Vietnam bags 5 gold medals at ASEAN Skill Competition; Substandard petrol found in Dong Nai; Hanoi to host Green Food Fair; Pesticide use falls within safety margins

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s international GM Le Quang Liem defeated Constantin Lupupescu of Romania at the Fujairah International Chess Championship on November 20, raising fresh hope for the top title.

 The 2011 witnessed a worldwide decrease in both number of new HIV infections and number of AIDS-related deaths, a United Nations report launched here reported on Tuesday.

  U22s beat Chonburi for BTV Cup; Top teams gear up for cycling tourney; Start gun fired on shooting champs

A high percentage of Vietnamese students nowadays believe that teachers need to be grateful to them, because they bring money to teachers which can feed teachers’ families.

 Eight Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in the ongoing intensive Israeli war jets airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hong Anh, a famous actress and three young film directors are now in the US to introduce Vietnamese short films at 10 universities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth session of the 13 th National Assembly passed six laws during the November 20 sitting.

 PM meets with New Zealand counterpart; Viet Nam, Sri Lanka boost defence links; HCM City leaders visit Cambodia

 Hurricane Sandy, the deadly storm that slammed into New York and New Jersey in October, tore through the Caribbean long before reaching America -- and in Haiti, many still await help.

 Hoi An has been trading with the outside world since almost the 15th century.  Once one of the busiest ports in all of South East Asia, the docksides of this relatively small central Vietnamese town

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) keeps optimistic about the industrial inventories, saying that the inventory index has been on the decline. However, the indexes remain sky high at over 40 percent in some industries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of ASEAN member countries and the association's partners gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday, Nov 20, for the 7th East Asia Summit (EAS).

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Fashion of the Miss Earth 2007 pageant Truong Tri Truc Diem and famous fashion designer Si Hoang were invited to participate in the Asian Fashion Exchange that took place from November 16 to 20 in Japan.

The four channels of online marketing are believed to become the bigger choice than other advertisement modes, under which ad fees are charged based on the real time use (weekly, monthly or yearly).

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 100 H’mong girls in Pho village, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province have mysteriously disappeared. It is suspected that they were trafficked to China. Even children of local officials also went missing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite receiving adequate education and health services, the overwhelming majority of Viet Nam's 457,691 children affected by HIV/AIDS are still blocked from fully integrating with society.

The cashew industry may become the second sector in Vietnam, together with rice, which applies strict regulations in order to strengthen the Vietnamese cashew nut’s competitiveness in the world market.

The lack of the national standards on hydropower plants has led to the development of unsafe hydropower plants. Scientists have said 80-90 percent of small and medium dams need to be verified in their safety.

Though complaining repeatedly about the economic difficulties and input cost increases, travel firms still have reaped fruits from outbound tours.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fifth episode of In the Spotlight, a series of live music performances organised by a local entertainment and advertising company, will focus on late composer Trinh Cong Son.

G-bonds counted in credit growth; Transport contractors get squeezed; Local shippers are all at sea; Non-core investments sink seafood firms; Confectionery makers strike it big in Q3; Fines bite into used-vehicle sales

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Birth’ by Nguyen Van Tien or Tien Van Mieu on Sunday opened at Mai’s Gallery in District 1, expressing a bold audacious style covering sexuality and social issues.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has become one of three champions, together with Singapore and Malaysia, of the ASEAN ICT Awards 2012, which was held in the Philippines.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wild birds are sold publicly along National Highway 1A in the two southern provinces of Can Tho and Hau Giang.