of a series of policies involving foreigners that have come into effect in 2015.

Overseas Vietnamese retain a role in national development

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Hong Nam, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Overseas Vietnamese, spoke to Dai Doan Ket (Great National Unity) newspaper about the role of Overseas Vietnamese.

Traditional music performance to welcome New Year

 Traditional music performance to welcome New Year, Toyota grants VN music scholarships, Mother Goddess lives on in Nam Dinh