Senior Lao official cheered by leader; Lao newspapers praise ASEAN summit hosted by Vietnam; Vietnamese experts meet to remember Algeria; Shanghai urged to help promote trade relations; Co-operation pacts with French region negotiated

Procedures on registration of Vietnamese nationality maintenance will be shortened while the time for registration will be longer, Deputy Foreign Nguyen Thanh Son told the media on November 1.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Indonesian thieves who stole over 2 billion dong ($105,000) from a car which parked in Lang Street, Hanoi, this April were arrested on October 31.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 17th ASEAN Summit and related summits, including the East Asia Summit (EAS), which were held in Hanoi from October 28-30, got special interests and applause from the world opinions.

VietNamNet Bridge - At least four people died after heavy rains in central Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces disrupted road and railway routes over the weekend.

Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh has affirmed that the current public debts of Vietnam are still within the safety line. However, Ninh said that in the long term, Vietnam needs to remain cautious with its borrowing plan

Natural disasters have big impact in October; Vendors encroach on historic, cultural sites; Fishermen rescued after boats sank; NGO provides kids free burns treatment; Chill weather causes respiratory problems

VietNamNet Bridge – A new report from the HCM City People's Committee envisions more high-rise buildings, improved infrastructure and the elimination of slums in the city by 2015.

"Based on the law, I would like to ask the NA Standing Committee to vote on the establishment of a provisional committee to investigate the responsibility of the cabinet over the Vinashin case,” proposed deputy Nguyen Minh Thuyet.

VietNamNet Bridge – An experimental set of five new textbooks for first graders has created great interest among students and teachers at a private school in Ha Noi.

VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies yesterday applauded achievements in socio-economic development last year as reported by the Government, but expressed their worry about the quality of growth.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of images by Canadian photographer Greg Girard opened yesterday, Nov 1, to coincide with the publication of his new book entitled Ha Noi Calling: One Thousand Years Now.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hong Nga will hold a three-day exhibition of her photographer featuring traditional water puppetry in HCM City starting today, Nov 2.

Panamanian Week to be held in capital; Disabled children put lacquer art on show; Gala to raise funds for flood victims; Supermodel represents VN in China; Cham tomb artifacts excavated

VietNamNet Bridge – Bodybuilder Pham Van Mach finished on top in the men's 55kg division at the world body-building and fitness championship in Varanasi, India on Sunday night.

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite being one of the top seeds at the 16th Asian Games' badminton event, Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh will have to be at his best to win the championship this November.

India began its first South Pole expedition on Monday to analyse its environmental changes over the past one thousand years, local media reported.

VietNamNet Bridge – The competition was held at Hanoi’s Tran Phu High School by the bongdanghethuat.com website to popularize this game in Hanoi. The contest attracted six teams from northern provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – International Grand Master Le Quang Liem stopped at the semi-finals of the 9th Cap d’Agde Rapid Chess Festival in France after being defeated by the current champion Hikaru Nakamura (USA) for 1-3 on October 30.

A team of Australian on Monday discovered a protein that can kill rogue cancer-causing cells, and which they hope will lead to new drugs targeting cancer and other immune system diseases.

Germany has imposed a ban on all flights from Yemen, including cargo aircraft and passenger planes, after a parcel bomb was found to be mailed from that country, a Transport Ministry spokesman said Monday.

The death toll from Sunday's church attack in Baghdad has rise to 58 while 75 others were wounded, an Interior Ministry source said Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Going to mountain markets in the northwestern Vietnam, one will see ethnic minority women in colorful costumes. Here are some of them.

The most volatile volcano eruptions in central Java in Indonesia have killed 38 people and forced about 70,000 people take shelter, officials said on Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – While working on the scaffolding at the construction site of the Tan Rai bauxite plant in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, a Chinese worker lost his footing, felt off the scaffolding and died immediately.