The Philippine Government strongly protests China’s construction and operation of two lighthouses on artificial islands in the East Sea, the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs said on October 19. 

 Thirty-three enterprises pick up awards at Vietnam ITO Conference 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Smoke from burning stacks of straw and waste in fields on the outskirts of Hanoi occurs annually, causing risks to people's health and traffic safety.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped up five places to No 1045 in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals' world rankings.

 International fashion designers attending the second Viet Nam International Fashion Week last week have been raving about the creativity and energy they see in this country.

  Viet Nam and Austria will step up bilateral co-operation in transport projects, and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experiences in the transport sector.

 HCM City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport faces the risk of closure as flooding threatens a power station supplying electricity to air traffic control facilities.

 Tata Steel is set to announce later that 1,200 jobs are being cut at its plants in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.

VietNamNet Bridge - The service fees set by Uber and Grab are 30-50 percent lower than that offered by traditional taxi firms, according to Nguyen Van Thanh, Chairman of the Vietnam Transport Association.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lively and beautiful "underworld" of the caves of Thien Duong (Heaven), Phong Nha or Bich Dong - Tam Coc can surprise any visitor.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has designated Anoa Suzanne Dussol, President and CEO of An Hoa Tourism Company as Vietnam Tourism Ambassador to France.

 Hundreds of South Koreans are travelling to the North for a rare reunion with family members whom they were separated from by the Korean War.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The second runner-up of Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2015, model Nguyen Thi Le Quyen, is now in Thailand to attend the Miss Grand International 2015.

 Adding three more gold medals to her tally, Army swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien powered her way to 16 gold medals at the National Swimming Championships on the concluding day on October 19. 

 Hai Au Airlines, a private air carrier, has offered seaplane tours between Hanoi and Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province to more than 3,500 domestic and foreign passengers since the service debuted in October last year. 

 Recent tensions in the East Sea, disputes over sea and island sovereignty, and the employment of international law were discussed at a recent seminar in Lorient, in France’s Bretagne region. 

 A pilot labour inspection campaign in the apparel industry uncovered 1,786 violations at 152 businesses in 12 cities and provinces across the country, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. 

 The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s police and authorised Vietnamese agencies recently arrested 34 people involved in a phone scam ring, including 31 RoK nationals, two Vietnamese and one Chinese. 

 President Truong Tan Sang assured all possible support to new Ambassadors of Belgium, Finland, Switzerland, the European Union, Ireland and Iran during separate receptions in Hanoi on October 19. 

 Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni began his leisure tour of Vietnam on October 19-22 at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Truong Tan Sang. 

 The National Assembly, the 13th tenure, opened its 10th session and the last in 2015, in a live broadcast ceremony at Dien Hong Hall, the National Assembly House, in Hanoi on October 20. 

 Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang held talks with Chinese Minister of State Security Geng Huichang in Hanoi on October 19. 

 The Vietnam Foreign Ministry and the US state of Oregon signed a letter of intent in Hanoi on October 19. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese supermodel Ha Anh will participate in the Miss Global pageant again, in the role of a jury member, instead of a host, as she did in 2013 in the USA.

VietNamNet Bridge – Discarded coconut shells and flowerpots in the garden in front as well as the backyard of Tran Van Tho's house in Binh Duong Province's An Phu Ward contained a lot of mosquito larvae after rains in the previous two days.