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Top mobile retailer to open food store chain: reports
Mobile World Investment Corporation, Vietnam’s biggest mobile-phone retailer, has announced a plan to open 30-50 convenience stores in the last quarter, local media reported.
Hanoi by night
Lights illuminate the city’s modern side in this photo essay
Around 300 new businesses launched each day in Vietnam
Vietnam has seen a big increase in the number of new companies in the past two months after the introduction of more open and simple business laws.
Vietnam arrests 5 for trafficking baby boy to China
Police in Quang Ninh Province have rescued an infant after arresting five people who were selling him across the border to China.
Economists blame lack of policy reforms to benefit from FTAs
Though the government seeks to globally integrate Vietnam -- 15 free trade agreements signed since 2007 -- its tardiness in reforming policies is preventing businesses from benefiting from the FTAs, delegates said at a recent economic forum in the central province of Thanh Hoa.
Hanoi closes 40 streets for National Day parade
Vehicles were not allowed to enter 40 streets in downtown Hanoi on August 29, from 4 p.m. to midnight, as the areas are reserved for the National Day parade's final rehearsal.
Polish-built sailing ship for Vietnam Navy on sea trials
A full-rigged ship that the Vietnam Navy contracted to buy from Poland is currently undergoing trial run, according to the builder, Polish shipyard Marine Projects Ltd.
Endangered douc carcasses found in Vietnam forest
Forest officers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has found the carcasses of five endangered douc langurs in a forest but no poachers inside.
Foreign suppliers may have to build seed factories in Vietnam
Vietnam's agriculture ministry is drafting a circular on genetically modified organisms, requiring foreign suppliers of the plants for local farmers to build seed factories within four to five years since getting their licenses, news website Saigon Times Online recently reported.
Vietnam labor productivity far behind ASEAN countries
Vietnam's labor productivity has managed to narrow its gaps with other Southeast Asian countries, but it will be decades long before the country can catch up with them, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.