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Viet Nam News By Thu Ngân   HCM CITY – “If you have never lost your deposit while renting a house, you have not grown up yet.” When a young woman entrepreneur said this in jest on Shark Tank, the reality TV show for start-ups, audiences laughed but recognised she was telling it as it was: it is risky and not easy to rent a house in Việt Nam. For a long time the demand for rented houses and condos in cities has kept increasing, mostly from students who leave their hometown and move to cities for study. Renting a house in cities has never been easy for students and other renters because of the high risk of losing one’s deposit or getting ripped off in the form of high rents. Such problems could now become a thing of the past thanks to modern technologies as young entrepreneurs apply big data and use social media to create phone applications for house leasing services. The young lady on Shark Tank is one such. Cathy Thảo Trần was … [Read more...] about Technology simplifies house renting in Viet Nam

Rangers patrolling the natural forest areas of Sơn Phú Commune, Na Hang District of the northern mountainous province Tuyên Quang. — VNA/VNS PhotoViet Nam News BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc witnessed the signing of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) between Việt Nam and the European Union which aims to fight illegal logging, in Brussels yesterday on the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit. Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường, Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz, and Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini signed the document. The core of the deal is the Việt Nam Timber Legality Assurance System (VNTLAS), which ensures that wood and timber products exported from Việt Nam to the EU have legal origins. The issuance of FLEGT licences is only applicable … [Read more...] about Viet Nam signs deal with EU to fight illegal logging

Viet Nam News Pencak silat was played at the Asian Games (ASIAD) for the first time ever in 2018. Vietnamese martial artist Trần Đình Nam, 26, brought home a gold medal. He met Khalid Mohd Rauzi from Malaysia, who beat Nam in the finals of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games last year, again in the men’s tanding under-75kg final. This time, nothing prevented Nam from taking the gold. Thanh Nga talks to Nam. Inner Sanctum:You have won the Asian Games gold medal. This result helped Việt Nam break the domination of the hosts Indonesia in pencak silat. Việt Nam is also the only country, besides Indonesia, to take a gold medal in pencak silat. Are you still happy with this result? Yes, it is my noble medal so I am really still happy. I had achieved the target of pencak silat as a sport as well as met my goal. Inner Sanctum:Did you have any special tactics to compete withKhalid Mohd Rauzi, who defeated you in the SEA Games last year, in the final of this … [Read more...] about Martial artist Nam shines for Viet Nam at ASIAD

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares bounced back on Friday following sharp falls earlier this week that had lowered stocks to attractive prices, triggering investors to bottom-fish. The benchmark VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange gained 2.56 per cent to close at 970.08 points, reversing its loss of 4.84 per cent in the previous session. For the whole week, the VN-Index fell in three out of five sessions. The index dropped 38.31 points or 3.8 per cent this week. The minor HNX Index on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange rose 2.41 per cent to end at 109.76 points after having decreased by 5.79 per cent on Thursday. More than 291.6 million shares were traded on the two local exchanges, worth VNĐ5.9 trillion (US$252 million). The trading figures were down 36 per cent in both volume and value compared to Thursday’s numbers. The market trading condition was positive with 355 gaining stocks against 115 declining, while 276 other stocks were unchanged. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam shares recover after sharp global falls

Xiaomi’s new robot vacuum cleaner, which costs $320. VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Xiaomi is the largest consumer Internet of Things platform in the world, the company’s Việt Nam country manager, Jack Yung, said. Speaking at the opening of a showcase flat, Mi Apartment, in HCM City, he said: “Xiaomi is a company unlike any other. We are a company founded on the notion that we can deliver amazing products at honest prices to everyone, and we have created a comprehensive suite of products that revolve around our smartphones, including smart hardware and lifestyle products.   “The Mi Apartment clearly demonstrates for guests how you can work, live and play in an eco-system that puts together all these products to deliver the convenience of a smart home.” Using the latest Mi 8 smartphone as a hub, the apartment features a robot vacuum cleaner, air purifier and water purifier to keep the family breathing and drinking clean … [Read more...] about Xiaomi’s smart-home plans for Viet Nam