• New regulations cannot change people’s habit of keeping dollars

    New regulations cannot change people’s habit of keeping dollars

    18/04/2011 05:00

    Despite the great efforts by the central bank to make the dollar less attractive in the eyes of people, people still keep dollars out of habit. The dollar deposit interest rates have been eased to three percent or lower as per request by the...

  • Google, Bing gains, Yahoo slips, in U.S. search market

    17/04/2011 05:00

    Google and Bing gained ground in the U.S. Internet search market in March, while Yahoo saw its shares fall, according to figures released Wednesday by industry tracker comScore. Monthly figures from the industry researcher show that Google’s search market...

  • Salt producers abandon fields as prices and productivity fall

    17/04/2011 05:00

    Salt farmers nationwide have been caught in such a difficult situation that many have left their fields idle even as peak production season looms, local reports say. They say that this season has been characterised by low productivity, low prices and large...

  • Trinh Cong Son’s multicolored painting world

    Trinh Cong Son’s multicolored painting world

    17/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of paintings by late songwriter Trinh Cong Son opened at the HCM City Art Museum on April 9-15. “I have looked for myself in music and poetry. I have not seen my whole face. And I have tried to turn to painting to...

  • Vietnam attempts to impose stricter control over goods processing

    Vietnam attempts to impose stricter control over goods processing

    17/04/2011 05:00

    The General Department of Customs (GDC) is planning to put the enterprises, which do the outsourcing for foreign businessmen, under a stricter control in an effort to prevent tax evasion. Stricter control to be imposed...

  • Debts make Trai Thien unable to go out to sea and take off

    Debts make Trai Thien unable to go out to sea and take off

    17/04/2011 05:00

    Trai Thien, the air cargo carrier and shipping service provider, has not paid salaries to its staff for the last five months. No ship can weigh anchor and steam off to the high seas, and no aircraft can take off at this moment. Trai Thien’s...

  • Government urged to join EITI

    Government urged to join EITI

    17/04/2011 05:00

    For many reasons, it is currently difficult for Vietnam to control the mining industry, which has led to the big losses of national resources. Therefore, the government has been urged to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),...

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