Paris seminar highlights investment in Vietnam; Vietnamese footwear industry heads for record year; Gazprom discusses oil, gas ties with VN; VN company wins regional award for best cocoa

 VietNamNet Bridge – The schedule for Group A at the SEA Games has been changed after the Philippines confirmed that their squad would not participate.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has licensed 1997 Miss Sports Vietnam Tran Thi Quynh to represent the country at the 2013 Mrs. World pageant in China on November 14–23.

About 70 people in Hai Thanh commune, Tinh Gia district of Thanh Hoa province gathered at the provincial police headquarters on November 7, asking the police to explain why their two dried anchovy trucks were seized.

VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Dam Vinh Hung has faced public criticism and asked to change his behaviour after dressing up as the "doctor-killer" who dumped a body in the Red River for Halloween.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank (WB) will provide 100 million USD to help Vietnam implement the Fostering Innovation through Research, Science and Technology (FIRST) project which was inaugurated on November 7.

 One person was already confirmed dead in southern Philippines as Super Typhoon Haiyan (local codename: Yolanda) further barreled through the eastern and central Philippines on Friday, local authorities said.

 A South Korean container ship nearly sank after it collided with the Marshall-Island cargo vessel Eleni off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province last night. No casualties were reported.

The water levels in the Huong and Bo rivers in Hue City were approximately at the 3rd alarming level yesterday, causing flooding in Hue City, Quang Dien district and Huong Tra town.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam had made many achievements in ensuring human rights in civil affairs, politics, economics, culture and society which had been recognised by the international community.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Magic Flute, one of the greatest works of 18th-century musical prodigy W.A. Mozart, will be staged in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on November 9 and 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese marksmen on November 7 pocketed two gold medals at the ongoing 2013 Southeast Asian Shooting Championships (SEASA) taking place in Malaysia.

 Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beat the host nation’s favourite Go Hyun 7-6 in their November 6 match at the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) B1 Group Tournament in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

 At least 125,604 people have evacuated to safe places as typhoon "Haiyan", believed to be the strongest cyclone of this year in the world, made a landfall over Guiuan municipality in eastern Samar of the Philippines Friday morning.

 Human rights major priority for Viet Nam; Hanoi to host int’l East Sea seminar; Vietnam becomes 81st signatory to UNCAT; Namibia President to visit Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many cultural and sport activities in rivers will be held by HCMC to attract tourists and the city will call for investments to build piers and wharves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Haiyan, the most powerful storm in the past decade, is moving quickly towards the East Sea and is forecast to pound central coastal provinces on November 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should blame itself for a series of transfer pricing cases found recently.

VietNamNet Bridge – Most lawmakers agreed the number of corruption cases brought before the public's eye was merely a drop in the ocean, and current anti-corruption measures were not strict enough to serve as effective deterrents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The world over, festivals have been transmitters, preservers and developers of culture through generations. What's more, they are fun events that almost everyone looks forward to.