VietNamNet Bridge – Petite Tran Mai H gave up her stable job and high income as a planning architect to return to the countryside and live as a local farmer some years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Even though Viet Nam's unemployment rate remains at just over 2 per cent, the youth unemployment rate is three times higher, affirmed a report on the socio-economic situation till September.

 MoF borrows $1.3 billion from SBV, SBV issues circular on foreign exchange, Vietnam Best Places to Work Survey kicks off, SCIC to offload Constrexim stocks, Surge in loans shifts Vietnam’s housing stock

 Vietnamese scientists and foreign partners have discovered new plant organisms living 1,000 metres above sea level at the Hon Ba Natural Reserve 30 kilometres away from central Khanh Hoa province’s Nha Trang city. 

Renown Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel will perform in Hanoi on October 21, according to an announcement from the Youth Theatre on October 5. 

 The World Bank forecast that the Vietnamese economy will grow at a speed of 6 percent in 2015, according to the East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released on October 5.

 The 11th Party Central Committee convened its 12th plenary in Hanoi on October 5 under the chair of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Two deputy chiefs of staff, the commander of the Border Guard force and the commander of Military Zone 7 Command have been appointed Deputy Ministers of Defense.

 Following her impressive second runner up win at the 2015 Miss Ao Dai competition, Le Quyen has headed off to Thailand in hopes of winning the Miss Grand International beauty contest set for October 5-25 in Bangkok.

 Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won seven gold medals at the eighth Asian Age Group Championships that concluded in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 4.

 Police in Ha Noi City's Hoan Kiem District have arrested two members of a pick-pocketing gang in the capital's ancient quarter.

 The largest solid waste processing plant in the northwestern region officially started operations yesterday, aiming to address the accumulation of hazardous garbage dumping sites across towns in this province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been urged to prepare for foreign direct investment (FDI) flow from companies leaving China because of unfavorable business conditions there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A clause in draft law suggesting that elderly couples that only have daughters should receive government subsidies is being opposed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess players ended their competition at the Malaysian Chess Festival 2015. Malaysia with one gold, three silver, and one bronze medal, of which Nguyen Van Huy (Hanoi) won the gold for rapid chess event.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will try to convince Bac Ninh people to not hold the pig-chopping ritual in the 2016 festival, said the Ministry’s Deputy Chief Inspector Pham Xuan Phuc. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The potential of the Vietnamese insurance market is great: total insurance premiums in 2014 reached VND52.68 trillion, an increase of 13.2 percent over 2013. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and constituents of Da Nang, the largest city in central Vietnam, are worried that many Chinese people are purchasing coastal land in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air pollution from Vietnamese coal-fired power plants killed 4,300 people in 2011, and plants aren't reducing emissions any time soon, according to a recent Harvard University study.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At a height of nearly 2,000m, Pha Luong is an attractive destination for young people. Conquering this mountain requires the courage and strength of real adventurers.

 The headline Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped below the 50 no-change mark in September to 49.5 points, the first such fall in 25 months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The message about Vietnam’s open-door, favorable policies for foreign investors was delivered again and again by government officials recently.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will investigate the appointment of the 30-year-old director of the Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Nam province, said Deputy Minister Tran Anh Tuan at the monthly cabinet press conference on October 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local inventors last weekend displayed their robots, unmanned plane models, military ships, bean sprouting machines and other machines at Techmart, Vietnam’s largest annual technology and equipment fair, in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of residents of Thanh Son commune, Tinh Gia district in Thanh Hoa province flocked to the local government office to oppose a planned waste treatment project.