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Vietnam still doesn’t know how to spend money on tourism promotion

Surveys have found out that 70-80 percent of foreigners traveled to Vietnam after they heard about the trips to Vietnam from relatives or friends.

Vietnamese businesses spend much money on advertisements

Vietnamese businesses are still poor with limited financial capability. However, they still spend big money on advertisement campaigns.

The smelly streets in Hanoi

The pavement markets, where Hanoians like going to on the way from work to home instead of traditional markets or supermarkets, have created the special streets with specific smells.

In crisis, businesses sell vacancy on billboards to retain their breath

Running out of money, business plans get stuck because of lacking capital, businesses have to sell vacancies on billboards to “keep mouth and soul together.”

SMEs reap fruits from e-commerce

Experts have pointed out that more and more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) utilize e-commerce in doing business. They have also noted the increasingly high popularity of the e-marketplace.

In developing technologies, scientists ignore agriculture production

Vietnam’s science and technology has not developed enough to satisfy the demand from agriculture production, even though agriculture makes up a high contribution to the GDP..

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/1

Ha Noi's budget revenues pass $7bn; Securities commission slams price manipulation practices; Central city lays out new land use fees; Investors buy $72.12 million bonds from Da Nang; Westernbank to merge with PVFC

HCM City: Water resources polluted, diseases stalking

VietNamNet Bridge - Canals inherently have a drainage function, but in HCM City, this has become one of the potentials and "resident" of dozens of diseases.

Billions of dong wasted on medical stations’ waste water treatment systems

Healthcare stations in HCM City, small and big, all have been told to build waste water treatment systems, which is a big waste of money.