Vietnam’s permanent mission to the UN held a ceremony to pay tribute to former Party General Secretary Do Muoi on October 4 and opened a funeral book from October 4 through October 5.

 The Vietnamese and Indian Coast Guards on October 4 carried out a joint exercise off the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu state, India.

 Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has been ranked the 14th best place in the world for expatriates to live by the The Travel website, thanks to the ancient town’s “cheap cost of living”.

 Real estate attracts 23 percent of the total FDI injection into Vietnam in the first three quarters of 2018, property services firm CBRE Vietnam said on October 4.

Numerous efforts have been made to encourage reading habit among young Vietnamese people, especially in the digital era when more entertainment forms are available and reading enjoyment declines.

 Vietnam and the US convened a defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on October 4, discussing measures to enhance the effectiveness of bilateral defence cooperation.

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has issued directions guiding coastal localities in intensifying measures to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Young Vietnamese are increasingly choosing overseas tours during holidays since prices are getting lower.

“If Malaysians can manufacture semiconductor integrated circuits, Vietnamese will also be able to do this. Vietnamese may lag behind Japanese, for many reasons, but they must not be behind Malaysia,” said Nguyen Xuan Thuy from MTEX Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - As a country with a high waste disposal rate, Vietnam is facing environmental dangers due to lack of professional waste treatment.

The Ministry of Education and Training has released an instruction asking teachers and managerial officers not to allow students write in textbooks so the books can be used again.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hang Duong Market in coastal district of Can Gio is the best destination for seafood lovers in HCM City.

 Young people's love of fast fashion is coming under the scrutiny of Britain's law-makers. MPs say the fashion industry is a major source of the greenhouse gases that are overheating the planet.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has called on local police forces to strengthen the fight against robberies at banks, banking transaction centres and gold shops.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training has instructed managers of schools to take preventive measures against the spread of contagious disease among students.

VietNamNet Bridge - A number of projects left unimplemented for many years have changed hands, while more and more large transfer deals have been reported recently.

 The quest for extreme selfies killed 259 people between 2011 and 2017, a 2018 global study has revealed.

 Samsung Electronics expects to post record operating profit in the third quarter, helped by strong demand for its memory chips.

 Three out of four children under-five now has access to a tablet, smartphone or computer, according to a study.

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