Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected president of Brazil, after securing more than 51% of votes in the closest election race in many years.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has proposed to absolve tax payments for businesses that have had financial difficulties over the last five years. The total amount could reach VND4.8 trillion.

 Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han will present Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) of leading domestic designers at Paris City Hall (Hotel de ville de Paris) on November 3 during her cultural exchange visit to France.

 ASEAN senior sports officials meet in Hanoi; Athletes honoured for outstanding performance at ASIAD 17; Tan Binh, Khanh Hoa win beach volleyball titles; Liem falls to ninth place after loss at Spice Cup

 VietNamNet Bridge – A ceremony to launch the construction of the Tam Dao 05 offshore oilrig, the second locally-manufactured jack-up rig, was held in the southern province of Ba Ria- Vung Tau yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Health experts say lead poisoning has risen to alarming levels in Viet Nam, especially among children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thailand came from behind to beat Malaysia and enter the International U21 Football Tournament's final in Can Tho City yesterday, Oct 26.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Viet Nam lost to Robson Ray of the United States in the eighth round of the Spice Cup in Missouri on Saturday.

 Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang and Meng Jianzhu, head of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (CPCCC)’s Commission for Political and Legal Affairs, had a meeting on security cooperation in Beijing on October 26.

 The central city of Da Nang should recognise where it is on the world tourism map and the role the administration can play to boost the tourism industry, said economist Tran Du Lich at a seminar on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health launched Vietnam ’s efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 in response to UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 goals at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 25.

After three days of discussion, the international forum on building resilience to climate change impacts in coastal Southeast Asia released a declaration with 39 recommendations for the governments of Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia.

 Dinh Dinh Nhan has become the first Vietnamese student securing GISF, an international security certification, with a score of 87 percent.

 French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noel Poirier awarded the Order of Academic Palms – a prestigious title of France in higher education to two Vietnamese experts on October 23 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Minh Nhat, a 23-year-old bank employee, beat fellow Vietnamese overseas home cook Le Chi of Canada in the pressure-packed finale of the second Vietnam MasterChef.

 Vingroup is planning to construct the tallest building in Viet Nam that will serve as a landmark along Sai Gon River in HCM City, a company representative revealed in October.

Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for foreign workers because of the high post-tax income and low expenses for accommodations and meals.

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) found using pirated software in Vietnam are facing a risk of being sued and from being prohibited from exporting to large foreign markets.

A delegation from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations paid a working visit to China from October 22-26 to seek ways to strengthen people-to-people diplomacy.

 Golubev Aleksey Viktorovich, Chairman of Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, which tops the global nuclear technology market, is paying a working visit to Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities.

 The fifth Vietnam-Japan Strategic Partnership Dialogue was held in Ha Noi yesterday under the chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama.

 Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang led a Vietnamese delegation to visit China on October 26 at the invitation of Chinese counterpart Guo Shengkun.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thien Cam, one of the most beautiful beaches in central Viet Nam, offers a refreshingly undeveloped landscape.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Hanoi on October 27 for a three-day official visit to India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

Construction begins on second made-in-Vietnam offshore oil rig; Exporters make inroads into Australia; Rosatom nuclear company chairman visits Viet Nam