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Hanoi to be cleaner with two wastewater plants on horizon

December 27, 2008  . Filed under News, Sci-Tech

Hanoi to be cleaner with two wastewater plants on horizon

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi authorities and Japanese consultants are working on a project to construct two plants to treat waste water in a bid to further improve the environment in the capital city in the 2010-2020 period. To Lich River in Ha Noi.They met in Hanoi on Dec. 25 to discuss a wide range of aspects around the project, including the plants’... Read more

Art saloon marks relocation with dreamy exhibition

December 26, 2008  . Filed under Lifestyle, News

Art saloon marks relocation with dreamy exhibition

A work by painter La Huy displayed at Himiko Visual Café in District 10 A venue for artists and art lovers has inaugurated its new location this month with a painting exhibition that captures the relationship between human beings and nature, and between human beings themselves. The Giac ngu dai, tiep den la con... Read more

Supermarts shake hands with farmers

December 26, 2008  . Filed under Business, News

Supermarts shake hands with farmers

VietNamNet Bridge – Supermarts now tend to purchase commodities directly from farmers to ensure reasonable sale prices and high quality products. Farmers introduce their special productsOn December 23, there was a meeting between representatives of food-making and farm-producing households of Tra Vinh and Dong Thap provinces, and the board of management... Read more

Retail market: small shops compete with supermarts

December 26, 2008  . Filed under Business, News

Retail market: small shops compete with supermarts

VietNamNet Bridge – Home appliance centers have been bustling full of buyers. Meanwhile, small shops remain quiet despite the year-end high-sale season. Hoang Dinh Shop has hung up a banderole that states its commitment to selling products at prices that are more competitive than big supermartsThe home appliance shops on Hoang Van Thu, Hung Vuong and Quang... Read more

City offices bogged down with red tape

December 26, 2008  . Filed under News, Sci-Tech

City offices bogged down with red tape

VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City administrative agencies are still up to their ears in paperwork, despite a directive issued two years ago that encouraged offices to enter data on computers. The People’s Committee’s directive asked administrative agencies at all levels to reduce printed documents, simplify procedures and increase information technology... Read more

Celebrate Christmas with a bite of giant buche

December 24, 2008  . Filed under Lifestyle, News

Celebrate Christmas with a bite of giant buche

A worker from Hy Lam Mon (Sweethome) Bakery decorates a giant Christmas cake to be served up at Dam Sen Theme Park tonight A huge Buche de Noel (log-shaped Christmas cake) is ready to be served up to tourists tonight at Dam Sen Theme Park in District 11, organizers said. The 15-meters-long, four ton cake, made by... Read more

Survey finds more corruption cases with land management

December 24, 2008  . Filed under News, Social

Survey finds more corruption cases with land management

VietNamNet Bridge – Land management is found to be awash with corruption cases, more prevalent than in other areas of the economy, according to a recent survey announced by the director of the Center for Community Support Development Studies (Cecodes) in HCMC Dang Ngoc Dinh told reporters and representatives of Government agencies that up to 85.87% of the... Read more

HCM City: Over 360 students hospitalised with food poisoning

December 23, 2008  . Filed under News, Social

HCM City: Over 360 students hospitalised with food poisoning

VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals in District 9 and Thu Duc district in HCM City yesterday received more than 360 students who got food poisoning from the Binh Phuoc Primary School in District 9. VietNamNet Bridge – Hospitals in District 9 and Thu Duc district in HCM City yesterday received more than 360 students who got food poisoning from the Binh Phuoc... Read more

Vietnam asks Luxembourg for help with EU

December 23, 2008  . Filed under News, Politics

A government leader Monday asked Luxembourg to help Vietnam boost relations with the European Union (EU) and lobby for the removal of anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shoes. During talks with his Luxembourger counterpart, Jean Asselborn, in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem asked for assistance negotiating the Vietnam-EU... Read more

With no management, gold trading floors may turn into casinos

December 22, 2008  . Filed under Business, News

With no management, gold trading floors may turn into casinos

VietNamNet Bridge – The story about the troubles on ACB gold trading floor has raised a lot of worries about the bad management of gold trading floors. Nguyen Thanh Toai, Deputy General Director of ACB, called the mistake of entering the wrong gold sale price on December 10 (VND17,000/tael instead of VND17mil) a ‘regrettable incident’. Toai... Read more

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