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Asia-Pacific Father&Son Golf Tournament to tee off in Dong Nai

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Asia-Pacific Father&Son Golf Tournament will kick off at the Long Thanh Golf Resort in Dong Nai Province next month.

Programme aims to stop child labour

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam hopes to increase awareness of child labour and improve the legal framework to protect children at risk under a five-year programme costing VND516 billion.

EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10-20 (daily updated)

 Updated information about cultural events in major cities of Vietnam.

Smuggling a ‘national disease'

VietNamNet Bridge – Smuggling had become a national disease and operations had become increasingly complex, Nguyen Trong Tin, deputy head of the Market Watch Department.

Automobile imports surge to five-year high

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam spent US$1.1 billion on auto imports during the first 10 months of the year, nearly doubling 2013's figure and registering the highest level over the last five years.

HCM City Catholic youth with free musical shows

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMC Catholic Youth Group has launched a project to perform Broadway-styled musical The Eternal Lamb (Con Chien Khong Moi) for free starting from December 20.

Teacher gives students lessons in life skills

 VietNamNet Bridge – Le Trung Thuc has adopted dozens of disadvantaged students and helped them change their lives for the better.

Student represents Viet Nam to the world

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cao Thi Thanh Huyen was the first Vietnamese student to attend the European Forum Alpbach, the Global Entrepreneurship Summer School and, most recently, the Clinton Global Initiative University.

Artist restores traditional values through paper

 VietNamNet Bridge – Artist Phan Hai Bang, who created a very special type of paper called truc chi, is now working with his team to bring back what he calls "old values" in a really big way.

NFSC: Debt insolvency impossible

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly (NA) deputies are concerned about soaring public debts.

RoK to provide simulated nuclear reactor model for Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat University in Central Highlands Lam Dong Province will receive simulated equipment for nuclear education donated by the Republic of Korea (RoK) later this month.

Vietnam ready for ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet

 Vietnam is fully prepared for the upcoming 24th ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet, the 15th ASEAN Conference of Army Commanders and the 4th Conference of ASEAN Senior Non-Commissioned Officers, a military officer announced.

Photos: The cemetery of 7,000 aborted fetuses in Dong Nai

 VietNamNet Bridge - Over the past four years, priest Nguyen Van Tich and volunteers have buried nearly 7,500 abandoned human fetuses in a 200m2 cemetery in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.

SOE equitization to depend heavily on private capital

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of big state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are eagerly awaiting significant cash injections from private Vietnamese businesses to carry out their equitization plans.

Experts discuss Vietnam's approval of GM corn varieties

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Vietnam, and around the world, scientists still debate the possible impacts of genetically modified (GM) crops on the environment and human health.

K-pop girl band T-ara to perform in HCMC in January 2015

 VietNamNet Bridge - South Korean girl band T-ara will perform at the Lan Anh stage in Ho Chi Minh City on January 10 next year.

Slow site clearance deters investors

VietNamNet Bridge – Land clearance remains one of the biggest obstacles for many big foreign direct investment projects.

Visiting first-class cave in Son La

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Moc Huong Cave, also known as Bat Cave, is said to be the most beautiful cave in Son La Province. It is a natural rock cave located northeast of Moc Chau District.

HIV treatment to be privatised

 VietNamNet Bridge – A programme to privatise HIV prevention and treatment and foster growth of a viable commercial market for HIV-related goods was launched in HCM City last week.

Traditional jobs disappear from marketplace

VietNamNet Bridge – Many traditional professions, like clerks and secretaries, will disappear or be replaced by computers or automated processes.