VietNamNet Bridge – The land grabbing has become more and more serious in mountainous areas. Local people, who suffer from hunger, try to clear forests and go get land for cultivation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the fishing trade declines, rural dwellers are turning to ecotourism as a means of preserving their traditional livelihood -- as well as the rapidly disappearing coconut wetlands.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Italy plans to open a consulate in HCMC late this year to boost relations between the two countries, according to Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Lorenzo Angeloni.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 30 percent of passengers in Vietnam fly with budget airlines, much lower than in Malaysia and the Philippines, where the proportion is 50 percent, the highest in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training on October 4 released the decision to revoke the doctorate of Hoang Xuan Que, Deputy Head of the Finance & Banking Institute, an arm of the Hanoi National Economics University.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the 10 years since its inception in Viet Nam, the pay TV industry has enjoyed spectacular growth, driven largely by the country's impressive economic expansion.

 Australian scientists have custom made and 3D printed a set of titanium shoes for one Melbourne racehorse to improve its racing performance,

Germany's largest cultural event –Oktoberfest – will be replicated in Ha Noi on October 24 and 25.

 Trade surplus recorded in nine months; Consumer product forum gathers firms; Road show steers consumers towards auto expo; Southern steel mill now active; Vietcombank unveils new mutual fund

Three members of a Vietnamese family and a Canadian resident of Vietnamese origin lost their lives in the October 16 Lao Airlines plane crash believed to have killed 49 people from 11 countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After resigning from a series of important positions in FPT Group, the former CEO Truong Dinh Anh has withdrawn his capital from FPT. Currently, Truong Dinh Anh is still a member of the FPT Board of Directors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – ‘Legend Makers’, by young director Bui Tien Dung, and director Victor Vu’s ‘Scandals – Red Carpet Secrets’ have won Golden Lotus awards in the feature film category of the 18th Vietnam Film Festival (VFF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam reaffirmed its foreign policy of peace and disarmament with highest priorities attached to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the general debate of the UN First Committee in New York

 VietNamNet Bridge – Commercial banks earlier this year all planned to issue shares to increase their chartered capital. However, they have made no moved so far to implement the plans.

Vietnam and Belgium reached consensus on many measures to boost bilateral cooperation during the first Vietnam-Belgium political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level in Hanoi on October 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 2,500 people and 689 vehicles will take part in the 2013 ASEAN Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX-13) scheduled for October 23 in Vietnam.

Nearly 20 years ago, Catherine Karnow followed General Giap to Dien Bien to take photograph of veterans who jubilantly welcomed him. Now, she flew halfway around the world to Hanoi to witness millions of people bidding farewell in the General.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam and Russia need to deepen their comprehensive, strategic co-operation partnership, President Truong Tan Sang said yesterday, Oct 16.

After two days of negotiations on Iran's nuclear issue, the world powers and the Islamic republic agreed on Wednesday to meet again in Geneva on Nov. 7-8.  

 The northern province of Quang Ninh will open a tourism office on Jeju Island in South Korea to promote its image and lure more Korean travelers under a cooperation agreement between the two localities.

 The death toll from a recent powerful earthquake in central Philippines jumped to 156 while 22 others were still missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Thursday.

 All 47 people aboard Lao Airlines flight QV301 are believed to have died when the plane crashed yesterday afternoon, Oct 16, in bad weather, according to state run news agency KPL.

 The US economy and consumer confidence have taken significant hits from a two week federal government shutdown, economists say, and a major dent to already sluggish American growth is expected.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem got off to a good start with victories in his two first matches at the 2013 Spice Cup Chess Tournament in the United States.

 Hollywood glitz descends on the Japanese capital this week as Tom Hanks, Robert de Niro and Francis Ford Coppola arrive for one of Asia's largest movie celebrations.