President Sang receives new ambassadors; Vietnam, Belarus hold political consultation; Vietnam, Belarus look to boost relations; DPRK sends sympathies to Vietnam; Training for Lao lecturers ends

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his entourage returned to Hanoi on November 6 after attending the 9th summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9).  

VietNamNet Bridge - Danh Vo, a Vietnamese Danish artist, has won the Hugo Boss – the award honoring young contemporary artists with outstanding achievements.

About 1000 trillion dong sourced from people’s investment, overseas remittance and foreign direct investment has become the dead money due to the real estate unsalability.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most of big footballer transfer affairs in Vietnam were conducted by Tran Tien Dai. This man, therefore, has become the best money maker in Vietnam’s football circles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Uruguay should create favourable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises to invest and do business in the country as well as in the Latin American market, President Truong Tan Sang has said.

By 2070, there will be nearly 10,000 hectares, 257,000 people, 1,494 km of roads and many production facilities, industrial parks being flooded due to high tides and the sea level rise.

Farmers in the districts of Binh Chanh, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi complain that they have to leave land uncultivated or keep agricultural production at a moderate level, because the water sources have become seriously polluted.

There has been no strategy on the exploitation and development of the Dong Van Plateau, which has been one of the 77 geological parks of the world.

Vietnam has become a key market in Coca-Cola’s and PepsiCo’s business development strategy. Therefore, the two giants have been gearing up their investment to expand their business in the lucrative market.

Instead of spending big money to develop information technology infrastructure, software products and keeping labor force to maintain the systems, enterprises now tend to rent software and pay for the capacity used.

After the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued the new circular on private tutoring management, local authorities have been controlling the private tutoring with harshness.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth national then singing festival is being held in Lang Son Province as part of the country's efforts to honour and preserve the traditional art of the Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups in north-western Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has 1,309 wholly state owned enterprises (SOEs) and they are managed by up to 101 stage bodies.

Warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers, according to a new study by scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Liverpool. 

 Gov’t debates crack down on smuggled poultry; EC President calls on structural reforms; Domestic businesses at a disadvantage; Bat Trang pottery traders upset about market management; Property firms caught in dilemma

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has undertaken several measures in recent years to improve its environment.

 Researchers said Tuesday they had seen the earliest-ever warning signs of Alzheimer's Disease -- among a high-risk group of 20-somethings -- in the ongoing quest for early detection and prevention.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The livestock industry is in a critical situation with many farms facing bankruptcy but unable to get access to the Government's financial support package.

 Hanoi hosts exhibition on French press media; Aspiring Einsteins learn science is no fiction; Student dancing to bring focus on AIDS; Exhibition to tell Vietnamese history in Japan

 Americans Tuesday decide whether to re-elect President Barack Obama despite a plodding economy or to trust Mitt Romney to restore prosperity, in a close fought vote unlikely to heal a polarized nation.

VietNamNet Bridge – The owners of these ships cannot lease or sell them. The million-USD ships are becoming piles of scraps at private wharves across northern provinces.

  Poor-quality bottled water sold to HCM City schools; World Harmony Run-Vietnam 2012 launched; ADB to fund HIV fight in Laos, VN; Man receives death sentence for murder

VietNamNet Bridge – Using many tricks, a match-making group lured hundreds of poor girls in a coastal town of Soc Trang province to marry foreign men. Ten women returned home because they could not stand the wretched life abroad.

VietNamNet Bridge – With three months to go for Tet (Lunar New Year), the most important festival of the year in Viet Nam, all domestic carriers are getting ready for the peak travel season.