More than 140 scientists and managers from science parks, universities and institutes from 20 countries and territories in Asia will gather in HCM City for the 16th Asian Science Park Association annual conference tomorrow, Oct 25.

VietNamNet Bridge – Global beverage giant PepsiCo and Japan’s Suntory Holdings Ltd. have agreed to form a joint-venture in Vietnam. 

People now have to pay a heavy price for titanium ores. Schools, roads and jobs have been exchanged for seriously polluting the environment.

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 Apple Inc will begin to sell an 8-inch version of the iPad on Friday to compete with Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and other smaller tablets, but it set a higher-than-expected price tag of $329 that Wall Street fears could curb demand.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fitch Ratings has withdrawn Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai JSC's (HAGL) long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings of 'B' respectively. The 'B-' rating on its US$75 million notes due 2016 has also been withdrawn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The artist Nguyen Van Cuong looks to reveal the nuances behind painted faces in his exhibition The Make-up Faces which opened in Ha Noi on Monday.

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  VietNamNet Bridge – A storm named Son Tinh is forecast to enter the East Sea in two days. This is the 8th typhoon in the region this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An 84-year-old collector has donated more than 3,000 valuable antiques to the National Museum of History in Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Factory Z189, under the General Department of Defence Industry, held a ceremony to launch and hand over the vessel “DN 2000 (OPV-9014)”, with its number sign “CSB 8001”,  

 European equities sank on Tuesday on fears over debt-riddled Spain after its central bank predicted a worsening recession, and on continued US corporate earnings disappointment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been awarded a four-year scholarship at Webster University in the US, a worldwide institution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the sidelines of the National Assembly session, deputies shared their opinions about salary increase with VietNamNet on October 22.

The decision by GDC to apply new taxable prices since October 18 would lead to the increases of used imports’ prices. Meanwhile, the prices of the products to be distributed by authorized importers would be unchanged.

 Women are closing the gender gap with men in health and education but struggle to get top jobs and salaries, data from a study of 135 countries showed on Wednesday.

 Binh Dinh province was the center of the ancient Champa kingdom where 14 ancient towers built between the 11th and 15th centuries still stand today.

VietNamNet Bridge – An International seminar on the real situation and solutions for the issue of sovereignty in the East Sea was held at Chosun University in Gwangju, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on October 23. 

 Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange sharply fell Tuesday, as disappointing corporate earnings drew traders to the safe haven of the dollar, heaping pressure on the precious metal.

National Assembly deputies on October 23 heard a report on the NA’s draft resolution on procedures for the votes of confidence for positions elected or approved by the National Assembly and local People’s Councils.

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The dissolution of the two economic groups VNIC and HUD is believed to mark the anticipated failure of the model of state owned economic groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung lauded cooperation between the Ministries of Public Security of Vietnam and China over the past time, especially their close coordination in fighting border crimes, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Xuan Thuy Company is about to give Navibank Saigon football team and its card at the V-League 2013 to the central province of Ha Tinh, free of charge.