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Photographer focuses on traditional puppetry

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.

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 2/11

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

Muscleman takes home world gold

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.

Top seed faces tough task at Asian Games

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 launches maiden South Pole expedition

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

Freestyle football competition in Hanoi

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.

Quang Liem loses at French chess tournament’s semi-finals

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.

New assassin protein targets cancer: Australian scientists

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 bans all flights from Yemen amid terror fears

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.

Death toll rises to 58 in Baghdad church attack

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.

The costumes of ethnic minority women in northwestern Vietnam

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

Indonesia's volcano eruption kills 38, forces over 70,000 flee homes

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.

Chinese worker dies at bauxite mining site

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.

In every businessman, the national pride should flare up

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.

Nguyen Trong Doan brings contemporary paintings to ceramics

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.

Vietnam chooses Japan as partner for exploring rare earths

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.

2011 National Tourism Year focus on sea and islands

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

Hanoian youth in Halloween

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.

Vietnam government continues purchasing Microsoft software copyright

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

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 1/11

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