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Protectionist policies for domestic paper industry will run counter to the trend of global integration, senior economists say. Domestic paper makers are struggling to compete with foreign competitors who have cut their prices in the wake of the global financial recession, and the Vietnam Paper and Pulp Association has appealed to the government for help. [...]
Vietnamese people in northern provinces now like to travel to China to buy LCD TVs in markets just across the border. In Vietnamese people’s minds, China-made products can be divided into two categories: ‘local products’, which are made by local enterprises, and ‘central products’, which are made by bigger and more prestigious enterprises. The big [...]
While government agencies give optimistic predictions about Vietnam’s economic recovery in the near future, acting Director of the Economic Institute Tran Dinh Thien says that it would be better to keep a cautious optimism as economic uncertainties still exist in the world. Some experts say that Vietnam’s economy has begun recovering and regaining growth. Do [...]
An advertisement which says a house in district 7 in HCM City with swift nests is for sale has caught people’s attention. Swift nests, an ingredient in the famed bird’s nest soup, is priced at VND27-54mil, or $1,500-3,000/kg on the market. The salanganes’ house in Go Cong town in Tien Giang province As the demand [...]
The figure was released in a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) at the 7 th plenary session of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee in Hanoi on May 7. The agro-forestry-fisheries sector is expected to enjoy a GDP growth of 2-2.8 percent while industry and construction may see a rise of 3.5-5 [...]
MobiFone officials answered questions about the voice message service at a press conference on May 5. The first voice message service in Vietnam was introduced by MobiFone on May 5. This service enables MobiFone subscribers to send voice messages to mobile subscribers of MobiFone and other mobile networks in Vietnam. However, non-MobiFone subscribers have to [...]
The HCM City Department of Information and Communications has asked VTC group to stop broadcasting three TV channels, using analog technology, in the city. The department’s decision was released after its chief inspector imposed an administrative fine of VND37.5 million on VTC for using a wireless frequency and equipment without a licence to broadcast VTC1, [...]
No sound was heard in the classroom; no one was seen whispering to his or her neighbour while the teacher was giving the lesson. This is a special class, and the teachers only hope their students will be able to send text messages. Teacher Minh and her special class This was the Vietnamese language lesson [...]
“People tend to be afraid of new things. There are always two sides to a coin, and every change can bring both good and bad things. However, if we do not equitise universities, which means that the universities will stay the same as nowadays, higher education will have nothing new.” Tran Thi Thu Ha, …
The first National Beach Football Tournament will be held in Nha Trang from May 30 to June 4 to develop the sport nationwide. Eight teams will be divided into two groups to compete in a round robin. Truong Hai Tung, head of the women’s football-futsal department of the Viet Nam Football Federation, said: “Beach football [...]