The mass fish deaths reported in Linh Dam Lake in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District are not related to its water quality, Hanoi Environment Protection Branch officials said.

 Trinh Nhat Minh, a nine-year-old boy from Hanoi, beat three other finalists to win the fourth season of The Voice Kid Vietnam.

 The fourth graders of Doan Thi Diem Primary School in Hanoi won the three highest prizes in the primary category in the final round of the WeCode 2016 Contest held last Saturday.

 Asian stocks got off to a shaky start on Monday after a renewed FBI probe of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server sparked fresh tumult in markets, just days before the Nov. 8 presidential vote.

 Vietnam attracted over US$17.61 billion in new and additional pledges of foreign direct investment (FDI) as of October 20, representing an 8.7% decline compared to the same period of 2015, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VietNamNet Bridge - The cooperation between FPT, the nation’s largest information technology group, and Vinamilk, the nation’s biggest dairy producer, has raised the public's curiosity.

 Young people are leaving the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's rice bowl, while the region's economic growth is declining.

The U19s football team will be awarded over VND1 billion (US$45,000) for reaching the semi-finals of the U19 Asian Cup and qualifying for U20 World Cup 2017.

 The second Vietnam International Judo Tournament 2016 – the People’s Police University Cup officially kicked off on October 29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Government’s monthly meeting opened on October 29 morning with focus on measures to create a leap in the last quarter’s economic growth rate and curb this year’s inflation within 5 percent. 

 A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported.

 The Vietnamese Embassy and Students Association in Italy said they have recorded no Vietnamese citizens affected by the powerful earthquake in the host’s central region on October 30.

Vietnamese national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines yesterday announced that it ruled out food poisoning in its meal that was suspected to cause poisoning in a group of Japanese students because they did not eat the meal.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested enhancing cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic in order to further expand the bilateral relations in a more practical and effective manner.

 A Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State has been presented to former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence Thorvald Stoltenberg to honour his substantial contributions to the two countries’ amity. 

 There were 22,486 enterprises resuming operations during the first ten months of this year, an increase of 38.8 per cent against the same period last year, according to the latest report from the Agency for Business Registration.

 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a three-day visit to Vietnam from October 30, aiming at strengthening stratic partnership between the two countries.

 Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has recently agreed to support Ho Chi Minh City in conducting research on lengthening Metro Line No. 1 from the city to neighboring Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.

The commencement of criminal proceedings against former Minister of Industry and Trade V​u Huy Hoang will be implemented based on the Party statutes and State law, heard a press conference in Hanoi yesterday.

 Danish brewer Carlsberg is negotiating with the Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco) over the purchase of an additional stake following the latter’s listing on the UPCom market last week, officials have said.