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PM Dung due to visit India

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his spouse are to pay an official visit to India from October 27-29 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narenda Modi.

Viet Nam defends island sovereignty

VietNamNet Bridge – Vice spokeswoman for Viet Nam's Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang yesterday answered reporters' questions relating to China's construction of an airport on Chu Thap in Viet Nam's Truong Sa Archipelago.

Locals protest hydropower plants

Upcoming construction of new hydroelectricity plants threatens residents of the central province of Quang Ngai's Son Ha district.

Why are more students suffering stress and depression?

Educators and medical workers are alarmed about the increasingly high proportion of students suffering stress and depression, saying that the problem is due to parental pressure and excessive homework.

Mountainous city offers glimpse into picturesque Highlands life

 VietNamNet Bridge – With its foggy atmosphere, wintry evenings and winding roads encircling hills and mountains, Pleiku has the feeling of a beautiful painting.

Conference focuses on IC industry

The 3rd solid-state systems Symposium – VLSIs and Semiconductor Related Technologies (4S-2014) and the 17th International Conference on Analog VLSI Circuits (AVIC 2014) opened in HCM City October 22.

Bear bile tourism shuts down in Ha Long

 VietNamNet Bridge – Bear bile tourism in the northern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City has finally been shut down, according to the non-governmental organisation Education for Nature – Viet Nam (ENV).

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/10

India rolls out red carpet for Vietnamese investors; Russian, Vietnamese firms enhance connectivity; Textile businesses investing in advance of TPP

Lloyds expected to cut 9,000 jobs

 Lloyds Banking Group is planning to cut around 9,000 jobs - around a tenth of its entire workforce - over the next three years, the BBC understands.

McDonald’s sales show attractiveness of Vietnamese market

VietNamNet Bridge – Within the first 24 hours after the first shop in HCM City opened, McDonald’s received 22,500 customers, equal to one-tenth of the population in one district in the city.

US-Vietnam sign agreement on nuclear research cooperation

A comprehensive cooperation agreement between Vietnam and the US has been signed on consultancy capability, research and development, and training and services in the nuclear energy field.

Who is in charge of controlling special-use forests?

Thirty-five cubic meters of kien kien wood (Hopea pierrei Hance) have been felled in the Ba Na – Nui Chua special-use forest without the owner’s knowledge.

Gov’t changes mind about settling bad debts with state money

VietNamNet Bridge – In a last-minute move, the government has decided not to settle bad debts with money from the state budget, which had been suggested by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Images: An idyllic Hanoi

VietNamNet Bridge - Misty Hoan Kiem Lake, flooded roads, small sidewalk shops and busy hawkers are among the idyllic but lively images of Hanoi, a city that has a 1,000-year history.

Miss Ao Dai Vietnam finalists announced

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 18 finalists of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant were announced on a live show broadcast on VTV6 channel, Vietnam Television, on October 22.

NA: new law must protect nation's seas

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies yesterday (Oct 22) stressed the need to remove current shortcomings in the protection of Viet Nam's marine resources and environment as also national sovereignty over the nation's seas.

SEA countries share experience on building resilience to climate change impacts

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 delegates from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia are attending a three-day international forum on climate change, which opened this morning (Oct 23) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia.

Ebola: WHO emergency team holds talks on travel curbs

 The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic.

Quang Liem claims first victory at Spice Cup 2014

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has claimed his first victory against a strong US opponent, Raymond Kaufman, in the 2014 Spice Cup at the Crowne Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Missing Mexico students: Iguala mayor arrest ordered

 Mexico's government has ordered the arrest of the mayor of the southern town of Iguala, where six people died and 43 students disappeared after clashing with local police last month.