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Many foreign television channels to stop broadcasting in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge - Many foreign channels of pay TV services in Vietnam which are not edited and translated into Vietnamese will not be licensed to broadcast in the near future.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 21/11

  Vietnam bags 5 gold medals at ASEAN Skill Competition; Substandard petrol found in Dong Nai; Hanoi to host Green Food Fair; Pesticide use falls within safety margins

Number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths continue to fall in 2011

 The 2011 witnessed a worldwide decrease in both number of new HIV infections and number of AIDS-related deaths, a United Nations report launched here reported on Tuesday.

Liem cherishes hope at UAE Chess Champs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s international GM Le Quang Liem defeated Constantin Lupupescu of Romania at the Fujairah International Chess Championship on November 20, raising fresh hope for the top title.

SPORTS IN BRIEF 21/11

  U22s beat Chonburi for BTV Cup; Top teams gear up for cycling tourney; Start gun fired on shooting champs

Venerating teachers is the students’ obligation?

A high percentage of Vietnamese students nowadays believe that teachers need to be grateful to them, because they bring money to teachers which can feed teachers’ families.

Gaza death toll climbs to 130 after 8 killed in Israeli airstrikes

 Eight Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in the ongoing intensive Israeli war jets airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said.

Vietnamese short films introduced in the US

VietNamNet Bridge – Hong Anh, a famous actress and three young film directors are now in the US to introduce Vietnamese short films at 10 universities.

Six laws passed by NA

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fourth session of the 13 th National Assembly passed six laws during the November 20 sitting.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 21/11

 PM meets with New Zealand counterpart; Viet Nam, Sri Lanka boost defence links; HCM City leaders visit Cambodia

Victims of Hurricane Sandy forgotten in Haiti

 Hurricane Sandy, the deadly storm that slammed into New York and New Jersey in October, tore through the Caribbean long before reaching America -- and in Haiti, many still await help.

Hoi An: walking in the footsteps of history

 Hoi An has been trading with the outside world since almost the 15th century.  Once one of the busiest ports in all of South East Asia, the docksides of this relatively small central Vietnamese town

Gov promises to focus on stock clearance, but businesses still keep insecure

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) keeps optimistic about the industrial inventories, saying that the inventory index has been on the decline. However, the indexes remain sky high at over 40 percent in some industries.

Summit fosters regional co-operation

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of ASEAN member countries and the association's partners gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday, Nov 20, for the 7th East Asia Summit (EAS).

Vietnamese ao dai introduced in Japan

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Fashion of the Miss Earth 2007 pageant Truong Tri Truc Diem and famous fashion designer Si Hoang were invited to participate in the Asian Fashion Exchange that took place from November 16 to 20 in Japan.

Online marketing believed to outdo traditional advertisements

The four channels of online marketing are believed to become the bigger choice than other advertisement modes, under which ad fees are charged based on the real time use (weekly, monthly or yearly).

A series of women go missing in one village

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 100 H’mong girls in Pho village, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province have mysteriously disappeared. It is suspected that they were trafficked to China. Even children of local officials also went missing.

HIV children shunned by society

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite receiving adequate education and health services, the overwhelming majority of Viet Nam's 457,691 children affected by HIV/AIDS are still blocked from fully integrating with society.

VN to impose strict regulations on exporters to "polish" Vietnam’s cashew nuts

The cashew industry may become the second sector in Vietnam, together with rice, which applies strict regulations in order to strengthen the Vietnamese cashew nut’s competitiveness in the world market.

Vietnam still doesn’t have national standards on hydropower plants

The lack of the national standards on hydropower plants has led to the development of unsafe hydropower plants. Scientists have said 80-90 percent of small and medium dams need to be verified in their safety.