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Badminton star drops in global rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has dropped one step to 11th place in the latest world rankings, announced by the World Badminton Federation.

The girl who takes photos of homosexual love

Spending more than a year with same-sex couples, Maika has grasped many impressive moments about them. After she completed the photo collection, some people asked Maika whether she “belongs to that world?”

Russia, Vietnam need to preserve traditional ties

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has emphasised that the leaders and people of both Russia and Vietnam have to share the task of maintaining and promoting valuable, close and fraternal traditional ties

Hue imperial city’s Noon Gate to get a facelift

 VietNamNet Bridge – The People's Committee of central Thua Thien - Hue province has given the nod to a three-year project on preservation and renovation of Ngo Mon (Noon Gate), an iconic symbol of the former royal city of Hue.

S&P loses landmark Australian derivatives case

Standard & Poor's lost a landmark case in Australia Monday over top-flight ratings given to financial products that collapsed in the build-up to the 2008 global economic crisis. 

Two youth held in custody for anti-state propaganda

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dinh Nguyen Kha from Long An Province and Nguyen Phuong Uyen from Binh Thuan Province are being held in custody for four months in connection with indulging in anti-state propaganda.

HCM City readies to host anthropology film fest

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will host its first ever international anthropological film festival, organisers have announced.  

Veteran composer tells tales in Ha Noi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Composer Duong Thu will perform in concert at the Ha Noi Opera House on November 9-10 to narrate his stories through music.

Northern cities, provinces to participate in National Tourism Year 2013

Eleven Red River Delta cities and provinces will take part in National Tourism Year 2013 on the theme “Red River Civilization” and activities scheduled to take place during the year will be officially announced in January 2013.

Vietnam beat Malaysia in friendly

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam won 1-0 over Malaysia in a friendly match on Saturday at Ha Noi's My Dinh National Stadium.

Tens of thousands lose housing in US superstorm

 New York confronted a growing housing crisis on Sunday with tens of thousands left homeless by superstorm Sandy as temperatures plunged and giant queues built up for fuel.

Recent storm causes losses over VND7,000 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – Storm Son Tinh caused more than VND6,000 billion in losses for agricultural production and around VND1,274 billion in the aquaculture sector.

Protesting China’s speedy construction of “Sansha City”

VietNamNet Bridge – China has seriously violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. 

Explosive device goes off near UN hotel in Syrian capital

 An explosive device on Sunday ripped through a garage in front of Dama Rose hotel in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where a UN political office is housed, witnesses told Xinhua.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 5/11

 ASEM 9 promotes peace, partnership and prosperity; Danish Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; Uruguay Vice President to visit Vietnam; Uruguay Vice President to visit Vietnam

ASEM: A strong partnership for peace and prosperity

The 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM9) opens today in Vientiane, Laos. On this occasion, we would like to introduce the statement by President of the European Council and President of the European Commission at the meeting.

Vietnam, Bangladesh issue joint communiqué

 Vietnam and Bangladesh has issued a joint communique at the end of a three-day official visit by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 4, affirming their determination to bring bilateral relations to a new height.

“King of elephants” Ama Kong died at 102

 VietNamNet Bridge – At around 2pm on November 3, the legendary man of the Central Highlands died at his home in Tri A village, Krong Ana commune, Buon Don district, Dak Lak province.

Powerful Dang family’s upheavals create big changes in stock market

The stock market last week witnessed big fluctuations with rapid fire information about the Dang family, one of the most powerful families in the Vietnamese business circle.

The museum that still doesn’t have space for specimen displays

The Vietnam National Museum of Nature was established in March 2006. However, it’s still unclear when the museum takes shape and receives visitors.