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Hanoi: Rich men pay hundreds of USD for breakfast
17/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Unhygienic cooking is now a big problem in Vietnam. Some rich people are willing to pay a lot of money to have meals at luxurious restaurants to have safe food. Some people often take a bowl of pho (Vietnamese noodle) which is...
Woman has a baby on Jetstar Pacific flight
17/01/2011 05:00
The woman and her child in hospital. VietNamNet Bridge – A woman on January 16 delivered a 2.5kg boy in an aircraft of Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA) when the aircraft was running on the runway of the HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat...
Paper-flower making village welcomes lunar New Year
17/01/2011 05:00
Located on the bank of the Huong River, the 300-year-old Thanh Tien paper-flower making village in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue city is busy preparing for the New Year. Nguyen Hoa, 51, said that all villagers, from children to the elderly,...
New trend takes hold in hotel industry
17/01/2011 05:00
Hotel developers are now beginning to manage properties under their own brand names, setting off a new trend in Viet Nam’s hospitality industry. The Ocean Hospitality company, which has listed 100 million of its shares with the Ha Noi Stock Exchange,...
Fire burns down a dozen of old houses in HCM City
14/01/2011 05:00
A fierce fire broke out in the old quarter, built under the French rule period, in HCM City in the morning of January 13. The fire occurred at the corner of Le Thi Hong Gam-Pho Duc Chinh roads in District 1, less than 200 meters from the Ben Thanh...
Small change conversion service booming during pre-Tet days
14/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The black market is heating up these days with a booming small change conversion service. Despite the exorbitant fees, the services are attracting a lot of clients because commercial banks refuse to give the service to...
Should electricity, coal and petroleum prices be curbed or floated?
14/01/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – On the threshold of the 11 th Communist Party Congress, coal, petroleum and electricity producers and distributors harshly proposed to raise retail prices. If the prices of essential goods increase, Vietnam may fail to curb...