Last update 12:00 | 13/04/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – China’s 10-year development strategy could be a good policy for its industry, but it has raised concerns in other countries, including Vietnam.

In May 2015, the Chinese administration announced ‘Made in China 2025’, which aims to push up the development of the country’s industries in the next 10 years.

Chinese factories are struggling with declining demand, a slowing domestic economy and fierce competition from developing economies in the region.

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 vietnamnet – Last update 17:56 | 12/06/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Việt Nam and neighbouring countries, according to the Vietnamese coastguard.

Fuel smuggling is on the rise in Vietnamese waters bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand recently, partly due to the discrepancy between selling prices in Viet Nam and neighbouring countries, according to the Vietnamese coastguard. — Photo thanhnien.vn

Colonel Tran Van Nam, head of the Legal Department at the Maritime Police High Command, said that the coastguard struggled to inspect petroleum smuggling activities in the sea areas between Viet Nam and other countries.

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vietnamnet – Many shop owners in Hanoi are hiring topless male waiters or hairdressers as a PR stunt to attract customers.

A restaurant on Thai Ha Street hired topless waiters to attract customers

The trend started at a restaurant on Thai Ha Street. The images of young men without a shirt on and hot body made many curious and went to the restaurant to see for themselves.

Tran Thai Linh, a local in Dong Da District, said she also went to the restaurant out of curiosity but then she was disappointed after discovering that the men only appeared for two minutes when the restaurant introduce new dishes.

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