Thailand ended Vietnam's hopes with a crushing 0-6 victory in the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championship in Bangkok on October 14.

 Renowned Japanese designer Kenzo Takada will join Vietnam International Fashion Week in Gem Centre, Ho Chi Minh City on October 14-18.

The Central Vietnam owns vast tourism potential thanks to its prominent heritage. Connecting the region's heritage for a Central Viet Nam heritage route is an excellent idea, said General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G performed in a one-night only concert at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on October 13 as part of his Asian tour to promote his latest album “ Brazilian Nights.”

Model Tran Ngoc Lan Khue is urgently preparing for the 2015 Miss World Pageant, which will take place in November in China.

 A breathtakingly beautiful photo entitled ‘Alone at Sunset’ of photographer Hoang Hai Thinh has won a bronze medal at the prestigious Sydney International Exhibition of Photography.

Vietnam is keen to learn from Japan’s experience in information technology (IT) as the country boasts strength in this field, said President of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association Truong Gia Binh.

 The telecommunications and information technology sectors have been the leading corporate taxpayers on a list of 1,000 leading corporations, accounting for 18 % of total tax payments this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is striving to export its products directly to all large distribution chains in Europe, North America, South East Asia and North East Asia under free trade agreements it has signed.

 NA Standing Committee discusses draft laws, Central Enterprises Bloc holds Party Congress, Party Organisation of Central Agencies Bloc opens 12th congress, Assembly mulls role of People's Procuracy

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Nguyen Phu Trong, hailed the city's achievements in reaching targets for the 2010-15 period set by its Party Congress.

 President Truong Tan Sang hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 14 for a Japanese business delegation who are in Vietnam to attend the Vietnam-Japan economic forum held the same day. 

VietNamNet Bridge - History teachers were shocked when they could not find history on the list of subjects for the general school basic curriculum.

Vietnamese investors can transfer 5 % of their overseas projects' values in foreign currency and not more than US$300,000 towards project-related activities before getting investment licences from foreign authorities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hieu Waterfall stands out in the green jungle deep inside Pu Luong Natural Reserve, about 25km from Canh Nang Town in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge - Mobile network operators have said that the tardy application of 4G technology in Vietnam was the result of poor policy by the government.

Hanoi's People's Committee has approved a proposal by the local Department of Transport to move all tourist boats and floating restaurants from the West Lake to Dam Bay area in Nhat Tan Ward within October.

VietNamNet Bridge - Even advanced technologies won’t help improve the quality of rivers and lakes in Hanoi, because untreated waste water still runs into the rivers and lakes every day, scientists have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s GDP in 1990 is equal to that of Thailand in the 1960s. By 2069, Vietnam is expected to catch up with its neighbor’s labor productivity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Dinh Cung, director general of the Central Institute for Economic Management, spoke to the Sai gon Economics Time about the next State reform.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A night of jazz and Vietnamese folk music will be held by JumpforJazz at the Japan Foundation on Saturday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is stashing away all electricity and telecommunication cables under the ground as it tries to make over an image that kilometers of chaotic cables have marred somewhat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Theatres in HCM City are losing audiences and battling to stay alive in a losing fight against television.

 Delays in hi-tech healthcare park project denied, Vietnam’s first rice trading center to open, Working hours, payrolls for workers still under dispute, VN access to TPP markets to affect China exports

 Toyota Classics 2015 will bring world-famous operettas to the Hanoi Opera House on October 22.