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Cable car opens at Cam Mountain
A trip up to Cam Mountain on the newly-launched cable car system is an ideal way for tourists to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to celebrate the Ba Chua Xu Festival last month.
Foreign textile & garment enterprises expand as domestic firms shrink
The demand from Vietnam’s key export markets has decreased significantly, while the dollar has appreciated sharply, causing textile and garment export growth to slow down.
Shipping firms cannot go to sea because of shortage of big ships
Since Vietnamese shipping firms have not made appropriate investments to develop container fleets, they have had to concede the container transport market to foreigners.
Vietnam tops emerging markets for greenfield FDI performance index
Vietnam has topped a performance index for green-field foreign direct investment, leading all other emerging markets by a wide margin, according to the Financial Times.
Vietnamese hacker sentenced to 13 years in prison in the US
Hacker Ngo Minh Hieu, who was arrested in 2013 as the leader of a ring that stole and traded personal information on the Internet, has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in the US.
Vietnam’s basa fish becomes well-known thanks to lawsuits
Vietnam had to overcome serious difficulties in the thorny path to bring basa or catfish (Pangasius bocourti), to the US about 10 years ago.
Internationally known elderly Vietnamese
The names of many old people are known not only domestically but also internationally.
VietnamWork reveals most interesting tech trends
Trends in interest within Vietnam’s tech community are following those around the world, according to a recent survey conducted by VietnamWorks.com.
HCM City invests US$1.14 billion in flood prevention
In the past 10 years, Ho Chi Minh City has invested about VND24.3 trillion (more than US$1.14 billion) in flood prevention projects.
Vietnam banh mi shops praised by int’l media
Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches are regarded as one of the "super food" by foreign diners. The banh mi is a delicious and ever-varying combination of deli-style pork, pate and veggies (carrots, cilantro, cucumber, etc), stuffed into a soft and crunchy French baguette.