Business

Websites precarious due to inappropriate investment in network security
07/04/2011 05:00
Experts have pointed out the network security in Vietnam has become increasingly problematic because businesses and agencies do not make appropriate investments to protect their websites. The alarming figures...
Petrolimex loses $124m in Q1
07/04/2011 05:00
Viet Nam National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) yesterday announced a loss of VND2.6 trillion (US$123.81 million) in the first quarter mainly due to exchange rate risks. Since the State Bank of Viet Nam depreciated the Vietnamese dong against the US dollar...
Inflation to moderate, says bank
07/04/2011 05:00
Viet Nam’s inflation rate is anticipated to moderate 6.8 per cent average in 2012, however, it will remain high this year at 13.3 per cent average, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday. The inflation rate, measured on a year-on-year basis, is expected to...
Throwing dead flies to fertilizer company to revenge
07/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Suspecting that a bio-fertilizer company caused environment pollution and a fly epidemic, hundreds of people in Hoa Thuan ward, Tam Ky city, in the central province of Quang Nam threw dead flies onto the firm’s campus for revenge. At 8 am,...
Vietnamese keep indifferent to new Intel chips
07/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Series Core i have been available for more than one year. However, the products still are not favored by Vietnamese people as expected by Intel. High prices, associated components expensive Intel chipsets have always been a...
New food safety rules leave companies baffled
07/04/2011 05:00
The new Food Safety Law has left many cooking companies perplexed over where to go for their documents when the Law takes effect in July. Canned meat being processed in an industrial zone in the southern province of...
Vietnam attempts to raise tariffs to restrict luxury imports
07/04/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to raise the import tariffs in order to control the importation of luxury goods which still have been flocking to Vietnam in big quantities, despite efforts by the ministry to curb the...