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.

Dang Le Nguyen Vu, who has been dubbed as the titan in Vietnam’s coffee industry, thinks that the Communist Party’s political programme should not see / treat different economic sectors as separate.

VietNamNet Bridge – An exhibition of ceramic artworks and block prints by painter Nguyen Trong Doan has opened at Au Co Gallery, No. 1 alley 124/222, Au Co road, Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the meeting with his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan in Hanoi on October 31, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung said that Vietnam had chosen Japan as its partner in developing the rare earth industry.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) has introduced the logo and the theme of the National Tourism Year 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 6000 students participated in the first Halloween Festival at Hanoi’s West Lake Park on October 31. VietNamNet shot some pictures at the festival.

MIC Microsoft Corporation yesterday announced their commitment to accelerating the development of Vietnam’s information communicationstechnology (ICT) capabilities and intellectual property protection.

New rice export contracts halted; Shares fall on both exchanges; Rubber exports increase 92% in first 10 months

VietNamNet Bridge – Ethnic minority people go to fairs to both sell and purchase goods. They often bring live goods to the market like chickens, pigs, dogs, etc. Everything is carried to fairs by hands.

A survey by the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment shows that some foreign investors are leased forest land at places which are important in terms of defence.

It is believed that the Circular No 22, forbidding commercial banks from lending cash against gold collateral, which took effect on October 28, will help stabilize the gold and foreign currency markets.

VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi became the centre of the world media thanks to the presence of many state leaders, who came to the city to attend the ASEAN Summit and the summits between ASEAN and its partners from October 30-31.

VietNamNet Bridge – After the ASEAN-Russia Summit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a visit to famous Buddhist temples in Hanoi – Tran Quoc Pagoda and Ngoc Son Temple – on October 30.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has allowed Ngoc Thach, who has just won the Gold Cup at the Vietnam Supermodel competition 2010, to represent Vietnam at the 2010 World Supermodel competition in China.

Not only mobile service providers, the official distributors of iPhone 4, ran out products to sell, private distributors have also said there are no more iPhones available.

In 2010, the year Vietnam assumes the Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the host country has organized many cultural events that mark the new steps in culture-art cooperation among ASEAN members.

The State economic sector has always played the decisive role in the national economy. However, it seems that there is confusion between the concept of the “state economic sector” and “state owned enterprises (SOEs)”

Last week was the period which witnessed the sharpest increases of goods of different kinds. The sugar price has increased unreasonably, while the gas price has reached the record high, and steel manufacturers also attempted to raise sale prices.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Indian Government has agreed to streamline visa procedures for citizens from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines, said the Financial Times of India on October 31.