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Vietnam’s Le Quyen introduces charity project at Miss Supranational

 VietNamNet Bridge - The second runner-up of 2015 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Nguyen Thi Le Quyen is participating in Miss Supranational 2015 beauty pageants in Poland from November 19 to December 4th.

Cyber-thieves 'target Christmas shoppers'

 Cyber-thieves are preparing malware and spam campaigns in a bid to catch out retailers and shoppers during the run-up to Christmas,

Ukraine closes airspace to all Russian planes

 Ukraine has banned all Russian planes from using its airspace and exports of Russian gas to Ukraine have been halted by state-controlled giant Gazprom.

Actors famous on social media deliver hit

 VietNamNet Bridge – For their romantic comedy hit Yeu (Love), the film studio Early Rises Media Group decided to invite young actors with millions of Facebook followers to play the leading roles in hopes of attracting high profits.

Petrobras scandal: Brazil billionaire Andre Esteves arrested

 One of Brazil's richest businessmen and a top senator have been arrested as part of the sweeping corruption probe into state oil giant Petrobras.

Grab taxi gets go-ahead, taxi associations oppose move

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has given Grab taxi the green light on drafting a plan on allowing Grab taxi to ‘utilize technology to support the connection and management in passenger transport’ in a pilot program.

National Park loses 100 trees a month to illegal loggers

VietNamNet Bridge - At the Yok Don National Park, 100 trees are cut down every month on average. In 90 percent of cases, illegal loggers responsible for the damage cannot be found.

Young NA forum opens in Hanoi

 As many as 300 university students participated in a forum entitled “Young National Assembly of Vietnam” on November 25 in Hanoi, which simulates the legislature’s plenary meeting.

National Assembly adopts important laws

 The National Assembly on November 25 adopted several important laws, including the revised Civil Procedures Code, the revised Law on Administrative Procedures, the Law on Referendum and the Law on Fees and Charges.

Vietnam's President hails growing trade ties, friendship with Germany on visit

 President Truong Tan Sang and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck expressed pleasure at the rapid development of the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership at their talks in Berlin on November 25 (local time).

Sun Group pledges VND20 trillion investment in Lao Cai

Sun Group has committed to investing over VND20 trillion to develop an airport and other projects in Lao Cai Province at a tourism investment promotion conference for the northwestern region

HSBC: Vietnam to becomes tenth biggest exporter by 2050

 Asia is poised to ignite a decade of global trade growth and be the starting point for a quadrupling of worldwide exports to an estimated $68.5 trillion by 2050, according to new forecasts in HSBC’s landmark Trade Winds report.

Cultural traditions shift but don't fade

VietNamNet Bridge – North of HCM City and 13km from Cat Tien National Park, Ta Lai Commune's ethnic minority population has used traditional skills and dances learned from ancestors to make a living in tourism.

The portrait of Vietnamese i-generation students

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘i-generation students’, or “digital citizens’ – the students of modern times, have bigger advantages to access learning and research thanks to the great achievements in technology and internet.

China arranges matrix to entice international scholars

Some researchers previously showed objective viewpoints in their studies, but now they write articles supporting China’s illegal claims in the East Sea, said Tran Huu Thuy Giang, PhD student at the Southern Cross University, Australia.

France’s popular jazz drummer to perform in HCM City

VietNamNet Bridge – Popular jazz drummer Anne Paceo of France will have a performance at the HCMC Conservatory of Music at 8 p.m. on Friday next week.

How foreigners use foreign currency accounts in Vietnam

I am a foreigner currently working in Vietnam, and have just obtained a temporary residence permit. So, am I regarded as a resident and how can foreigners use their foreign-currency accounts?

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/11

ASEAN Community forces domestic airlines to raise game, PV Gas named in list of ASEAN 100 companies, Trade deficit hits 3.86 billion USD, FDI farming, mining projects reach $213m, HCM introduces new sector indexes

Tale of Kieu published in Nom script

 The latest edition of the epic poem entitled Truyen Kieu (Tale of Kieu) was released by Tre Publishing House and the Association of Kieu Studies' document department on November 24.

PM to attend climate change conference in Paris

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will participate in the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris from November 30 to December 1 at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande.