Vietnamese football-lovers will have a chance to directly cheer the national U23 team at the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship qualifier as the country was recently trusted to host marches of the group that the team will be in.

 An international conference was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 3 to discuss ways to improve the value of shrimp by-products in Vietnam.

 A tourism promotion event, titled “A Soulful Vietnam”, opened in the northern Italian city of Milan on October 3, with dozens of travel agencies in attendance.

 Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the municipal People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed agencies to continue to use information technology to improve public services online.

The reoccurance of virus Enterovirus 71 (EV71), a common cause of life-threatening illnesses for hand-foot-mouth (HFMD) patients, has made the disease dangerous and could easily spread into an outbreak, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Chamber Music Concert featuring works from composers of the Romantic era and the 20th century will be held from 8pm to 10:30pm on October 9 at the Opera House in HCM City.

 VietNamNet Bridge – High tides and waves have caused serious disruption to dozens of households in the south-central province of Phu Yen over the last few days.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam national women’s football team have risen up one spot to No 36 in FIFA’s latest world rankings.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam women’s chess team tied with Cuba 2-2 in the eighth round of the ongoing 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia on Tuesday.

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood companies are concerned as the year-end and Tet sale season nears, the doors to supermarkets are closed to their products.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 3 signed a decree on holding Russian Year in Vietnam in 2019.

 All 23 Vietnamese students taking part in the 15th International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) brought home medals, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training announced on October 3.

 Frigate 015-Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam People’s Navy landed at the Port of Sakai in Osaka on October 3, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.

 The Vietnamese athletes participating in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 3 to a warm welcome from organisers and volunteers.

The attraction and use of FDI in the past 30 years have proven that the door-opening policy of the Party and State of Vietnam is a correct choice in line with the development trend of the era and the country’s situation.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on October 3 for Youn Chul Kim, President of Hanwha Techwin, and Spencer Damian White, Managing Director of Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd.

 Vietnam will talk about climate change in its play at the fifth International Puppetry Festival scheduled to be held in Hanoi from October 8 – 15.

 Vietnamese and American veteran pilots, who were once enemies of each other in the air during the anti-US war, reunited in Hanoi on October 3 for the third time.

 The International Volleyball Championship – Vinh Long Television Cup wrapped up in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on October 3, after six days of competition.