E-commerce platforms line up to fill Facebook’s boots
E-commerce platforms line up to fill Facebook’s bootsOnline businesses may turn to other platforms to do business after Facebook blocked API, affecting many Vietnamese retailers using it as a trading platform. Facebook's blocking of API has forced online businesses to consider alternativesFacebook remains a large business channel for many Vietnamese young people. However, Facebook’s blocking the API to limit the data collected from users caused difficulties for a large number of online businesses in recent days. Along with Facebook, many businesses also use other social networks and e-commerce applications for trading, such as Zalo and Lazada. Khanh also opened an online shoe shop to reach new customers, besides using Facebook to keep the old ones.
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April 03, 2018 08:03 UTC
HCM City highways set for upgrades
HCM City highways set for upgradesVietNamNet Bridge – HCM City in recent years has built a number of multi-million dollar roads, including the Hanoi, Nguyen Van Linh and Pham Van Dong highways, but footbridges and public restroom facilities were not included as part of the projects. A newly built footbridge on Pham Van Dong Highway which connects districts Thu Duc, Binh Thanh and Go Vap in HCM City. With no public conveniences along the 15km-long Ha Noi Highway, many students from the National University in HCM City have complained about the bad odour at bus stops along the highway. “I hope the city authorities will build toilets on this road and other highways,” Nhu told Tuoi Tre Newspaper. As a result, many passersby have to venture to cross the 12- to 16-lane, 113 – 123 metre-wide Ha Noi Highway because there are few footbridges.
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April 03, 2018 07:30 UTC
Space junk demo mission launches
Space junk demo mission launchesA UK-led experiment to tackle space junk has been sent into orbit. Space junk is an ever-growing problem with more than 7,500 tonnes of redundant hardware now thought to be circling the Earth. At the end of its mission, RemoveDebris will deploy a large membrane. He said the jury was still out on the best way to capture and remove space junk. These include Airbus, which supplied the harpoon technology, and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which assembled the spacecraft.
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April 03, 2018 07:30 UTC
Forest rangers investigate seized trees
Forest rangers investigate seized treesThe Forest Protection Department is investigating the origin of three giant trees which have just been seized while being transported for sale. The giant trees were seized in Thua Thien - Hue Province on March 30Head of the Forest Protection Department, Do Quang Tung, told Dtinews on April 1 that they were working with forest rangers in the central highlands province of Dak Lak to track the origin of the trees and would give appropriate punishment if they were taken from local forests. The giant trees were seized on March 30 by transport police in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue who gave a fine of nearly VND82 million (USD3,613) to the Hai Son Transport Company for violating freight size regulations. "After the trees were seized, we had worked with the pagoda's representative and transferred the trees to them." Earlier several newspapers reported about the three giant trees being transported on the National Road 1 from Dak Lak Province without being stopped by authorities for violating traffic rules.
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April 03, 2018 06:45 UTC
Honey harvesting season in Hung Yen
Honey harvesting season in Hung YenHouseholds in the northern province of Hung Yen are busy harvesting honey. After 10 years in Hung Yen, his bees generated around 800 kilogrammes of honey. When the longan flower season ends, people in Hung Yen take their bees to other localities for honey. Households in the northern province of Hung Yen are busy harvesting honeyThe longan flower season in Hung YenRaising bees depends much on the weather. The bee smoker to sedate the beesLongan flower honey is good quality A stung handAt present, each litre of honey is sold at between VND80-100,000 Taking honey from the honeycombDtinews
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April 03, 2018 06:33 UTC
Forgiving tax debts must be done transparently
Forgiving tax debts must be done transparentlyA recent proposal by the Ministry of Finance to clear over VNĐ26.5 trillion (US$1.16 billion) of tax arrears, accounting for more than a third of all tax arrears and irrecoverable fines, has raised public concern about the fairness and transparency of handling tax debts. Over VNĐ35.5 trillion, or half of total tax debts owed to both customs and the finance ministry, was deemed irrecoverable. In many cases, the State owes so much money to enterprises that they lack enough cash to pay tax debts, leading to fines for late tax payment. Another proposal is to remove tax debts and fines originating before 2018 for taxpayers who were struck by natural disasters, fires, unexpected accidents or other force majeure circumstances. Clearing tax debts is a rational policy but it should be done in an objective and practical manner to ensure transparency and equality and avoid abuse, tax evasion and excessive power of interest groups.
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April 03, 2018 06:22 UTC
Mekong transboundary cooperation: Making a problem bigger
Mekong transboundary cooperation: Making a problem biggerVietNamNet Bridge would like to introduce an article by Jake Brunner, head of IUCN’s Hanoi-based Indo-Burma Group and Brian Eyler, director of Stimson Center’s Washington DC-based Southeast Asia Program about the need to foster cooperation among Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in protecting the Mekong River. While they are neighbors, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam vary greatly in size, population, natural resource abundance, and level of economic development. This has resulted in a boom in dam building over the past 15 years including three dams on the Mekong mainstream. However, it is also the case that Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam can each offer its neighbors something that they cannot achieve by themselves. And as the country with the most advanced economy and is most vulnerable to the impacts of upstream hydropower, Vietnam has the capacity and self-interest to lead the negotiation process.
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April 03, 2018 05:48 UTC
Many markets are a fire risk
Many markets are a fire riskVietNamNet Bridge – Almost 90 per cent of local markets in Hanoi don’t meet fire safety standards. — VNA/VNS Photo Vu SinhStatistics released by the Fire-fighting Prevention and Control Police Department revealed only 35 of the 313 local markets were up to scratch. In the markets failing to meet the standards, many of them were found to be lacking fire-fighting equipment. Hoang Quoc Dinh, head of the department said the markets’ management board should conduct more inspections to force the kiosks’ owners to seriously obey the regulations on fire-fighting prevention and control. Dao Ngoc Nghiem, vice chairman of the Ha Noi Association for Urban Planning and Development, said recently that fires not only occurred in local markets but also in apartment buildings.
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April 03, 2018 05:37 UTC
Amazon and Intel drive US markets lower
Amazon and Intel drive US markets lowerWall Street shares plunged to their lowest level in weeks on Monday in a wide sell-off led by technology firms. Intel was among the biggest losers, after a report that Apple plans to stop using Intel chips for its computers. The falls extended recent declines triggered by increased debate in the US about competition and privacy rules, as well as tensions over trade. The report sent Intel shares down more than 6%. Amazon reported the steepest decline on the S&P 500, falling 5.2% after Mr Trump tweeted another attack on the firm.
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April 03, 2018 05:37 UTC
Five sensational tourism events for April
The festival will be held at Park 23/9 from April 12-15 by the municipal Department of Tourism. Visitors will be able to peruse promotional programs from travel agents, restaurants, hotels, and airlines, take part in art and tourism exchanges, and play games for valuable prizes. Hue FestivalThemed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development; Hue – one destination, five World Heritages”, the 10th Hue Festival will be held from April 27 to May 5 in Thua Thien-Hue. It will feature an international food festival, a street festival, Trinh Cong Son music night, and an Ao dai festival. Da Nang International Fireworks FestivalThis is a major tourism event for the central region in summer.
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April 03, 2018 05:37 UTC
Stone-throwing gang re-appears on National Highway 27
Stone-throwing gang re-appears on National Highway 27VietNamNet Bridge – Police in this Central Highland province are urgently seeking a group of vandals suspected of throwing rocks into a car on National Highway 27. Police in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak are urgently seeking a group of vandals suspected of throwing rocks into a car on National Highway 27. – VNA/VNS PhotoCol Ha Cong Thuong, head of police in Lak District, made the announcement regarding the incident, which occurred at 10pm on Sunday. A group of six young people, riding on three motorbikes, had crossed in front of the victim’s car before throwing rocks into the vehicle. The incident is one of a series of attacks on passengers of vehicles plying this highway in recent time.
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April 03, 2018 05:37 UTC
Cinderella ballet returns to Opera House
Cinderella ballet returns to Opera HouseThe HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will restage the classical ballet Cinderella by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev at the city’s Opera House on April 7 and 8. Japanese dancer Nobu Fujino and HBSO dancer Tran Hoang Yen in the Cinderella ballet. — Photo courtesy of HBSOThe ballet, composed between 1940 and 1944, has inspired an estimated 1,500 ballet versions around the world. In 2013, Cinderella premiered at the city’s Opera House and has become an annual performance for city audiences, especially young people. The show will feature young dancer Tran Hoang Yen as Cinderella and Japanese dancer Nobuo Fujino as the Prince.
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April 03, 2018 05:03 UTC
As Uber leaves, ride hailing apps enter new period
As Uber leaves, ride hailing apps enter new periodVietNamNet Bridge - Uber, Grab and Easy Taxi spent big money to fight for market share in Vietnam. Uber's drivers will become partners of GrabOn April 21, Thai An would have been working as a taxi driver for Uber Vietnam for two years. Prior to that, Grab Vietnam had sent a message to the community of users, informing them about the successful deal. However, Easy Taxi came to Vietnam too soon, when the e-hailing and shared economy remained unfamiliar concepts for Vietnamese. Uber, Grab and Easy Taxi spent big money to fight for market share in Vietnam.
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April 03, 2018 05:03 UTC
Spanish conductor to lead national theatre in capital
Spanish conductor to lead national theatre in capitalSpanish conductor David Gomez Ramirez will conduct Vietnam National Opera and Ballet to perform opera extracts and contemporary dance at Hanoi Opera House on April 11-12. Spanish conductor David Gomez Ramirez has performed many time in Vietnam since 2015. Conductor Ramirez has performed in Vietnam many times since 2015. He has directed the Lira Saguntina Symphony Orchestra in Valencia and the Conservatory of Music “Joaquin Rodrigo” in Sagunto, Valencia, since 2007. He has conducted all the major Spanish orchestras and appears as a guest conductor in Europe, Asia and South America.
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April 03, 2018 05:03 UTC
Caricature contest returns after hiatus
Caricature contest returns after hiatusAfter a four year hiatus, the Vietnam Caricature Contest is open for applications again. A caricature by artist Vo An Lai during the resistance war against the US. — Photo courtesy of the organisation boardThe fifth edition of the contest was launched at the National Centre for News by Sport& Culture newspapers yesterday, themed ‘Cultural Behaviours: Civilised Society’. “We all know that laughter is the best medicine; therefore, caricature not only criticises uncultured behaviours but also supports civilised ones. The first Vietnam Caricature Contest was launched on 2007 and was held annually until 2014.
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April 03, 2018 05:03 UTC