The southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating administrative reform in investment licensing and site clearance to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2009. Lookatvietnam – The southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating administrative reform in investment licensing and site clearance to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) in [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will hold a national anti-prostitution conference late this month to mull measures to tackle with the social problem as it has been growing complicatedly despite a recent decline in the number of cases. They referred to 63,800 hotels, motels, bars, and massage parlors in the country as destinations that offer favourable [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers who live near urban residential areas will be compensated at a higher rate when the state reclaims their land, according to a new decision by the HCM City People’s Committee. According to the amended decision, owners of agricultural land-, garden-, and pond-use rights near residential areas in HCM City will continue [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A writing competition sponsored by the Danish Embassy is seeking to raise the profile of the fantasy genre in children’s literature. The writing competition is a part of the Children’s Literature Project, one of six components in a cultural development cooperation programme funded by the Danish government. “Fantasy is an important genre [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank’s decision on Monday to cut the prime interest rate helped spur both the HCM City and Ha Noi stock markets to impressive gains yesterday. In Ha Noi yesterday, the HASTC-Index bounced back strongly, gaining 5.76 per cent, or 5.76 points, to close at 118.64.The VN-Index added 12.80 points, or [...]
Nguyen Cong Thinh from Da Lat Town in Lam Dong Province, the administrator and founder of a free coffee website. Thanks to a free Internet website launched by a local farmer earlier this year, coffee growers nationwide no longer have to pay to get crucial information on coffee market prices. The website www.y5cafe.info, created by [...]
