VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi authorities have ordered a comprehensive inspection on the use and management of protection forest in Minh Phu and Minh Tri communes in Soc Son District to tackle long-standing violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam received 11.6 million international tourists during the first nine months of this year, an increase of 22.9 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Huu Ngoc was born and raised in Hanoi, but it wasn’t until he left the city in 1946 to join the national resistance war against the French that he realised just how much he loved his hometown.

 The tourism sector has now entered its peak season of the year, beginning this month and lasting until April next year.

 Van Don International Airport in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh is slated to receive its first flight on December 25, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VietNamNet Bridge - The strong flow of FDI is expected to trigger a new investment wave into the industrial real estate sector.

 Employees at State-run businesses earn the highest monthly salary of VND11.92 million on average, while the income of workers at foreign-invested and private enterprises is the lowest.

 Revenue from vegetable and fruit exports has reached more than US$3.1 billion so far, up 17.1% year-on-year and outstripping crude oil export earnings for the first time, Lao Dong newspaper reported.

 The government of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 13 held a conference to gather opinions on a zoning plan to construct the Bach Ma ecological resort complex, coupled with two cable-car systems on the Bach Ma Range.

 The Dong Nai government is intent on shutting down Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park, which is considered the main cause of the pollution on the Dong Nai River. 

 The bat, it could be said, will be fluttering back to the Saigon Opera House for a single display on Sunday, October 28.

 Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has voiced concern over the complicated development of hand-foot-mouth disease in the coming days if preventive measures are not effectively adopted.

HCM City’s Party Committee wraps up 18th meeting, Vietnam, Mongolia to strengthen cooperation in crime combat, Acting President hosts newly-appointed ambassadors from EU countries

 A tiny Android smartphone designed to be a "companion phone" to a full-sized device has been launched in the US - using the brand name Palm.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Danang Department of Tourism on October 15 launched a campaign encouraging students to serve as volunteers at tourist attractions.

 A silk painting titled “Tonkinoise à l’éventail” (Tonkin girl with a fan) by Nguyen Nam Son (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, will be auctioned in Paris.

22-year-old Ngo Van Det, student from the Technology Department of Pham Van Dong University successfully developed a low cost ‘robotic hand’ for handicapped people.

 Vietnamese Prime Minister has given the green light to project of building three hospitals in the gate into Ho Chi Minh City with total investment of VND5,600 billion ($240 million)

 The online video streaming service YouTube is up and running again after an outage lasting almost two hours.

Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd. (NSC) won the first prize at an international contest for the planning design with a scale of 1/5000 in Can Gio district.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam must work closer together to make the shift to using more renewable energy.

 The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has agreed to allow the Lac Duong district to host the Second Lang Biang Pink Grass Festival 2018, which is scheduled to begin in late November.

 For the first time, the famous choreographer of the English National Ballet Theatre, Le Ngoc Van, has choreographed two famous works, "Bolero" and "Suite en Blanc", for a ballet night at the Hanoi Opera House on October 17 and 18.

 Japanese director and writer Kohei Oguri, known for Muddy River and The Sting of Death, will be the chief juror of feature films at the 2018 Hanoi International Film Festival.