Minh made good start at Chinese Taipei Open

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh successfully defeated underdog World No.91 Wei Nan from Hong Kong, China in his first match of the 2012 Chinese Taipei Open on October 3.

Italian futsal team to play in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Italian futsal (indoor football) team will participate in an international tournament to be held in HCM City later this month.

Syria's Aleppo beset by multiple blasts, tension heightens on borders with Turkey

Syria's crucial northern Aleppo province was struck Wednesday with a spate of blasts that killed at least 34 people, official reports said, as the tension has gotten high on the northern frontier with Turkey

Ho Chi Minh’s “Prison Diary” becomes national treasure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides antiques and many historical artifacts, the "Prison Diary" by President Ho Chi Minh is also on the list of 30 national treasures.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 4/10

 VUFO helps Belgian NGOs in Vietnam; PM to attend ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers Conference; India keen on Vietnam’s aquaculture experience; VN, Hungary vow to boost cooperation

Reporter suspended for fabricating “the affair between man and his daughter-in-law”

  VietNamNet Bridge – A reporter of the Voice of Vietnam’s (VOV) online newspaper has been suspended from press operations indefinitely and is arranged another job for reporting false information.

Obama and Romney take stage for first debate

US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took to the stage Wednesday and shook hands before the first of three televised presidential debates.

Bad debts from gold loans warned

The ratio of bad debt on the total outstanding loans in gold has been increasing rapidly, experts have warned.

Ministries vow to tighten control over industrial waste water

A lot of solutions to the industrial waste water management have been suggested, but the hazardous waste still has been discharged directly into the environment.

Vietnam committed to active participation in ASEP forum

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) will actively participate in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP) forum as it is part of the Asia-Europe connectivity process.

Four students hospitalized for taking cough medicine as drug

Hearing that taking Recotus cough medicine would achieve organism, 20 students of a secondary school in District 2, HCM City, took the medicine during class. Four of them were hospitalized in a state of anxiety, drowsiness, and trembling limbs.

Educators and students face generation gap in aestheticism

High schools prohibit students going to school in figure hugging clothes or with flashy makeup. Meanwhile, students believe that wearing fashionable clothes is “a part of the life.”

Song Tranh 2 dam acceptance lacks strictness

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Song Tranh 2 hydropower project met design requirements but construction of the gaps allowing water to seep through them without affecting the dam was not guaranteed and the project acceptance was not strict enough.

Selling rice to buy iPhone, Vietnam nurtures hi-tech dream

The title of the king in farm produce export still cannot help Vietnam fulfill its dream of developing high technologies to serve the modernization.

The stories about retired high-ranking officials who still work

The high-ranking officials take jobs at businesses after their retirement from state management agencies not because they need money, but simply because they crave for work.

Boat service fees in Halong Bay almost double

Quang Ninh Province’s decision of imposing a price hike of nearly 100% on boat transport and overnight accommodation services in Halong Bay in this year’s fourth quarter has met with strong reactions from travel firms.

Vietnam’s e-commerce thought to be defeated on home market

VietNamNet Bridge – Inferior in term of financial capability, less professional in the management of e-commerce websites, Vietnamese fashion product distributors fear they may be defeated on the home market.

Director of Vinh Long Department of Culture suspended

The director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the southern province of Vinh Long has been suspended for his involvement in embezzling billions dong from the construction of cultural works in the province.

Boat crash on Ha Long Bay, killing five Taiwanese

  VietNamNet Bridge - The accident happened on Ha Long Bay, Quang Ninh province, on the afternoon of October 3, killing five Taiwanese tourists, including a little girl.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 4/10

Electricity prices to remain stable in October; Methanol production at a standstill; Exporters see huge challenges ahead; Inflation, liquidity concerns arising; Winds of change need to push wind power sector; Phu Quoc scraps delayed projects   

New antibiotic cures disease by disarming bacteria

A new type of antibiotic can effectively treat an antibiotic-resistant infection by disarming instead of killing the bacteria that cause it, according to a study published Tuesday in mBio, the online open-access journal

EPL TV rights to spark bidding frenzy

VietNamNet Bridge – The organising board of the English Premier League will auction its TV rights for the next three football seasons in Viet Nam today, with the price expected to break the US$30 million mark.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 3/10

 Quang Nam golf course among elite; Fencer Den wins bronze at junior champs; Karate fighters snatch five golds; Cities vie to host 2019 Asia Games

Fisheries struggle despite rise in seafood exports

 VietNamNet Bridge – Seafood exports in the first eight months of the year reached US$4 billion, up 5.8 per cent year-on-year, but most farmers and small processing enterprises in the sector are suffering.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 3/10

 Dengue fever deaths rise in first nine months; Lao Cai water system to cost $30mil; WHO praises efforts to boost traffic safety; Tao Xuyen tollbooth officially closed