Positive signs have been seen in the three areas of agriculture, industry, and service so far this year, while inflation was also controlled to under 4 percent as targeted.

 A warhead explosion on October 1 killed three people in Tran Van Thoi town, Tran Van Thoi district of the southern Ca Mau province, confirmed the district police.

 The establishment of the Committee for Management of State Capital (CMSC) aims to improve accountability for the use and management of State capital in business operations, thereby preventing loss and wastefulness. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four days after last Monday’s fire near National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi, two human skulls were found in the rubble.

 Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 5.39 billion USD in the first nine months of 2018, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a monthly report.

 Most leading state-owned groups and corporations in the sectors of petroleum, electricity, oil and gas, chemicals, rubber, coal and minerals, as well as post and telecommunications are going to be run by the Committee for State Capital Management.

 Numerous state-owned enterprises, including MobiFone, VNPT, and EVN Genco 1 and 2, are expected to conduct their initial public offering (IPO) in 2019.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam detected more 12,200 hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) patients nationwide last month, according to latest statistics by the Ministry of Health.

CPI rises in major cities in September, Agro-forestry-fishery exports rise 9.3 percent in nine months, Cargo through seaports surges, Qatar Airways flights to connect Da Nang with Doha, Firms seek new paths to customers

VietNamNet Bridge - The heavier environmental tax on petrol is expected to seriously affect businesses and burden the poor.

 Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi passed away at 23:12 on October 1 at the Military Central Hospital 108 due to serious illness.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2018 Goldman Prize for the first time has honored a woman from Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local people in craft villages that make fishing nets and other tools are now busy serving the needs of fishermen during the annual flooding season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Gender stereotypes in textbooks lead to many consequences, from school bullying to the loss of career opportunities, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US-China trade war is escalating sharply. In the most recent move, the US imposed a 10 per cent tariff starting from Monday on US$200 billion of Chinese imports. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The use of agricultural by-products for feeding livestock and as substrate for other crops has helped farmers around the country earn extra incomes while also protecting the environment.

 The Vietnamese Government is striving towards a higher economic growth than the 6.7 percent rate set by the National Assembly, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on October 1 at the Tan Son Nhat international airport to see off the first group of the nation’s level-2 field hospital to carry out peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first contingent to participate in a UN peacekeeping mission left HCM City for South Sudan on Tuesday morning on Australia’s largest military transport aircraft.

At first, the 2-sim iPhone XS Max caught special attention from Vietnamese iPhone fans. However, the price of the version plunged after users experienced some problems.