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 Google has announced changes to its search engine in an attempt to curb online piracy.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on October 19 handed over to the Ministry of Home Affairs the 1827 World Atlas Bruxelles, which is highly appreciated for high scientific and legal value in proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam is a top global producer of many agricultural products, but the farmers don’t pocket as much money as people think.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Though Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam and Hansol Electronics Vietnam have been recognized as priority enterprises to benefit from special customs incentives

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City's Tan Son Nhat Airport will be stretched beyond capacity in the next two years, making construction of the new Long Thanh airport in Dong Nai Province more urgent than ever, experts warn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Danang is well known for being a lovely tourism destination in Central Vietnam. The city has all favors from the nature and weather, compared to neighboring localities.

Vietnam, Switzerland work on low-cost medicines; Int’l science film festival 2014 to open; Mekong Delta to benefit from transport links; Dong Thap to preserve 57 rare species; Domestic vaccine producers to benefit from new incentives

 PM approves equitisation plan for Vietnam Seaproducts Corp.; Finance Ministry supports businesses in customs procedures; Sugar production firms struggle with high inventory; Four stocks excluded from HNX 30 Index Basket

VietNamNet Bridge – Flights connecting Vietnam and Singapore are seeing unprecedented growth rate, according to industry observers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has had peacekeepers in the field with the United Nations participating in multinational humanitarian efforts in areas hit by civil war and political unrest to assist in restoring law

 The Hong Kong government is to meet student leaders for talks amid pro-democracy street protests that are now in their fourth week.

 UK Contemporary Dance “Without Stars”; Exhibition “Ambiguity | Affitta” by Artist Pham Tuan Tu; Exhibition “Ambiguity | Affitta” by Artist Pham Tuan Tu; Science Film Festival 2014; Science Film Festival 2014

With the new roof system, passengers at the Hanoi Railway Station will from now on not have to worry about the weather. The new platform will also allow passengers to move more conveniently inside the station.

 VietNamNet Bridge - To celebrate Vietnamese Women’s Day (October 20), budget air carrier VietJet Air presented roses to all female passengers travelling on the airline’s flights.

 A man in Australia is believed to be the first to have been convicted as the result of an undercover sting in which charity workers posed online as a 10-year-old Filipina.

 The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has issued an exemption to foreign languages for the high school graduation exam next year.

 Giang Hong Ngoc from Ho Chi Minh City won the Vietnamese X-Factor Television show singing contest which ended in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19.

 Vietnamese demand for rhinoceros horns decreased by 38 per cent within a year after a campaign was launched against the practice.

Laos lost 1-2 to Myanmar on October 20 in the qualifying round of the 2014 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Nuti Food U19 Cup to rank second, and is scheduled to meet Vietnamese opponents in the final round.