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SocietyAn unsustainable recovery3/10/2010 1:17:45 AMVietnam Society - After suffering difficulties last year, local woodworking enterprises are beginning to recover as many factories win contracts from both domestic and foreign customers. However, the companies still face challenges, due to the economy and the industry’s inherent problems. Sluggish rice trade dampens local price3/9/2010Vietnam Society - Sluggish rice trade in the year to date has driven local exporters from buying local rice, sending the local rice price into a downward spiral while harvest is peaking in the Mekong Delta as the country’s main granary. 
Smart card trial fails to woo commuters3/9/2010A trial of smart cards that began in February on two HCM City bus routes has so far failed to attract the interest of commuters. 
Drought sends farmers rushing to rescue rice3/9/2010Unusually hot, dry weather has put thousands of hectares of rice in the country’s central and Mekong Delta regions at risk of a poor harvest. 
Work to start on VN section of transnational road3/9/2010Construction of the 220km Vietnamese segment of a transnational highway linking the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will begin in the second quarter of the year. 
“Horsemen” in the capital streets3/9/2010Hanoi has banned xe cong nong, xe loi and xe ba gac (three-wheeled pedicabs) but “horsemen” still run on the street, neglected by traffic policemen. 
Quang Nam considers rejecting 20 hydro-power projects3/9/2010VietNamNet Bridge - The central province of Quang Nam has finalized inspections of over 60 hydro-power projects licenced in the province. 
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 9/33/9/2010Portal for Vietnamese alumni in Germany launched; Deputy PM urges high disbursement for school projects; US-donated free surgery for cleft palate, hare-lipped children; Five fishermen sent back to the Philippines 
Flights delayed by computer incident3/9/2010Passengers of at least 12 flights from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport couldn’t do check-in procedures from 10-10.30am of March 7 due to a computer incident. |
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