Nearly 1,000 Vietnamese labours returned home after finishing their export labour contracts in South Korea in the first half of 2018, according to a report from the Vietnam Labour Management Board.

 Fitch Ratings expects Vietnamese banks to sustain their improving operating trends in the second half of 2018 (H2) on the heels of better credit quality and profitability, and broadly stable funding and liquidity in the first half.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh engaged in a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the high-level general debate at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 

 Vietnam’s U16 football team were knocked out of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U16 Championship after losing 5-0 to Iran in the final match of Group C in Malaysia on September 27.

Many fast food chains, from fried chicken to pizza, have been incurring losses.

 Vietnam has proposed initiatives to enhance the role of the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in coping with climate change. 

 The GDP growth rate for the January-September period was 6.98 percent, the highest for the same period over the past eight years, the General Statistics Office announced on September 28.  

 VietNamNet Bridge – A documentary featuring the tough journey of a transgender person trying to find an identity by two independent film makers is set to be screened in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More breakthrough solutions are needed to help farmers in the Mekong Delta cope with unpredictably rising water levels, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa will organise a festival dedicated to local heroes who lived more than 600 years ago.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications is encouraging the development of broadband infrastructure to complete the 4G network and begin work on 5G as early as possible to enhance the performance of the Internet of Things (IoT).

Viet Nam was one of three countries added onto FTSE Russell’s watch list for a possible future upwards reclassification.

Visitors to Dinh Yen Village in Dong Thap Province’s Lap Vo District are sure to be fascinated by the colourful mats there.

 The latest US tariffs on Chinese auto parts was likely to hit Viet Nam’s rubber industry, said the head of the Vietnam Rubber Association (VRA)’s Rubber Development Consulting Division Tran Thi Thuy Hoa.

 Photographer to talk about her 25 years documenting Việt Nam; FVH Book Club to discuss ’Catfish Mandala’; TPD screens Oscar-winning ’The Artist’; The first HBF Boxing Tournament in HCM City

 Low consumption, high inventory and continuously plunging prices mean tough times for domestic sugar mills, said chairman of the Viet Nam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA) Pham Quoc Doanh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There is a Vietnamese saying about parents’ care-giving: “When young, one relies on one’s father, and when old, one relies on one’s children”.

 Ship 015-Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam People’s Navy arrived at Yokosuka naval base in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture on September 27, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.

The profitability rate of Vietnam’s high-end real estate is much more attractive than in other ASEAN countries, which explains why Asian realtors are flocking to Vietnam.

Startup funds only reserve 10 percent of their capital in agriculture, a field which bears high risks.