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On account of the registration fee cut, however, many dealers say that the Honda CR-V will lose many of its advantages and even have to join a price war with domestically assembled vehicles. CR-V vehicles are now priced between VND983 million ($42,700) and VND1.1 billion ($47,500), and customers in Hanoi have to pay VND118-131 million ($5,100-5,700) registration fee, while customers only need to pay about VND60 million ($2,600) for a locally built rival Mazda CX-5 or a Hyundai, as registration fees have been cut by 50 per cent for domestically-produced cars. This shows that the future of Honda CR-V in Vietnam is uncertain as price is still a determining factor in sales in the market. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30

Quitting smoking would help create a healthy environment for each individual, family and society, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn, at a meeting held yesterday in Hà Nội to respond to World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and National No Tobacco Week (May 25-31). “Quit smoking today,” Sơn said. He added that it was a message the ministry wanted to send to every smoker in the country. This year, the World Health Organisation’s World No Tobacco Day campaign focuses on protecting children and young people from exploitation by the tobacco industry. Speaking at the meeting, Sơn urged all ministries, sectors and localities nationwide to strengthen their implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms. Since the tobacco law came into effect in May 2013, the smoking rate among men decreased by about 2.1 per cent and women by 0.3 per cent. Through the event, the ministry’s Tobacco Harms … [Read more...] about Health ministry wants everyone to stop smoking

The second product is BIMEDCHIP® Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Panel Kit used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. The kit provides results within about six hours, compared to other methods that can take weeks. The production of fast and accurate results helps health workers provide an effective, timely and beneficial treatment regimen for patients. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese firm pioneers manufacture of diagnostic biochips

The two sides agreed to continue discussing their coordination in managing border areas and organizing activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-China Land Border Treaty, the 10th years of implementing three legal documents on the shared land border. They also agreed to conduct joint border patrols in accordance with the Agreement on Vietnam - China land border management regulations and the Protocol on land border demarcation and marker plantation at a suitable time. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China strengthen bilateral cooperation

However, according to the agency, there are some remaining gaps to address to further align national laws with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, both of which Vietnam has ratified. … [Read more...] about Over 8,700 kids in Vietnam abused in 4.5 years: NA report