Local people in Quang Nam Province have gathered again and demanded to relocate the Vietnam-France Steel Plant due to pollution.

The cable car system which connects Bac Giang Province to Yen Tu Mountain in Quang Ninh Province will operate next year despite concerns over the negative impact on cultural sites and the environment.

The ancient pagoda of Phuoc Kien, known as King Lotus Pagoda in Chau Thanh district in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has attracted tourists due to unique giant lotus leaves.

 A festival gathering 14 typical community-based tourism villages across the northwest region will take place in Hoa Binh province from October 6 to 8.

 The low-cost carrier Air Asia and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will offer a huge quantity of ultimate cheap flights to welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

 Three people among 28 guests at a wedding party in Ha Giang Province who were hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning have died, provincial Department of Health director Luong Viet Thuan said.

 Forty foreign institutional investors have joined the race for shares of the Vietnam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation (IDICO) at the firm’s initial public offering (IPO).

 Viet Nam’s enterprises feel positive about the business climate for the fourth quarter, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told a meeting of Government yesterday he was worried about the slow disbursement of public investment capital.

 The Government plans to establish a special agency to act as the ownership representative of State capital at State-owned enterprises by 2018.

 The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Rome, Italy, held a tourism promotion programme in Milan and Rome from October 1-3.

 Michelle Vo, a US citizen of Vietnamese origin, was among the 59 victims of the massacre in Las Vegas city, the US state of Nevada, on October 1 night. 

Ambassador Pham Thi Kim Anh highlighted the role played by education in reducing social inequality while speaking at the 72nd session of the UN Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee in New York on October 3.

 Cao Khac Dat added a silver medal to Viet Nam’s bag at the World Wushu Championship in Kazan, Russia, yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - One of the major purposes of Vietnam attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last 30 years is to receive technology to be transferred by foreign investors. 

 The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the U19 squad to win a berth at the final of the Asian championship next year.

 Ly Hoang Nam won his first singles match at the Thailand F7 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Nonthaburi Province.

 The 2017 National Tennis Championship for the Vietravel Cup has begun at HCM City’s Phu Tho Club.

The National Swimming Championship is scheduled to start tomorrow at Phu Thọ swimming club in HCM City.

 An art exhibition of trúc chỉ (bamboo paper), titled Listen To The River, was displayed for the first time at the central city’s Art Museum on Saturday.