VietNamNet Bridge - Miss Ocean Dang Thu Thao left Vietnam to Japan for the Miss International 2014 beauty contest yesterday, October 27.

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 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reiterated that Vietnam always rolls out the welcome mat for Indian investors and provides all possible assistance for them.

The Governor of Saitama Prefecture of Japan, Kiyoshi Ueda, was received by To Huy Rua, Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group, on October 27.

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) on October 27 announced results of the implementation of a program to introduce 30 leading technology companies to the world.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Japanese coach of Viet Nam's national football team, Toshyia Miura, says that fitness and tactics will be his priorities in a 10-day training camp in the southern province of Binh Duong.

 Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished fourth with six points at the Spice Cup 2014, which concluded in Missouri in the United States yesterday morning (Ha Noi time).

 Registered capital into HCM City's Sai Gon Hi-tech Park (SHTP) has exceeded US$4 billion for 67 projects, according to the SHTP's management board.

 Trading firm Itochu will invest in the Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), ahead of a potential free-trade agreement that could boost Vietnamese exports, according to Nikkei Asian Review.

 Several international and private schools in Hanoi charge very high tuition fees, sometimes reaching the hundreds of millions of VND per year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Feeling Japan" is the theme of a festival that opened in HCM City yesterday, Oct 26, giving thousands of visitors, mostly young folks, a taste of Japanese culture.

VietNamNet Bridge – Illegal logging and gold mining are threatening to destroy Kim Hy Nature Reserve in this northern province in spite of local authorities' prevention efforts. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A screening of work by young Vietnamese filmmakers spotlights new trends in creative documentary production.

 The arrest of a senior banking official late last week, the second in as many years, dragged down shares on both stock exchanges yesterday as investors tried to avert downward risks by selling more shares.

  A man died on Sunday after falling from a cable he made himself to cross Krong Ana River in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak's Hoa Le commune.

Just days after news about a VND33 billion (US$1.55 million) sale of the popular website haivl.com emerged, authorities decided last Friday to shut the site down over serious violations of electronic information regulations.

The Ministry of Transport has asked the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam to reconsider the evaluation criteria used to determine the quality of services at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) is seeking partners to sell a number of expressways such as Cau Gie - Ninh Binh and Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh.

 National Assembly deputies yesterday agreed that the Civil Code should be revised to better regulate changes that have taken place in the society since it was introduced nine years ago.

Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjihi pushed for stronger co-operation with Vietnam in farming, fisheries, food processing, education and tourism at a meeting with visiting Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday.