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Vietnam beaten by Malaysia in AFF Beach Soccer Championship

 Vietnam lost to Malaysia 6-4 on October 29 in the final round of the AFF-Felda Beach Soccer Championship, which took place at Teluk Chempedak beach in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Cyberspace dream can become a nightmare

 VietNamNet Bridge – Social networking sites such as Facebook and web-based email services such as Gmail are not as safe and secure as they seem to Internet addicts.

Vietnam kicks off international bond sale plan

 VietNamNet Bridge - According to Reuters, the Ministry of Finance has chosen three foreign banks - Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered - to hold roadshows to introduce Vietnam’s upcoming bond sales to international investors.

Quang Ninh’s town flooded after dam breaks

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dam in Dam Ha district of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh was broken this morning after one-day long heavy rains, submerging hundreds of houses.

Piracy clouds e-books' growing popularity

 VietNamNet Bridge – Electronic books (e-books) have gradually won the hearts of frequent readers, particularly bookworms in large cities of Viet Nam, but piracy remains a problem.

Long Bien Bridge may get a modern partner

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many experts backed the building of a road-rail bridge spanning the Hong (Red) River just 75m from the historic, but ageing Long Bien Bridge at a conference held on Tuesday.

Jr NBA VN team witnesses NBA Global Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Jr NBA Viet Nam 2014 All-Stars Basketball Team have completed a six-day trip to Beijing, China.

Asia stocks rise after US Federal Reserve ends stimulus

 Asia stocks mostly opened higher after the US dollar jumped in value following the end of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing stimulus program.

World Bank: 40% of Vietnamese businesses’ profits go to taxes

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 2014, on average, each Vietnamese firm spends 872 hours paying taxes and the tax costs account for 40.8% of profits, according to the World Bank’s (WB) annual report on the global business environment.

SOE debts too big to settle

 VietNamNet Bridge – Debts owed by State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to both domestic and foreign creditors are too big for the Government to shoulder, especially at a time when public debts are posing a big headache.

Where to go on Halloween in Saigon, Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge - A number of parks, hotels, restaurants and bars in Hanoi and HCM City have prepared exciting programs to treat guests this Friday and Saturday on the occasion of Halloween.

Saigon boy healthy after falling from 10th floor

 VietNamNet Bridge - Four days after falling from an apartment on the 10th floor, a four-year-old boy in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, can still run around and play.

India submits list with 'black money' names to court

 The Indian government has given a list containing names of all Indians suspected to have parked untaxed wealth in foreign banks to the Supreme Court.

Modeling contest seeks to lure Russian tourists

 Vietnamese play wins award of excellence at theatre festival; Vietnamese feature enters Taipei film festival; Quang Nam seeks to preserve Bai Choi singing; Electronic musician plays at CAMA ATK; Meet the walking dead at beer club party

South considers solar energy to power water-supply plants in rural areas

 VietNamNet Bridge – Solar energy is expected be used provide clean water supply in southern rural areas, where the national electricity grid still cannot reach.

VFF reduce Dong's ban from competition due to good attitude

 The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) on Tuesday decided to reduce Tran Dinh Dong's ban of Song Lam Nghe An to November 1 instead of December 31.

Telegraph magazine names Ha Noi's two must-visit places

 The Thanh Chuong Viet Palace and the Temple of Literature are must-visit places in Ha Noi, journalist E Jane Dickson has written in the autumn issue of Ultratravel.

Sri Lanka landslide rescue effort is intensified

 Rescue workers in Sri Lanka have intensified their search for survivors of a tea plantation landslide in the centre of the country which is feared to have buried more than 100 people.

PM: Public debt remains within limit

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that public debt remains below the safety limit of 65 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and will sink to 60.2 percent by 2020.

Ebola crisis: Infections 'slowing in Liberia'

 The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a decline in the spread of Ebola in Liberia, the country hardest hit in the outbreak.