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New cultural programme preserves traditional values

Dem Hoa Le (Wonderful Night), a cultural programme that offers cai luong (reformed opera) and hat boi (classical drama) shows, will be staged every week at Cho Lon Theatre in HCM City’s District 5, known as Chinatown. 

HCM City to auction 5,200 resettlement apartments

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will auction 5,200 resettlement apartments and land lots out of nearly 14,000 unoccupied apartments and land lots initially designed for resident relocation, 

Int’l U19 football event to start on March 22

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International U19 Football Tournament will begin on March 22-30 instead of March 20-30, the event’s organising board announced.

VN to add 150,000 jobs in 1st quarter

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s economy was expected to add more than 150,000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2018, continuing last year’s positive streak of job generation.

Miss Viet Nam 2018 contest launched

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young women from across the country are encouraged to participate in the national Miss Viet Nam 2018 competition, which has just been launched.

Song Lam Nghe An lose V.League opener

Creating many opportunities during the 90 minute match on home turf, Song Lam Nghe An ended their match empty handed, losing 0-1 to Sanna Khanh Hoa in the second round match of the V.League yesterday.

Quang Binh introduces the 7th mural village in VN

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 400-year-old village devastated by a tropical storm last October has gotten a facelift in the form of murals.

SOEs face punishment over info

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked the Government to handle the State-owned enterprises (SOEs) that failed to disclose their business information in 2017.

Catfish sector plans $2b export target in 2018

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has targeted to earn US$2 billion from catfish exports this year, accounting for 31.5 per cent of the fishery industry’s total export value.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc wraps up visits to New Zealand, Australia

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi early in the morning March 19, concluding his official visits to New Zealand and Australia where he also attended the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

Ly Hoang Nam runner-up at India F3 Futures

 Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam finished runner-up at the India F3 Futures tennis tournament on March 17.

Sand sediments strand ships in central province

 VietNamNet Bridge – The serious encroachment of sand sediment along Lach Bang Sea Port in Tinh Gia District of central Thanh Hoa Provine has been blocking many cargo ships and fishing vessels as they try to approach the port.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 19/3

Banks offer preferential credit packages to businesses, State Treasury mobilises nearly US$1.5bn from G-bonds, Vietnamese firms urged to work to win WB, ADB bids, Vietnam Footwear Summit to discuss new growth models      

Organ transplantation technology needs new policy

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s organ transplantation technique is now on equal footing with developed countries, experts say.

Online retail market may fall into Chinese hands: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Three giant e-commerce corporations, Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com of China, have arrived in Vietnam. 

Environmental protection tax opposed by some economists

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has proposed raising the environmental protection tax to offset the decrease in tax collection caused by tariff cuts under foreign trade agreements (FTAs).

What do the new figures about professorship titles show about the state of academe?

VietNamNet Bridge - The analysis of figures officially made public by the State Professorship Council shows that many problems continue to exist among Vietnamese academic staff.

CPTPP to widen Vietnam’s inroads to partner markets

 Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and almost all members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have surpassed $1 billion annually.

Real estate lending risks

 The availability of credit is an important factor affecting the real estate sector. While the Vietnamese real estate market continues on a positive uptrend, the government has enacted a number of measures to prevent excess from building up.

Import tax on Japanese cars will be removed from 2029

 According to CPTPP commitments, import tax on motor vehicles from Japan will be removed from 2029.