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The youth eagerly prepare for Halloween

VietNamNet Bridge – Halloween has gained in popularly in Vietnam in the past several years, particularly in big cities like Hanoi and HCM City. Youngsters have been preparing for this event for a week now.

Summits create solid basis for ASEAN moving

The 17th ASEAN Summit and related summits concluded successfully and yielded outcomes that will serve as a solid foundation for the association to advance further and achieve its set goals, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

Donors agree $14.8m for reforms

VietNamNet Bridge - Domestic and foreign donors signed an agreement yesterday, committing US$14.8 million for business registration reforms throughout Viet Nam.

Scientist of Vietnamese origin awarded by NASA

VietNamNet Bridge – Doctor Trinh Huu Phuoc, an American scientist of Vietnamese origin, has been selected by NASA to lead a team of engineers in the development of a propulsion system for future robotic spacecraft . . .

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 30/10

ASEAN delegates’ families visit Vietnam Museum of Ethnology; Imaging gear to boost diagnoses at hospital; Death sentence confirmed; Attempted murderer faces prosecution

Improving Vietnam-US relations

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has affirmed that economic ties will become the focal point in the Vietnam-US relationship and give a fresh impetus to develop other relations.

ASEAN+3 enhances dynamic and effective cooperation

VietNamNet Bridge – ASEAN+3 leaders have agreed to undertake practical measures to effectively realise all agreements, particularly the ASEAN+3 Cooperation Work Plan.

ASEAN-Russia relation expected to rise to new height

VietNamNet Bridge - The second ASEAN-Russia Summit, chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, with the participation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and ASEAN leaders, was held in Hanoi on October 30.

Deputy PM welcomes new Intel plant

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai yesterday, Oct 29, praised efforts made by Intel Corporation to build an assembly and testing plant in Viet Nam.

Ministry calls for dairy industry to up competitiveness

VietNamNet Bridge – The competitiveness of Viet Nam's milk products remains weak because of dependence on imported materials and lack of high-tech equipment in the industry, officials have said.

Japanese films to screen in four cities

VietNamNet Bridge – Japanese films ranging from classic masterpieces to the latest releases will be screened during the Japanese Film Festival 2010 to travel to the northern cities of Hai Phong and Ha Noi and after screenings . . .

Photos highlight Russia's beauty

VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences can take a photographic trip to Russia at the Glimpse on Russia exhibition on show at 45 Trang Tien, Street in Ha Noi.

Vietnamese-American artist explores gender and tradition

VietNamNet Bridge – Using thread and ink to create a kind of armour for her calligraphic subjects, artist Tammy Nguyen's new body of work explores three dimensions in experimental ways, stretching and twisting her characters with cement and string

Three wheelers thrive despite December ban

VietNamNet Bridge – Modified three-wheel motor vehicles can still be seen on the streets of Ha Noi, but by December 31, all will have to go because of a State ban the authorities say.

German experts identify waste management solutions

VietNamNet Bridge – A delegation of environmental institutes from the German state of Saxon and the Dresden University of Technology arrived in HCM City yesterday to discuss co-operation in environmental protection, particularly waste management.

Complaint bill scrutinised

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputies attending the 9th session of the National Assembly yesterday, Oct 29, discussed the bill on complaints in their working groups.

ASEAN explores widened relations

VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of the ASEAN countries met yesterday, Oct 29, with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ha Noi to welcome the ASEAN-UN Special Partnership.

High hopes for top Vietnamese athletes

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes are ready to compete in next month's Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou, China deputy head of the National Sports Administration Le Quy Phuong said.

U-19 women top qualifying group

VietNamNet Bridge – Striker Nguyen Thi Nguyet scored a hattrick to help Viet Nam's U-19 women's football team beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Women's Championship qualifiers.

NASA delays space shuttle launch

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) decided on Friday to delay the launch of space shuttle Discovery until Tuesday because of a leak in a pressurization system.