VietNamNet Bridge – Bear bile tourism in the northern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City has finally been shut down, according to the non-governmental organisation Education for Nature – Viet Nam (ENV).

India rolls out red carpet for Vietnamese investors; Russian, Vietnamese firms enhance connectivity; Textile businesses investing in advance of TPP

 Lloyds Banking Group is planning to cut around 9,000 jobs - around a tenth of its entire workforce - over the next three years, the BBC understands.

VietNamNet Bridge – Within the first 24 hours after the first shop in HCM City opened, McDonald’s received 22,500 customers, equal to one-tenth of the population in one district in the city.

A comprehensive cooperation agreement between Vietnam and the US has been signed on consultancy capability, research and development, and training and services in the nuclear energy field.

Thirty-five cubic meters of kien kien wood (Hopea pierrei Hance) have been felled in the Ba Na – Nui Chua special-use forest without the owner’s knowledge.

VietNamNet Bridge – In a last-minute move, the government has decided not to settle bad debts with money from the state budget, which had been suggested by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Misty Hoan Kiem Lake, flooded roads, small sidewalk shops and busy hawkers are among the idyllic but lively images of Hanoi, a city that has a 1,000-year history.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 18 finalists of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant were announced on a live show broadcast on VTV6 channel, Vietnam Television, on October 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – National Assembly deputies yesterday (Oct 22) stressed the need to remove current shortcomings in the protection of Viet Nam's marine resources and environment as also national sovereignty over the nation's seas.

 VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 delegates from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia are attending a three-day international forum on climate change, which opened this morning (Oct 23) in Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia.

 The World Health Organization's emergency committee is holding talks to discuss the Ebola epidemic.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has claimed his first victory against a strong US opponent, Raymond Kaufman, in the 2014 Spice Cup at the Crowne Clayton Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri.

 Mexico's government has ordered the arrest of the mayor of the southern town of Iguala, where six people died and 43 students disappeared after clashing with local police last month.

 Viet Nam, US to expand defence collaboration; VN told to prepare for TPP by complying with int'l regulations; Vietnam active at APEC finance ministers’ meeting 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Government halve value-added tax and exempt or cut corporate income tax by 50% for enterprises joining a planned tourism promotion program

 VietNamNet Bridge – President of United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete will make a State-level visit to Viet Nam from October 26-28 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang,

Businesses have asked banks to give more unsecured loans based on business credit rating in a move to unclog the credit sources.

VietNamNet Bridge – Saigonese often go to cafés, theaters, cinemas or tourist destinations when they have free time on weekends or holidays while many visitors to HCMC opt for visits to museums to get an insight into culture and history

 Canada will not be intimidated by terrorism and will enhance its fight against terrorist organizations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's rich biodiversity has made it a hub for illegal transportation of rare species and stronger efforts are needed to curb wildlife trafficking, experts said at a workshop that opened in Ha Noi on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Van Hoa, Deputy Rector of Ha Noi University of Business and Technology, explains a set of recently proposed criteria for ranking universities to Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.

A Vietnamese company has only sold lard oil for animal feed to a firm that has been hit by a tainted oil scandal in Taiwan, and does not take responsibility if the importer used it for other purposes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese museum staff need more practical training, said Amareswar Galla, director of the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, at a conference in Ha Noi yesterday, Oct 22.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung won his fourth gold medal at the ongoing Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday, Oct 22.