Typhoon Koppu has weakened after battering the northern Philippines on Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Passengers causing violent disturbances in airports, flights and control centres will be banned from air travel for life, a new Government decree on aviation security states.

 German-backed Siemens AG Group will expand its business in Vietnam in many sectors.

 The 2015 Vietnam International Judo Championship kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on October 17 with the competition of 159 foreign martial artists. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has called for strengthened inspection and severe penalties towards seriously polluting businesses.

 Saiful Nizam sneaked a winner a minute from time for Malaysia to beat Vietnam 6-5 and take the bronze at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championship in Bangkok on October 16.

 The Football Channel Asia has chosen Vietnamese striker Ha Duc Chinh as one of the five best U19 players in the Southeast Asian region. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A monkey bit a tourist on Saturday morning while a group of students visited the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

 Vietnam has seen a boom in exports and imports with its strong economic growth, but due to weak logistics it has been losing a considerable portion of its wealth. 

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to have 4 million additional numbers with the prefixes "086", "087", "088" and "089" serving the domestic market.

 Bitel telecommunication service provider, the Peru branch of Vietnam’s military-run telecom group Viettel, will invest an additional 250 million USD to increase its subscribers to 2.5 million people.

 About 10,000 labourers working as tourism service suppliers and fishermen along Sam Son Beach in Thanh Hoa Province, are concerned that they would likely lose their jobs if a project to upgrade the beach gets approval.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawyers representing Vietnamese-French Agent Orange victim Tran To Nga in a lawsuit against 26 US chemical companies said the defendant continued to make irrational requests in order to prolong the case.

 The General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP), in co-ordination with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Saturday launched the campaign, "Stop gender discrimination, stop gender-biased sex selection".

VietNamNet Bridge - The state’s call for investment in infrastructure projects has received an active response from private investors, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) report to the Ministry of Transport.

 High-ranking military officers of Vietnam and Laos have reviewed the implementation of cooperation programmes between the two countries’ armies at talks in Hanoi on October 17.

 Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh said ASEAN and China should put in place cooperative mechanisms to realise their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea and in the region.

 As an active and responsible member of international community, Vietnam supports law enforcement at national and international level in line with principles of the United Nations (UN) Charter, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga.

 Lawmakers on the last day of the 42nd National Assembly Standing Committee on October 16 agreed that unlawful residency registration and marriage registration would no longer be punishable under the penal code.

 Le Thanh Hai remains HCM City Party Committee Secretary pending the 12th National Party Congress and fresh elections to all Politburo posts even as other leaders were elected at the city's five-day Party Congress that closed on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 ‘hot spots’ with plant protection residues in 15 cities have been found, threatening local people, domestic animals and the environment. 

The Vietnam Tax Consultants Association (VTCA) has completed the draft on the new tax policy for information technology (IT) firms as assigned by the government. It plans to give more tax incentives to encourage the development of the industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan last week talked about the election of officials of under 40 years old to the key positions at the Party Congress of Da Nang and Kien Giang.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), talks about the recovery in the tourism sector over recent months and its targets for the remainder of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On September 14, 2015, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 78/2013/ND-CP guiding the 2014 Enterprise Law about enterprise registration.