President makes state visit to Philippines; PM to travel to Japan; President sends condolences on death of Saudi crown prince; Prime Minister conveys sympathy to Turkish leader after quake

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Nam Tra My District in the central province of Quang Nam on October 24 received the petition of 18 families in hamlet 6, Tra Don commune against the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group.

VietNamNet Bridge – Delegates from the signatory parties of the UN Convention Against Corruption, civil society organisations and representatives of the private sector gathered in Marrakech on Monday for the fourth session

VietNamNet Bridge – Forty-two teams showed off toy vehicles which use solar power at a competition in HCM City on October 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won the bronze medal in the Southeast Asian Football Federation Women's Championship yesterday, Oct 25, in Vientiane, Laos.

Though the government has many times announced that it is following a policy on encouraging local production, Vietnam still runs after profits by increasing imports, thus killing the local production.

While a lot of educators have voiced their dissatisfaction about the Nam Dinh provincial authorities not to employ the graduates of non-state owned schools, others believe that this is a reasonable decision.

Barcelona's Spain international midfielder Xavi Hernandez celebrated his 392nd league appearance for the club with the only goal of the game as his side defeated Granada 1-0 away from home in the El Carmines Stadium.

VietNamNet Bridge – H'Zina Bya, a hugely popular singer among the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) youth, will release her first album – a blend of highlands music and rock music – in HCM City this week.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Asia Stage Alliance, established during the 12th Asia Arts Festival held in Chongqing, China, was joined by 15 countries and territories including Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Enterprises are urging a higher maximum overtime limit in the draft of the amended Labour Code to be debated by the National Assembly next month.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thanh Hoa striker Hoang Dinh Tung has signed a three-year contract with V-League side Vicem Hai Phong for a reputed salary of VND40 million (US$1,900) a month.

To date, only 10 out of 63 provinces and cities have completed the drawing up of the action plans to cope with the climate change, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment.

VietNamNet Bridge – Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien called on the mass media to strengthen communication activities on the hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease at a press conference yesterday, Oct 25.

The traditional Tet holiday will come only in three months, but air tickets for Tet flights are nearly running out.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister has signed a decision approving a plan on the implementation of a cooperative agreement between the governments of Vietnam and the Philippines on search, rescue and coping with oil spills.

Juventus beat Fiorentina 2-1 despite wasteful finishing at home on Tuesday.

The death toll from Sunday's powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey has risen to 459 and the number of the injured to 1,352, the Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Administration (AFAD) said Tuesday.

The unstable market, the high bank loan interest rates and the material shortage have all become the obsession of seafood companies, even though it is now the most favorable moment for export.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Social, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is working on a new salary reform project, under which the maxima wage for public servants may reach over VND12 million ($600) per month.

The consumer price index (CPI) saw a month-on-month rise of just 0.36 per cent in October, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

A Picasso painting was stolen last Friday from a museum in Colombia's southwestern department of Cauca, the museum authorities said on Tuesday.

A recent study carried out by Israeli researchers showed that the experience of motherhood is caused by alterations in the brain functions that help mothers locate and communicate with their offspring, especially if they are in distress.

VietNamNet Bridge – The largest private weapon museum is one of the 12 Vietnamese records that were announced by the Vietnam Record Book Center last week.

Vowing to compete with the three “big giants” VinaPhone, MobiFone and Viettel, Beeline has launched an impressive promotion campaign to attract more users, which has made the telecom market become hottest than ever.