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Buddhist woodblocks to receive World Heritage certificate this week

  VietNamNet Bridge - The welcome ceremony of the UNESCO’s World Documentary Heritage certificate for the Buddhist woodblocks of Vinh Nghiem Pagoda is being held on October 6 in Bac Giang Province.

Photos of war displayed in Paris

VietNamNet Bridge –As many as 100 photos taken by the Pulitzer-prize winning photographer Nick Ut showcasing images of war and peace in Viet Nam have gone on display in Paris.

Worst measles epidemic hits Australia's New South Wales

 Australia's New South Wales (NSW) is experiencing the state's worst measles epidemic in 14 years and people need to protect themselves and get vaccinated, the NSW Ministry of Health (NSW Health) warned Thursday.

Vietnam jumps 6 places in FIFA rankings

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s men’s football team has advanced six positions to 140th in the latest FIFA rankings.

Minh made good start at Chinese Taipei Open

VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh successfully defeated underdog World No.91 Wei Nan from Hong Kong, China in his first match of the 2012 Chinese Taipei Open on October 3.

Italian futsal team to play in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Italian futsal (indoor football) team will participate in an international tournament to be held in HCM City later this month.

Syria's Aleppo beset by multiple blasts, tension heightens on borders with Turkey

Syria's crucial northern Aleppo province was struck Wednesday with a spate of blasts that killed at least 34 people, official reports said, as the tension has gotten high on the northern frontier with Turkey

Ho Chi Minh’s “Prison Diary” becomes national treasure

 VietNamNet Bridge – Besides antiques and many historical artifacts, the "Prison Diary" by President Ho Chi Minh is also on the list of 30 national treasures.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 4/10

 VUFO helps Belgian NGOs in Vietnam; PM to attend ASEM Labour and Employment Ministers Conference; India keen on Vietnam’s aquaculture experience; VN, Hungary vow to boost cooperation

Reporter suspended for fabricating “the affair between man and his daughter-in-law”

  VietNamNet Bridge – A reporter of the Voice of Vietnam’s (VOV) online newspaper has been suspended from press operations indefinitely and is arranged another job for reporting false information.

Obama and Romney take stage for first debate

US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took to the stage Wednesday and shook hands before the first of three televised presidential debates.

Bad debts from gold loans warned

The ratio of bad debt on the total outstanding loans in gold has been increasing rapidly, experts have warned.

Ministries vow to tighten control over industrial waste water

A lot of solutions to the industrial waste water management have been suggested, but the hazardous waste still has been discharged directly into the environment.

Vietnam committed to active participation in ASEP forum

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam National Assembly (NA) will actively participate in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP) forum as it is part of the Asia-Europe connectivity process.

Four students hospitalized for taking cough medicine as drug

Hearing that taking Recotus cough medicine would achieve organism, 20 students of a secondary school in District 2, HCM City, took the medicine during class. Four of them were hospitalized in a state of anxiety, drowsiness, and trembling limbs.

Educators and students face generation gap in aestheticism

High schools prohibit students going to school in figure hugging clothes or with flashy makeup. Meanwhile, students believe that wearing fashionable clothes is “a part of the life.”

Song Tranh 2 dam acceptance lacks strictness

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Song Tranh 2 hydropower project met design requirements but construction of the gaps allowing water to seep through them without affecting the dam was not guaranteed and the project acceptance was not strict enough.

Selling rice to buy iPhone, Vietnam nurtures hi-tech dream

The title of the king in farm produce export still cannot help Vietnam fulfill its dream of developing high technologies to serve the modernization.

The stories about retired high-ranking officials who still work

The high-ranking officials take jobs at businesses after their retirement from state management agencies not because they need money, but simply because they crave for work.

Boat service fees in Halong Bay almost double

Quang Ninh Province’s decision of imposing a price hike of nearly 100% on boat transport and overnight accommodation services in Halong Bay in this year’s fourth quarter has met with strong reactions from travel firms.