Shortly after saying goodbye to Orchid Capital Investment of Richard Chandler, a billionaire, FPT, the Vietnamese biggest technology group, has found a new partner, also a “billionaire” – Singaporean Temasek Holdings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dak Lak provincial authorities have allocated tens of thousands of hectares of forest land to private companies to grow rubber. The elephants’ house, therefore, has been devastated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of dormitory rooms for university students have been built, but students still cannot find rooms to rent in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ad pieces about e-cigarettes have been flooding websites, while e-cigarettes have been available everywhere. Meanwhile, state management agencies still cannot put the products under their control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twelve professional traditional music instrumentalists from seven Asia countries will gather in Ha Noi for a world premiere of the musical performance Drums&Voices this month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Get up early, head to the beach, walk along the coast, swim, watch the sunrise and talk to the locals.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The 67-year-old female artist Nguyen Thi Hien has opened her six personal exhibitions in HCM City Museum of Fine Arts.

VietNamNet Bridge - Catherine Karnow, the only Western reporter who was permitted to exclusively interview General Vo Nguyen Giap and follow him to Dien Bien Phu in 1994, has special memories of General Giap.

At a press conference last week, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong said 90 percent of the ships that had anchored at overseas ports for a long time of the Vinasin Ocean Shipping Company or Vinashinlines were sold.

People throughout the world have been regularly eating insects as a part of their diets for centuries, according to a report entitled Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security by the United Nations Food

 The 18th National Film Festival will open two days later than scheduled, due to the State funeral being held for General Vo Nguyen Giap on Friday. The General passed away last Friday, aged 103.

 In July, the minimum wage in Viet Nam was increased by VND100,000 (US$5 ) to VND1.15 million. The move was welcomed as a move to reduce pressure on workers hit by the spiralling prices of most goods.

 Rubber exports to earn US$4.5 billion this year; FPT to fund new hi-tech IT centre; Banks decrease rates to revive business growth; Taiwan firms explore opportunities in Vietnam

 Viet Nam will send five representatives to compete at the Badminton Asia Youth U17&U15 2013 Championships starting tomorrow in Indonesia.

Thousands of people from all corners of the country have flocked to the house of General Vo Nguyen Giap’s family in Hanoi to pay their last respects to Vietnam’s military mastermind, who passed away on October 4 at the age of 103.

 First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee, General Raul Castro has sent his condolences to Vietnamese Party, State and Government leaders over the death of General Vo Nguyen Giap.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first international mountain marathon in Vietnam took place in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai on October 6.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Economists believe lifting the ceiling budget overspending level is just a temporary solution to the current budget deficit, while it won’t help in the long term.

 Russia's Olympic torch relay got off to a rocky start on Sunday when the flame briefly went out on one of the torchbearers just as he was passing through a Kremlin gate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has failed to defend her bronze medal in the women’s single vault at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Photo exhibition "Hello Northwest” by Nguyen Thanh Tung takes place from October 2 to 30 in HCM City to introduce realistic and perspectives of the Northwest Region.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The best chau van items of len dong rituals were performed at Hanoi’s Cong Nhan Theatre on October 4-5.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vingroup has announced the development of its Vin Kids Center (VinKC) system in major cities of Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to the latest report released on October 4, damage caused by typhoon Wutip in the central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Binh Thuan and Quang Binh is up to VND11 trillion (about $523 million).

 President Truong Tan Sang and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Bali, Indonesia on late afternoon October 6 for the 21st Economic Leaders’ Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 21) forum.