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Foreign tourists favor three to four-star hotels

 VietNamNet Bridge – A majority of foreign visitors to Vietnam choose to stay at hotels of three to four-star ratings while domestic tourists favor two to three-star hotels as shown in Vietnam Annual Tourism Report 2014.

German, Vietnamese artists put on play

 VietNamNet Bridge – German director Dominik Gunther from Hamburg and puppeteers from Dresden are cooperating with the Ha Noi-based Youth Theatre to stage a play entitled Fisherman and a Golden Fish.

27th ASEAN Summit closes successfully

The 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings wrapped up in Kuala Lumpur on November 22 with the signing of a Declaration on the establishment of the ASEAN Community which featured a turning point in the 48-year-old bloc’s history.

Finland asked to exempt visa for Vietnamese diplomats

 Vietnam has proposed the Finnish Government push ahead with the negotiation on and signing of a visa exemption agreement for diplomatic passport holders of the two countries.

PM asks US to recognise Vietnam’s market economy

PM Nguyen Tan Dung proposed the US quickly recognise Vietnam’s market economy status while meeting with US Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael Froman on the margin of the ongoing 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 21.

East Sea complicated developments challenge ASEAN

Developments with increasing complication in the East Sea pose one of the most serious security challenges to ASEAN, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

PM attends ASEAN summits with partners in Malaysia

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered speeches at the 18th ASEAN-China Summit, the 13th ASEAN-India Summit, the third ASEAN-US Summit and the 18th ASEAN+3 Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 21.

Prime Minister at ASEAN-New Zealand, East Asia Summits

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung have urged ASEAN and partner countries to focus their links across education, narrowing development gap, agriculture, connectivity, sub-regional collaboration and coping with non-traditional security challenges.

Historians, teachers urge retention of history as school subject

Many people expressed their concern about the fate of history as a learning subject at general schools after the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) integrates history with other subjects.

Vietnamese PM meets world leaders on ASEAN Summit sidelines

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met world leaders in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 21 on the sidelines of the 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.

VN Gov't urged to break up monopoly of big food corporations

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam needs a strong national rice brand. But to do this, it is necessary to eliminate the monopoly enjoyed by the two largest food corporations.

Who is the owner of Apple Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge - Apple Operations International (AOI), the owner of Apple Vietnam, has been involved in in the past in tax evasion scandals in the US and Ireland.

2016 will still be a hard year for Vietnamese enterprises

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economic experts said the production and business situation in 2016 will not have many new features compared to 2015. It will be still a difficult year for Vietnamese businesses.

Rubbish collection causing pollution, odours in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trash collection in Ha Noi has become a nuisance and caused serious pollution, according to residents who have complained about the trash collection schedule and its proximity to their homes.

Forex knowledge will help SMEs adapt

 VietNamNet Bridge – World-renowned forex educator Mario Singh, who is also founder & CEO of FX1 Academy in Singapore, speaks to Viet Nam News reporter about how forex trading can help Viet Nam's SMEs perform better.

Bright outlook for FDI inflows in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – The establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of this year is expected to create huge prospects for Vietnam to draw foreign direct investment (FDI) from other ASEAN countries.

Real estate gains from stock market doubts

VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thanh Vu, general director of a construction and building materials trading company that is listed in HCM City, recently decided to sell some of his stock holding in his company 

Vietnam urged to tackle climate change

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a coastline of 3,200 kilometers, Vietnam is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels, so Vietnamese people should join hands to cushion their impact.

Alternative medicine in Vietnam works

Acupuncture which dates back more than two thousands years in Asia, continues to have a positive impact on patient’s lives. Vietnam is considered one of the world’s leading countries when it comes to acupuncture treatment.

Roadmap built to curb carbon emissions

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is working on a national action plan on sustainable consumption and production, as well as a roadmap for eco-innovation to promote the sustainable development of the country and local enterprises towards 2020.