At least 15 countries give husbands the power to prevent their wives from working, the World Bank said in a report on gender equality in business.

 Former Italian soccer star Fabio Cannavaro will be in Vietnam to attend the Tiger Street Football 2013 tournament.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced the new rankings on Tuesday, in which Vietnam’s leading junior player Ly Hoang Nam jumped 23 spots up after entering the quarter finals of the China Junior 15 Xiamen.

VietNamNet Bridge –  In its latest bulletin, the National Assembly’s Economics Committee pointed out that big problems still exist in the gold market management.

 September CPI up 1.06%; Saigon Co.op listed among top 500 Asian retailers; Vietnamese business forums to be held in Paris, Milan; Nine-month ODA disbursement hits US$3.1 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – In Xach Ba Lo Len va Di (Take a Backpack and Go), Nguyen Thi Khanh Huyen describes her "unbelievable" two-year trip through Asia and Africa on a budget of US$700.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lack of Russian-speaking travel staff and tour guides is one of the impediments to attracting Russian visitors to the country, heard the Vietnam-Russia Tourism Cooperation and Development Conference in HCMC last week.

 Vietnam attaches great importance to its defence cooperation with France as the two countries have seen important developments in all fields such as delegation exchange, training, army medicine and defence industry, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has summoned top striker Cong Vinh, who is now in Japan, for the upcoming match in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recent statistics have shown Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) and Viettel are dominating the country's telecommunications sector.

India attached much importance to fostering relations with Viet Nam, especially in defence, because it was viewed as India's top partner in the Southeast Asia region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Hunters” no longer catch one or several wild birds by using traps. Now they use nets to trap tens or hundreds of birds once.

People in the central region and Central Highlands have overcome the heavy floods, but they have to struggle hard to prevent epidemics which may break out in just some days as the environment and the water resources have got seriously polluted.

A lot of schools have been trying to upgrade their facilities and teaching quality to be recognized as national standard schools. However, their efforts have been in vain because of the overly high numbers of students.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Health will continue to carry out inspections on the use of foreign doctors at private health clinics and illegal touts outside hospitals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State Securities Commission has submitted to the government the plan on raising the ceiling foreign ownership ratio, which aims to encourage the transactions on the stock market.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training (DoET) has stated that public schools in the city can not collect any other fees besides ones that are clearly regulated, in a bid to put an end to overcharging.

 The death toll from the recent two devastating storms in Mexico has jumped to 130, after more bodies were found from a landslide, authorities said Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged Viet Nam to beef up administrative efforts to manage over 90 non-native species posing threats to the national ecosystem and biodiversity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A selection of films by well-known directors as well as surprising successes by young filmmakers that gained attention at other international film festivals will be shown at the German Film Festival in HCM City