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Fencers pocket seventh gold medal at Asian Champs

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam won their sixth and seventh gold medals in the Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Championship after winning team events on the fourth day on November 15. 

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 16/11

  Vietnam, Hungary open-up traditional ties; Party chief congratulates new Chinese leader; Iowa gives high priority to relations with Vietnam; Laos awards Issara Order to Vietnamese officials

Thanh adds to medal tally at championships

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ha Thanh added one silver and one bronze to Viet Nam's medal haul at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships which are ongoing in Fujian Province, China.

Nobel Laureate to speak in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Professor Roger B. Myerson, a 2007 Nobel Laureate for Economics, arrived in Hanoi on November 14 for the 4th ASEAN event “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace”.

BP agrees to pay over $4.5 bn in US fines

 British energy giant BP said Thursday it had agreed to pay more than $4.5 billion in US fines related to the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including a record $4.0 billion to settle criminal claims.

NA deputies support higher wages for State employees

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 90 per cent of NA deputies endorsed a draft resolution on State budget collection and allocation for 2013 in which 10 per cent will be set aside to raise wages for State employees.

European equities retreat as eurozone tips into recession

 Europe's main stock markets retreated on Thursday following news that the 17-nation eurozone economy fell into recession in the third quarter as a result of the region's sovereign debt crisis, dealers said.

US$3,000 insufficient to revive businesses

The bailouts worth tens of trillions of dong sound very imposing. However, they are still insufficient enough to rescue businesses.

Vietnam enhances defence ties with ASEAN members

Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has extended congratulations on Cambodia’s fine performance as ASEAN Chair in 2012 and successful organisation of ASEAN related meetings, including the ADMM.

Mobile shops a hit with workers

The trend of opening mini-marts and mobile stores to sell stabilised-price goods at HCM City's export-processing and industrial zones has been popular with workers and, at the same time, has helped companies reduce their inventories.

Imports get stuck because of no label on energy saving

VietNamNet Bridge – Electronics and refrigeration enterprises fear that from January 1, 2013, their refrigerators and air conditioners would not be launched into the market because of the delay in energy saving labeling.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 16/11

 Plainclothes police to catch traffic violators; HCM City to drive south-east growth; Sales of imported flu vaccine suspended; Trafficked babies rescued, gang held

ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 16/11

 Duo d’Accord comes to town; Japanese film week in Phan Thiet; Local talent vies for beauty crown; Vinh Long hosts jam-packed music fest 

Transport contractors cry because they cannot use up 4 trillion dong a month

The requirement that contractors have to spend all the monthly disbursement in full, about 4 trillion dong a month, which was thought to be applauded by contractors, has turned out to be a big problem for them.

Lack of money, Hanoi FC to be absent from V-League 2013

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Club’s absence from and Dong Thap FC’s plan to buy the card of Navibank Saigon at the 2013 V-League are the latest move of Vietnam’s football.

Cruel tricks of Saigon bandits

VietNamNet Bridge - What are the usual tricks of robbers and how should people do to avoid becoming a victim?

HCM City: air monitoring system gets paralyzed

The most important air monitory equipment in HCM City have, one after another, got “retired” after a long working period.

Trekking to highlands, sleeping in trees

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 15 kilometers from Dalat City, Nui Voi-Da Tien Tourist Area in my opinion is a paradise for travelers, as it is unlike any tourist areas in the city of mist and pine trees.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 16/11

Bank finances Peru oil project; Vinacomin gets $300 million loan for building Tan Rai project; Cashew export looks to set new record; Regulations on foreign trade representative offices; Carlsberg gets a boost from Habeco

C.bank’s Binh admits bad debt surge, downplays gold rise

Central bank governor Nguyen Van Binh, speaking at the National Assembly Q&A session in Hanoi on Tuesday, acknowledged a worrying uptick in bad debt in the banking system but downplayed the widening difference