VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will limit the number of rice exporters to 150 starting in 2015, according to a new Ministry of Industry and Trade decree.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The required tools for such tours are binoculars. This kind of tour has a major attraction that many people in the world could not resist. They do not mind to cross thousands of kilometers to Vietnam for bird watching.

 Vietnam will abolish the fine imposed on same-sex marriage from November 11 2013.

Vietnam has won third prize and had three other photos chosen into the 10 finalists of the APEC Photo Contest 2013.

 Measures for GDP growth in Q4; Vietnam’s economy looks bright in 2014: Economist; Exports set to surpass target; Cooking gas prices finally subside in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government will consider increasing the foreign ownership cap for non-State-owned enterprises, said Minister and chairman of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As the domestic financial sources are limited, Vietnamese real estate developers tend to seek capital foreign capital and look for their opportunities by cooperating with foreign firms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People in Hanoi have fallen into dilemma when asked to pay more money for the safekeeping services. Prior to that, banks committed to charge fee for the first six months only.

 A new vaccine may help boost the efficacy of Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG), currently the only tuberculosis (TB) vaccine available, offering new hopes for the global fight against the disease,

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon on October 2, after heavy rains, many roads in HCM City were flooded in the depth of over half a meter, leaving hundreds of vehicles in engine failure and many shops closed.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On September 28, in the Tiffany Fashion Show Paris 2013, the winner of the Vietnam Project Runway 2013 - Hoang Minh Ha successfully introduced his collection Black Rose and received a lot of praises from international experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In October, the four bridges that have been used for more than 50 years in urban Saigon will be closed for the construction of the new ones to improve traffic capacity.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has released its October rankings with a lot of change in the top 50, in which Vietnamese top player Le Quang Liem jumped up by 11 spots to 34th.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At a press conference held after the visit to France by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, French Ambassador Jean - Noël Poirier said President François Hollande will pay an official visit to Vietnam in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The public opinion has been stirred up by a scandal at the Hanoi-based Eye Hospital, which broke out after two doctors at the hospital sent their denunciation letter to the Hanoi Department of Health.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Information from the Vietnam Youth Astronomy Association says that a penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 18, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thi May, a model and the first runner-up of the Miss Ethnics Vietnam 2007, will be the representative of Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2013, scheduled for November 9th, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to curb the immoderate formula price increases by including some kinds of products into the list of products for price control.

 The 40th Ha Noi Moi Newspaper Run for Peace will take place this Sunday around Hoan Kiem Lake.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Only 40 per cent of the 14,000 people working in the tourism and hospitality sector in central Da Nang City are actually qualified, a study has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese-Australian Nguyen Le Tuyen says he was lucky to discover a Tai tu music piece performed in Paris more than 100 years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Even when local travel companies did not know about Pu Dao yet, international tourists did see it as an ideal trekking site.

 US President Barack Obama sent Wall Street a blunt warning Wednesday that it should be very worried about a political crisis that has shut down the government and could trigger a US debt default.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, seeded No. 6 at Denmark Open 2013, will not meet rivals in the world’s top 15 in the first two rounds.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A poor fisherman in HCM City who has rescued hundreds of people from Saigon River is in need of money to upgrade his boat and treat his ill wife.