According to the statement issued by the Office of the Government yesterday, November 1, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung had asked the leaders of ministries, sectors and localities, especially the heads to minimize overseas business trips.

That is the announcement from the Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to agencies, organizations, people, overseas Vietnamese and foreigners after the temporary closure for periodic maintenance, renovation in 2012.

 The US unemployment rate could tick up slightly but the numbers will likely show an economy still generating new positions at a modest rate when October's jobs report is published Friday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ways to control corruption and the increasing number of juvenile crimes provided grist for debate between deputies in the ongoing 13th National Assembly yesterday, Nov 1.

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The inventory indexes announced by the General Statistics Office (GSO) have been described by ministries as “excessively pessimistic.”

 Mohammed Saad and his family came home to a dead goat in their street, a rocket shell in the front yard and a burnt-out house, victims of score-settling that has rocked the Libyan town of Bani Walid.

 Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung has reaffirmed Vietnam’s foreign policy that deem the EU as its leading partner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Skyfall,” “Breaking Dawn 2”, “Tai Chi Hero” and “Wreck-It-Ralph” are outstanding movies in the first month of the year-end movie season.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The historical martial arts film directed by Victor Vu, which was released early this year will be one of two Vietnamese films that will compete at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival.

Located in the tropics, Vietnam still cannot take full advantage of its sun and wind resources to generate electricity. This has been attributed to the unreasonable mechanism which is unattractive to investors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The e-book market in Vietnam is still in its infancy and is growing far too slowly than e-book producers had expected, as Vietnamese readers have yet to acquire the habit of paying online for book content,

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina begins her official three-day visit to Vietnam today, November 2, at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.    

Vietnamese scientists have been quietly implementing the project on setting up a national museum of nature in Vietnam.

Some years ago, foreign investors flocked to southern provinces to seek the opportunities to develop golf course projects. And now they hurry to quit the projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - Environmental sustainability is the main objective of the Government to avoid the problem of "grow first, clean up later," which is the development strategy of a number of other Asian countries.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has been straining every nerve to find out the solutions to stop the decrease of the foreign direct investment (FDI) flow.

 FDI enterprises post up trade surplus; Export-processing firms restricted from domestic sale; SBV says will not stabilize gold price; Auto-makers hit judder bars in a slowing market; ADB to help Vietnam quest for higher economic status

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City's education sector school system has hired 100 teachers from the Philippines to teach English at primary, secondary and high schools beginning in November,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many enterprises hold a pessimistic view on economic recovery in 2013, but 44% of the surveyed companies still believe the economy could prosper from the second half of 2013 onwards.

VietNamNet Bridge - Tickets for the friendly match between Vietnam and Malaysia have been released from 9.15am today, November 1. 

Safety in constructing Hydropower Plants and their impact is of prime importance and always a matter of public concern, as is apparent from the recent debate on the construction of the Song Tranh 2, Dong Nai 6 and 6A Hydropower Plants.

VietNamNet Bridge - For many reasons that a lot of stars are not called up to the national football squad of Coach Phan Thanh Hung.

 The mammoth storm Sandy, ravaging in the densely-populated East Coast of the United States, was predicted to deal a short-term blow to the world's largest economy and may further affect financial markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Finance Ministry and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on October 31 signed an agreement for a 150 million EUR loan to help Vietnam in mitigating impacts of climate change.