The capital city has proposed a VND1.5 trillion (US$66 million), two-year project that will upgrade roads and divide traffic flow at the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway and Ring Road No 3 intersection.

 Visitors to the Fashionology Festival 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City from October 20-22 will have a chance to view more than 1,400 of the latest creations by 153 designers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. 

 Diplomat Pham Sanh Chau received another three votes in the second round of elections for the post of UNESCO General-Director in Paris on October 10.

 Vietnamese track and field athlete Nguyen Thi Huyen has been ranked 50th in the world rankings of the women’s 400m hurdle category.

 Players of the Vietnamese national football team kept their promise by turning their promise by turning their latest 2019 Asian Cup qualifying match into a farewell for their acting head coach Mai Duc Chung.

 The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang is home to picturesque natural landscapes.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to organise the 19th Asian Physics Olympiad in 2018 in Vietnam, which is hoped to help encourage the study and teaching of physics in schools, thus seeking and nurturing talented students in the subject.

 Upgrading old buildings and relocating households living near canals are among the major projects that Ho Chi Minh City aims to carry out now and in the near future, according to city authorities.

 Vietnam Airlines and Air France have inked a joint venture deal, which is due to start from November 1, to bring more benefits to passengers on their air routes between Vietnam, France and Europe. 

 Vietnam’s agricultural growth was not as high as expected in the past 9 months of this year with a low added value and potential risks.

 Economic experts are concerned about the slow growth of the agriculture sector, which they say may affect the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been warned that it will receive a yellow card if it doesn’t implement EU demands on fighting IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing.

The economic structure in Viet Nam’s rural areas has been transformed in the past five years, with fewer people working in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors and more in construction, industry and services, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The installation art exhbition named “Le sourire de la mutation” (The smile of mutation) by three artists from Vietnam, France and Belgium is underway at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

The 19th century home of scholar Huynh Thuc Khang in the central province of Quang Nam will get a facelift with an investment of VND50 billion approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

Vietnam needs to innovate strongly in order to be effective in tapping this source of capital to serve the purpose of reforming the growth model and restructuring the economy, experts have said.

 Vice President greets former Vietnamese teachers in Thailand, French education fair lures Vietnam students, History competition launched for senior high schoolers, HCMC holds monthly meeting on food safety

 Bac Giang to plan development of industrial parks, Naticorp to launch condotel project in Nha Trang, South Korean fuel imports spike after tax cut, Mekong Capital to lower stake in Mobile World

 Nguyen Thi Anh Vien alone won 16 gold and three silver medals at the National Swimming Championships, which wrapped up at the Phu Tho swimming club in HCM City on October 9.

 The general director of Thuong Thao Joint Stock Company, Le Van Thiet, was placed under temporary detention for investigation into deforestation activities, the police of central Binh Dinh Province said.