Reports about three new species of the ginger family – Newmania cristata, Newmania gracilis and Newmania sontraensis (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) – found in central Vietnam were officially published by Phytotaxa (a botany journal) 

 Hanoi’s craft streets and villages are featured at a photo exhibition being held at the Temple of Literature.

About 350 km away from HCM City, Vinh Hy Bay in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan a paradise awaits you. Here, are untouched beaches with crystal blue water, white sands and beautiful coral reef.

 The People’s Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on October 9 approved a project to build two additional speedboats to connect Vung Tau and Con Dao Island, the local media reported.

 As part of their Southeast Asia tour, German band Isolation Berlin will perform at several venues in major cities of Vietnam from November 1 to November 10.

VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi and HCMC each year between 2018 and 2020 will receive 110,000 new households, adding to the demand for houses and apartments.

 Painter Nguyen Thanh will hold an exhibition reflecting environmental issues titled “The Mask” at VICAS Art Studio in Hanoi from October 11 to November 4.

The HCMC People’s Committee has announced its e-government architecture, which is expected to create favorable conditions for departments and relevant agencies to develop IT solutions to offer smart public services to its citizens and enterprises.

 Binh Thuan dragon fruit has seen its prices plummet to VND500-VND1,000 a kilo now from VND25,000 two weeks ago, sending farmers to a fresh but repeated agony. 

Vietnam CEO Forum 2018, an annual event for Vietnamese chief executive officers, is set to kick off on October 24 in HCMC. 

 The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee yesterday announced the official electronic government structure of the city.

 HCM City People’s Committee asked the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to work with local administrations to enhance supervision on environment violations issuing stiff penalties on violators.

 A cab driver of Mai Linh Corporation helped a pregnant woman to deliver a baby in his cab while they were on the way to the nearby hospital on Monday.

 BKAV launches two new smartphone versions on October 10.

This year, all 38 students of 7 teams who took part in regional and international Olympiads won medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze medals.

 The HCM City property market has witnessed robust growth in various segments, such as retail space, offices, serviced apartments and hotels, according to property consultancy Savills Vietnam.

Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and leaders of other Greater Mekong Subregion countries attended the Mekong-Japan Business Forum held in Tokyo on October 9 with the participation of about 600 enterprises from the GMS nations and Japan.

 One of the most comprehensive studies of the state of banking and markets since the financial crisis warns that "dangerous undercurrents" are a rising threat to the world economy.

 Hurricane Michael has been upgraded to an "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm, hours before it is due to make landfall in Florida.

 Most investment funds in Viet Nam’s equity market have recorded modest gains and were beaten by the growth of the benchmark VN-Index in the past three quarters.

 Priority will be given to building anti-flooding works first in the expansion project of Tan Son Nhat international airport in HCM City, under a new plan approved recently by the Ministry of Transport.

 A billboard offering 5.3sq.m of land for VND20 billion (US$870,000) that hung on Nguyen Van Huyen Street, Cau Giay District, at the end of last month was yet more proof of Ha Noi’s urban planning problems.

 The price hike of pork is causing a headache for management bodies as it poses a risk of increasing imported pork in the domestic market.

Visiting Hoang Su Phi during this time of year will leave visitors to be overwhelmed by the fairytale-esque yellow terraced fields.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Toll stations on roads built under Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) contracts could be closed if investors behind the projects delayed repairs,