September CPI up 1.06%; Saigon Co.op listed among top 500 Asian retailers; Vietnamese business forums to be held in Paris, Milan; Nine-month ODA disbursement hits US$3.1 billion

 VietNamNet Bridge – The President of the Republic of Seychelles, James Alix Michel, will begin an official two-day visit to Viet Nam today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 90 Vietnamese labourers have been hospitalised with malaria during the past three months after returning from guest worker programmes in Africa.

 A "massive" fire broke out at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Wednesday, an official said, shutting down one of east Africa's most important transport hubs and causing serious damage.

 Africa's savannahs and the lions that roam there are disappearing at an alarming rate as ballooning human populations deprive the big cats of their natural habitat, a study released Tuesday showed.

  New SADC Group boosts Vietnam-Africa cooperation; Tehran offers assistance to Hanoi; Vietnam, Italy promote academic exchange; Vietnamese officials attend Malaysia’s party congress