VietNamNet Bridge – Recent snap inspections into software usage have found 14 of 16 firms are using pirated software with a total estimated value of more than VND15 billion.

 Vietnam ’s top chess player Le Quang Liem slid from the 44 th to 63 rd place in the latest rankings by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Change, a touching portrayal of the effects of climate change on young people in a Vietnamese coastal community, won the Special Prize of the Action4Climate Documentary Competition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Analysts and economists remain doubtful about public figures on the banking system’s bad-debt ratio released at official conferences, saying they have not been verified by reliable agencies or organizations.

 PM calls for further efforts to manage illegal drugs and addiction; Int’l conference on building peaceful Vietnam-Lao borderline; VUFO Vice President meets Indian guest; Vietnam, South Africa boost trade, investment, tourism ties

 The Indian media have run articles highlighting Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s October 27-28 visit to the country, with optimistic assessments on the development of bilateral relations.

 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agricultural and rural development cooperation was signed between Ireland and Vietnam in Hanoi on November 3.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Saigon International Guitar Festival, featuring acclaimed foreign artists and educators, may be the year's most important event for classical guitarists in Viet Nam.

Taiwan’s move to launch live firing on Ba Binh island, part of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, is a serious violation of Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh said in Hanoi on November 3.

 Amending the current tax laws is likely to create the best possible conditions for taxpayers to fulfill their duties while accelerating sectoral reforms in line with Vietnam’s international commitments, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Apart from the mild weather and blooming flowers, Dalat also impresses tourists with streets of pipes stretching across the city to the suburbs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several organizations look to become strategic investors in Vietnam Airlines Corporation when the national flag carrier launches its initial public offering on November 14,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Magic Flute, a two-act opera by Mozart with a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, will be replayed at the HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. on November 8 and 9 after its premiere last year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – a waste treatment machine invented by Ngo Thai Nguyen, a farmer in Thanh Hoa Province, can sort garbage and use the treated waste for farming.

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Economic Committee has voiced concerns over the viability of a fund raising plan for the big-ticket Long Thanh airport project

 The runner-up of the Elite Model Look Vietnam 2014, Pham Thi Kim Thi will compete at the Miss Model of the World 2014, which will take place in China’s Shenzen from November 10-30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Diva Thanh Lam and her younger brother, electronic musician Tri Minh, will jointly stage a music show in memory of their beloved father, composer Thuan Yen.

Vietnam plans World Day of Road Traffic Victims; Vietnam seeks to enhance Geographic Information Systems; Patients still wait hours for medical exams; Newborn baby ejected from womb in accident no longer uses ventilator

 Malaysia-VN trade to reach $10b; NA urges faster SOE restructuring; Deposit rate cut has little effect; PetroVietnam told to finish refinery plan; Mobile World hits yearly target in 9 months; Mastercard looks at local non-cash payment sector

 VietNamNet Bridge – The third and last test on a 26-year-old patient in Da Nang proved to be 100% negative for Ebola, the Da Nang Health Department has announced.