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Exploring celestial Thien Ha

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thien Ha Cave in Ninh Binh Province was named Galaxy by its first explorers. They found a sea of stalactite needles filling the heart of the underground wonderland.

High milk diet 'may not cut risk of bone fractures'

 Drinking lots of milk may not lower the risk of fracturing bones, a study in the British Medical Journal suggests.

PM’s India visit fruitful: Deputy FM

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s just-ended official visit to India has helped deepen the two countries’ time-honoured friendship and strategic partnership, affirmed Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh.

1,000-year esplanade revealed under new National Assembly House

VietNamNet Bridge - While building the basement of the new House of the National Assembly in Hanoi in early 2014, experts discovered an esplanade of the Ly Dynasty, which was built in the 11th century.

Shipbuilding plan set to launch

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Prime Minister on Wednesday approved an action plan to develop the shipbuilding industry into a key industry under the implementation of Viet Nam's Sea Strategy by 2020.

French film maker falls in love with Vietnam

 Frenchman Daniel Roussel has worked for a long time with Vietnam Television (VTV) and has directed 20 films about Vietnam, including the popular documentary Dien Bien Phu - The Battle between a Tiger and An Elephant.

Social News 31/10

Police bust online gambling ring; Vietnam-Philippines Friendship Association makes debut; US supports Thua Thien-Hue’s natural disaster response; Hanoi to host ASEAN great unity days; Ho Chi Minh City intensifies Ebola prevention efforts

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 31/10

 VinGroup to convert international bonds into shares; Viglacera signs MoU with Cuban construction giant; Textile businesses investing in advance of TPP; EVN struggles to cope with rising input costs

Online games not subject to special consumption tax plan

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government previously proposed imposing special consumption tax on online games to prevent negative impacts on society but removed the proposal in a draft of the amended law on the tax presented

VN vows best conditions for Indian oil and gas firms: PM

Vietnam welcomes and is committed to creating every favourable condition for normal economic cooperation activities between Vietnamese oil and gas companies and their foreign partners, including Indian companies, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

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.