Authorities of southern Kien Giang province and the Consulate General of the United States in Ho Chi Minh City held a ceremony in Rach Gia city on October 1 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the normalisation of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung directed prompt policy responses to achieve the best socio-economic performance for the remaining months of 2015 during the two-day monthly Government meeting that closed in Hanoi on October 1. 

 Vietnam’s Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang and Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Ahmad Zahid Hamidi signed an agreement on preventing and fighting transnational crime, on October 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

 Viet Nam's No 1 tennis player, Ly Hoang Nam, dropped from the 1035th to 1038th place in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) world rankings released on Monday.

 Residents of Huong Hoa District's Hoang Quy Commune yesterday blocked roads in the commune with rocks to prevent the passage of overloaded vehicles.

 The health ministry's Viet Nam Food Administration (VFA) said 20 people died in 129 food poisoning cases nationwide during the first nine months of 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 555,000 students were admitted to universities and colleges this year, a report by the education ministry said yesterday, Sept 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 400 athletes will take part in the National Athletics Championships at the HCM City Thong Nhat Stadium from October 9-13.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government has allowed the Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) to buy bad debts with market prices in the primary market. However, the doors remain closed to the cash flow to the secondary market.

Accused in central province murder sentenced to death, Ha Noi drug trafficking cases rise in 2015, Train customers to access services on smartphones, New public bus lines to Tan Son Nhat airport to be added

 The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has put into use Airbus 350-900 XWB aircraft on international flights from September 30 with Paris as the first destination. 

Vietnam opened its Military Attache Office in the UK on September 30 as part of activities to mark the fifth anniversary of strategic partnership between the two countries. 

BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, a 100 percent Vietnam-made smartphone, is moving ahead with its plan to export BPhones, ignoring doubts that a Vietnam-made high-tech product can be sold in the world market.

 The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned global growth is likely to be weaker this year than last.

If foreign investment in the casino business increases by about $3 billion compared to the current level, Vietnam’s GDP will rise by 0.58% in the first year, according to research conducted by the Institute for Regional Sustainable Development.

 Chinese authorities are investigating a fresh explosion in Guangxi province, a day after a series of parcel bombs killed seven people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern city of Nam Dinh is known as the home to many Roman Catholic beautiful churches.

VietNamNet Bridge - The sale of 450,000 tons of rice to the Philippines under a government-to-government contract is expected to increase Vietnam’s rice price in domestic and world markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of HCM City consulted international experts about flood-prevention solutions during a meeting chaired by the city's Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai yesterday, Sept 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There could be between 2.3 million to 4.3 million less women than men in Viet Nam by 2025,

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese President Xi Jinping recently advised the US to read each other’s strategies exactly so as to avoid ‘Thucydides’s Trap’.

Manzi to host contemporary music concert, Charity run around West Lake, Fun run to be held in District 2, Beer festival at Saigon Outcast, Saigon Ranger presents expat trio, Berlin-based DJ to debut at The Observatory

 A wide range of cultural and art activities will be held to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2015).

 The Vietnam National Academy of Music has unveiled that child piano prodigy Vincent Vu will take to the Grand Concert Hall stage October 1-2 performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 and Sibelius’s Symphony No 2.

 A list of 40 leading Vietnamese information and technology (IT) companies will be announced at an awarding ceremony on October 8 in Hanoi, announced the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).