Dong Nai attracts US$830 million in FDI; Vietnam seals Philippines rice contracts; Vietnam attends global auditors congress in China; Promoting Vietnamese trademarks

VietNamNet Bridge – State-owned enterprises continued to be the biggest tax contributors in this year's list of 1,000 largest corporate income tax payers in Viet Nam (V1000) at VND77 trillion (US$3.67 billion),

 Rising Vietnamese tennis star Ly Hoang Nam progressed to the second round of the ITF junior tennis championships, which is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.

 Two more bodies have been recovered from the crash site of the Lao Airlines flight QV301, Somkiet Vorralath, deputy director of Champassak Provincial Health, told Xinhua on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The portraits of famous people and ordinary people appear real and lively in pencil sketches by amateur painters Tran Minh Thong and Hoang Thao.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While the Government is fairly upbeat on the country’s economic outlook, the National Assembly casts a somber view on the lingering woes.

 EU, VN hold talks on ethnic minorities; Vietnamese, Russian Communist Parties seek to boost ties; Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit to visit Vietnam

Beef imports have been increasing sharply in recent months to satisfy the increasingly high demand. The cow husbandry in Vietnam, which has been facing big difficulties over the last few years, is not in the bigger danger.

 The furious mayor of an area worst hit by Australia's bushfire emergency is demanding answers after the military was blamed for starting a huge blaze, as cooler conditions Thursday aided fire crews.

Russian news agency Interfax – AVN, has reported that the Admiralty Shipyards this year will hand over to the Vietnam Navy, the first of the six diesel-electric submarines of Project 636 Varshavyanka.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese football club Consadole Sapporo wanted to sign a one-year contract with Vietnamese top striker Le Cong Vinh, but Vinh said he would join Song Lam Nghe An FC in the next season, not staying in Japan.

VietNamNet Bridge – The volume of toxic chemicals that the pesticide company Nicotex Thanh Thai buried in its campus is estimated at tens of tons, dozen times higher than the figure that the company has declared.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam is expanding the scope of the search of the missing wheel of Vietnam Airlines’ ATR72 plane and asked for support from related provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Quoc Island off Kien Giang Province is where tourists can admire not only the romantic sunset in Duong Dong Town, but they should not miss the beautiful and peaceful sunrise in Ham Ninh fishing village.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both iPad Air and mini iPad Retina have captivated the Vietnamese hi-tech fans’ community because of their fashionable designs.

It is a growing tendency that foreign names are given to the real estate projects in Vietnam. However, the Ministry of Construction may stop the trend by setting up a regulation that the projects must have Vietnamese unabbreviated names.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organising of local government and land retrievals were among a range of issues discussed by lawmakers yesterday on the third day of the ongoing sixth session of the 13th National Assembly.

VietNamNet Bridge – To mark the official visit of Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin, artists will present an interactive German culture programme in the capital city's new art hub, Zone 9, this Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many voters expressed their distress about the golf course to be built in Tan Son Nhat Airport and protested the plan to construct Long Thanh Airport in a meeting with National Assembly (NA) deputies in HCMC last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's education system is seeing a trend of many university graduates, who cannot find steady employment, continuing their studies to obtain master's degrees.

Scientists believe that it is necessary to restore the coastal windshield casuarinas belt, which is considered as putting armor on to protect not only villages and houses, but also the rubber forests.

Vietnamese import-export companies have built up websites to advertise their products and joined trading floors to approach clients. However, the websites have been left idle, while the information has not been updated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese technology groups have moved aggressively into Vietnam’s smartphone market.

Vietnamese representative Truong Thi May arrived at Moscow yesterday, October 23, for the pageant. She was warmly welcomed by the community of Vietnamese Russians in Moscow. Hereafter are the first pictures of May in Moscow.

 Two famous tourist attractions in Sapa district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have been listed in Vietnam Records Book, according to the Lao Cai provincial Department for Culture, Sports and Tourism.