Watermelon carving service attracts many customers in the run-up to the lunar new year. On the days before Tet, craftsmen have to work late into the night due to demand. Most of the craftsmen are carpenters who take advantage of Tet to earn money. Pham Tuan, a watermelon craftsman, said that every year, he and his friends come to HCM City to offer the watermelon carving service. The price is around VND60-70,000 (USD2.7-3) per kilo, depending on the sophistication. A 2-kilo watermelon is priced at around VND100,000 after being craved. Watermelon originated from the southern province of Tien Giang’s Go Cong District is often used for being carved for its round shape and quality. Each craftsman can sell 400-500 carved watermelons. Nguyen Van Trong from Ninh Binh Province said that the decoration for watermelon is divided into three stages requires sophisticated skills. It takes craftsmen 20 minutes to one hour to carve a watermelon. After being carved, watermelons can be displayed for up to 15 days
Kinh Do earns big money in tower project stake transfer By Quoc Hung - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Kinh Do Corp. has finished transferring its stake in Kim Cuong Joint Stock Company, which is developing SJC Tower project in downtown HCMC, to another company and earned a hefty profit, said a top company executive. Nguyen said that the country's leading confectionery maker had transferred its paid-in capital in the project to a local investor and that the profit has been accounted into the company's first quarter profit this year. He declined to reveal the name of the purchaser.…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - The deposits from the public and businesses at commercial banks have soared to VND5,800 trillion. Is this because people now tend to deposit more money or have become more apprehensive of risks? With such a high growth rate, the total deposits by institutions and individuals at commercial banks had reached VND5,800 trillion. The figure shows that idle money keeps flowing to banks. The 8 percent growth rate means that an additional amount of VND440 trillion has been deposited at banks in the last six months. According to Phan Minh Ngoc, a renowned banking expert, it is obvious…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - There are two types of state owned schools - the first one is reserved for popular students with the reasonable tuitions set up by the State, and the second one for the rich. In the minds of Hanoians, international schools are the best and the most luxurious choice for the rich to bring their children to. However, they have to change their mind now. More splendidly decorated than any other classrooms, located within the campus of a state owned school, classes 1A and 1B of the Nguyen Trai Primary School in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi are…... [read more]
Huu Hien from Bac Ninh province, a university student, said he can earn more than VND10 million a month by uploading videos on Youtube channels.
Hien seeks hot topics on domestic and foreign websites, creating videos or editing existing videos and then uploading on channels to attract views.
“When you see videos on Youtube, you will see ads. We make money by allowing to run ads on the videos we post. Money is paid for every time the ad pieces are watched,” he said.
“Video uploader can get paid…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge - Most of the Vietnamese millionaires have got rich from their investments in the real estate sector. The statistics showed that 26 percent of the 30 richest stock millionaires in Vietnam have got enriched from their real estate investments. This means that nearly 1/3 of the rich earn their money from the real estate sector. Pham Nhat Vuong, the only Vietnamese who has his name listed in Forbes' list of the world's richest people with the $1.5 billion worth of assets, is also a big real estate developer. Vuong started up his business as a fast food manufacturer…... [read more]
