Local industry sees threats from illegal sturgeon imports

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SaigonTimes English 3 day(s) ago

HCMC – Cheap sturgeons smuggled into the country from China and offered for sale as home-made products are said to be a danger to the survival of many local sturgeon farming companies.

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Cheap home loans for low income earners

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Cheap home loans for low income earners

From next month, low-income earners and investors can access preferential home loans of 6 per cent.

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Child has bowel obstruction after swallowing Chinese beads

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 5 day(s) ago

Child has bowel obstruction after swallowing Chinese beads

A three-year-old girl from the coastal province of Binh Thuan was saved from bowel obstruction after a water bead that had been blocking her intestine was successfully removed, doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Nhi Dong 1 Hospital said on Tuesday.

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Life below the line, with a dollar a day

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 6 day(s) ago

Life below the line, with a dollar a day

With Vietnam’s poverty standard line ruled as earning just VND500,000 (US$24) per capita a month, meaning less than one US dollar a day, it is certainly hard to live ‘below the line’, but you can’t imagine how it is in reality.

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Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson to Bangladesh

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson to Bangladesh

From factory fires to slave labor, the growth of mass manufacturing in South East Asia has not been problem-free, but having shed its "sweatshop" reputation, the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

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Vietnamese labor force is cheap or expensive?

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VietnamNet English 7 day(s) ago

Vietnamese labor force is cheap or expensive?

VietNamNet Bridge – The Richest has put Vietnam into the list of the five markets with the cheapest labor cost in the world with $0.39 per hour. However, the actual labor cost could be higher.

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Loans sought for coffee, pepper farmers

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – Coffee and pepper farmers should be given loans to stockpile their products instead of selling them on the cheap, said the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa) and the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

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Semi-nude fashion bash invite sparks criticism

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 week(s) ago

Semi-nude fashion bash invite sparks criticism

The invitation cards for the “Dem hoi chan dai 7” (The long-legged bash 7), which features 19 semi-nude male and female models, has caused a huge stir within just 24 hours of its release.

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Firm alters labels of expired products

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Firm alters labels of expired products

An additive and chemical supplier in Ho Chi Minh City was caught red-handed on May 4 when its employees were attempting to place labels with a new expiry date on a number of expired products.

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Vietnam - an attractive market for Hong Kong entrepreneurs

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VOV News English 2 week(s) ago

Vietnam - an attractive market for Hong Kong entrepreneurs

(VOV) - Vietnam’s cheap labour force and low land lease fees remain attractive to investors from Hong Kong (China).

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Long holidays bring the opportunities to overcharge tourists

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

Long holidays bring the opportunities to overcharge tourists

VietNamNet Bridge – Travelers cannot make the most of the tourism season, but they can only taste the bitterness when they are overcharged at tourist sites.

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Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson to Bangladesh

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Báo Dân Trí English 2 week(s) ago

Fast fashion, fair wages: Vietnam's lesson to Bangladesh

From factory fires to slave labour, the growth of mass manufacturing in South East Asia has not been problem-free, but having shed its "sweatshop" reputation, the region could have lessons for Bangladesh.

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Time for monetary policy loosening

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

Time for monetary policy loosening

VietNamNet Bridge – The State Bank of Vietnam has slashed the ceiling deposit interest rates several times in an effort to reduce the loan interest rates and increase the amount of capital to be pumped into the national economy.

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4 seized for beating disgruntled farmers in land transfer

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 week(s) ago

4 seized for beating disgruntled farmers in land transfer

Police in northern Hai Phong City have detained four of the about 50 men for assaulting farmers who refused to leave a project land plot in Tien Lang District a week ago due to dirt-cheap compensation.

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20 percent of Da Nang’s civil servants are employed as talents

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VietnamNet English 2 week(s) ago

20 percent of Da Nang’s civil servants are employed as talents

VietNamNet Bridge - Thanks to the first grant of VND15 million ($700), monthly allowance of VND1.5 million ($70), leasing apartments at cheap prices and the promotion opportunities, the central city of Da Nang has attracted more than 1,000 qualified civil servants over the last 15 years.

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