• Market for gemstones

    Market for gemstones

    16/03/2011 05:00

    This is the most special market in Vietnam, where gemstones are displayed on bamboo baskets like vegetables. The market for gemstones has been held in Yen The town, Luc Yen district, in the northern province of Yen Bai for a very long time and it has remained...

  • Rooms without views 

    16/03/2011 05:00

    Workers at a construction site of an apartment project in Ho Chi Minh City Twenty-four-year-old Nguyen Thi Hoa lives in the slums of Kim Chung Commune in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District along with many other low-income workers from nearby...

  • Local firms feel the heat of rising input costs 

    16/03/2011 05:00

    A worker at a plastic product factory in Ho Chi Minh City Local firms struggling to manage soaring input costs and high interest rates will find government support critical for getting through tough times, experts say. However, some of...

  • China attempts to raise electricity price, Vietnam under hard pressure

    China attempts to raise electricity price, Vietnam under hard pressure

    15/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – Seriously lacking electricity, Vietnam has to purchase electricity from China. However, the partner, who will provide 4.6 billion KWH of electricity to Vietnam this year is attempting to raise the sale prices. Chinese...

  • SBV’s measures cool off gold black market

    SBV’s measures cool off gold black market

    15/03/2011 05:00

    The de-dollarization and de-gold measures of the State Bank of Vietnam kept domestic gold prices unchanged in spite of the international price climbing up. Gold on the global markets turned higher on March 11th after the dollar weakened against the euro and...

  • Construction works downgraded not by capital shortage, Minister says

    15/03/2011 05:00

    “The quality of transportation projects have been improved, but some works are still downgraded quickly. I confirm that the reason is not the shortage of capital,” said Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung on March 14. To curb inflation, the total...

  • Long An to investigate project delays

    15/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - The southern province of Long An is reviewing delayed and tardy property projects as part of a process to improve its investment environment. There are 10 of them, mostly in the districts of Duc Hoa, Ben Luc and Can Giuoc and related to...

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