Good news or bad?

 Fluctuations in the exchange rate leave stakeholders in Vietnam's real estate market with a number of matters to ponder.

Cat Ba cliffs and rock-climbing enthusiasts, a heavenly match

 VietNamNet Bridge – The lure of rock-climbing has been bringing several local and foreign visitors to Cat Ba in recent times. It is an ideal place for those who love adventure sports to indulge in their hobby.

HSBC Vietnam CEO: TPP a major boost to growth

VietNamNet Bridge - CEO of HSBC Vietnam, Pham Hong Hai, spoke about what lies in store now the TPP has been signed.

Faces bring life to capital exhibition

 VietNamNet Bridge – Various faces of life seen through artists' observations are depicted at the Red River Exhibition which has opened in Ha Noi.

Freezing ovaries 'safe option' for cancer sufferers

 Ovarian transplants are a safe and effective way for women who have had cancer to have their own children, a study shows.

Vinh shoots for World Games final

 VietNamNet Bridge – Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh will head to the final of the men's 25m centre fire pistol at the sixth CISM Military World Games in South Korea after yesterday's qualifier.

Vietnam-EU FTA opens new doors for German trade

 Vietnam is creating a new horizon on the German market, especially when the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Union takes effect.

Hoang Sa mini-submarine has successful trial run

VietNamNet Bridge - After inventing Truong Sa 1 mini submarine, Nguyen Quoc Hoa, a businessman in Thai Binh province, has created and put Hoang Sa mini-sub into trial.

Reknown Japanese designer to attend Vietnam Int’l Fashion Week

 Renowned Japanese wedding dress designer, Yumi Katsura, will introduce her latest collection at Vietnam International Fashion Week in Gem Centre, Ho Chi Minh City on October 14-18.

Labor Confederation seeks 14.4% salary increase

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has sent a proposal to the Prime Minister seeking an increase to the minimum salary in 2016 of 14.4 per cent, saying it did not agree with the increase 12.4 percent decided on by the National Wage Council.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/10

Prime minister approves airport operator ACV’s equitisation, U.S. firms want to become Vietnam’s textile fibre suppliers, Fourteen provinces attract no fresh FDI in Jan-Sept, Malaysia slaps dumping duties on Vietnam steel coils

Oktoberfest 2015 takes place in HCMC and Ha Noi

Under the patronage of the German Embassy in Hanoi and the German Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, the German Business Association in Vietnam will co-host and organize the famous Oktoberfests in Vietnam this year again.

New law on international treaties crucial: experts

 The issuance of a new law on international treaties is significant to both internal and external activities of the country, especially in the current international integration period, agreed experts at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 7.

Armenia looks to broader economic links with Vietnam

 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said he wants reinforced economic, trade and investment ties with Vietnam at a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son in the capital city of Yerevan on October 6. 

Vietnam supports training of Cambodian gendarmes

 The Ministry of National Defene and the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army in particular are willing to assist the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia in personnel training. 

VN comedy comes to Incheon Theatre Festival

 Youth Theatre's comedians will represent Việt Nam at the 2015 Incheon Bilingual Theater Festival, which will be held from today to Saturday in Incheon, South Korea.

Nigerian arrested for alleged sexual harassment

Police in the southern Binh Duong Province yesterday arrested Nigerian Ewuzie Emeka Emmanuel for allegedly harassing a 15-year-old girl. 

Suspected food poisoning affects 48 IZ workers

 Forty-eight workers at an industrial zone in the northern Nam Dinh Province were rushed to a military health centre yesterday afternoon, after they fell ill with food poisoning symptoms.

Binh Duong Police seize 500 illegal imported guns

 Police in this southern province has detained a truck with more than 500 imported guns and ammunition on National Highway 13 through the Bau Bang District.

Many farmers give up as US chicken sells at dirt-cheap prices

Vietnamese farmers, who suffered from big losses for a long time due to high input costs and low selling prices, cannot hold out anymore. Cheap chicken imports from the US have dealt a final blow, forcing them to give up farming. 

Vietnam through to AFC final

 Viet Nam successfully won a berth at the Asian Football Confederation U-19 Championship in Bahrain next year.

Book on modern Vietnam published in Russia

Book on modern Vietnam published in Russia, Preservation of Southeast Asian culture discussed, Vietnam photo exhibition hosted in Germany, Master Chef Martin Yan visits KOTO Saigon, Free screening of Berlinale short films

Migrant crisis: EU to begin seizing smugglers' boats

 The EU is beginning a new operation in the southern Mediterranean to intercept boats smuggling migrants.

Social News 7/10

Thanh Hoa residents oppose road's takeover by firm, Hanoi succeeds at birth rate control, HCM City to house two inland waterway routes, Vietnam attends WIPO Assemblies’ meetings

Hugh Jackman: “I’m ready to come to Vietnam”

 Crazed Vietnamese fans of famous American animated fantasy-adventure film “Peter Pan” are elated when the 'Wolfman' Hugh Jackman, who plays the role of pirate Captain Blackbeard, revealed that he is ready to come to Vietnam.