Water puppetry promoted in Hoi An, Hoan Kiem through the lens, Park Hyatt Saigon, Elyx present Art in the Park, Poet Nguyen Du’s birthday marked nationwide, Free public screenings of wildlife protection short films in Hanoi

 HCM City faces rove beetle threat, HCM City launches bus route via Thu Thiem Tunnel, Woman arrested for robbing taxi drivers, Works start on Tho Xuan airport’s air traffic control tower, Tay Ninh gets new main border gate

 Saigon Sail Co. Ltd. is waiting for approval from the HCMC Department of Transport to resume a rowboat tour along Nhieu Loc Canal as its temporary license expired last month.

A number of foreign furniture firms have shifted their businesses from Indonesia to Viet Nam since early this year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Weighing 129 kilos, Ngo Thuy Tien thought it would be difficult to move on the dance floor, but she has developed a passion for the performing arts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Graham Knight of the UK Embassy won the men's event for foreigners at the 42nd annual Ha Noi Moi Run at Sword Lake in Ha Noi yesterday, Oct 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam have won five golds, one silver and two bronzes at the ongoing 2015 Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 150 motorcyclists will compete at the national motor racing championships for 110-125cc engines in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 17.

 Fresh from her photo shoot in Milan, Kha My Van has jetted to Paris for Fashion Week— and the globe-trotting diva looked as chic as usual as she strutted down the catwalk.

 The central city of Danang has announced that it will continue to take legal action against scholarship recipients who refused to return home after studying overseas.

 The National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) reduced its forecast of inflation to below 2 % while forecasting gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6.5 % for 2015.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is to launch a 30-second video clip popularising Vietnam’s tourism on foreign TV channels, according to VNAT General Director Nguyen Van Tuan. 

 U-19 Vietnam easily defeated Brunei 5-0 in the second match of East Zone's group G of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualifying stage in Myanmar on October 2. 

Vietnam’s top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has secured three gold medals at the ongoing Asian Age Group Championships 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. 

VietNamNet Bridge - State-owned economic groups have three more months to withdraw capital from non-core business fields as requested by the government. But they have only completed half of the goal.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Information and Communication has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to issue regulations governing pre-paid mobile subscribers as strictly as post-paid subscribers. 

 ABC's Australia Plus TV (A+ TV) started broadcasting in Vietnam via VTV Cable channel 199 and FPT ONEtv channel 177 from October 3. 

 Pham Thi Huong, 24, won the crown of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 after surpassing other 43 contestants in the finale held in Nha Trang city, central coastal Khanh Hoa province, on October 3. 

Moderate-to-heavy rain is forecast to pour down in the northeast and northern mountainous areas of Vietnam from October 4 evening as tropical storm Mujigae made landfall in the north of China’s Leizhou Penisula in the afternoon. 

A delegation of the Supreme People’s Court led by Chief Judge Truong Hoa Binh attended the eighth Asia-Pacific Judicial Reform Forum in Vladivostok city, Russia, on October 2.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on October 3 extended his congratulation to Lee Hsien Loong on his swearing-in as Singaporean Prime Minister.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – "Walk! Walk! You can walk! It's easy." You probably associate these words with your earliest memories of taking your first steps. However, these words were spoken in a very different context recently.

Mr. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Business Development Director at Kantar Worldpanel Vietnam, tells about the performance of foreign retailers in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The cost of university education in Vietnam is becoming more costly as a series of state-owned universities said they are planning to raise tuition. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will face a range of environmental protection challenges over the coming years despite efforts made by the Government and environment sector over the past five year.