Ho Chi Minh City will create optimal conditions for Bulgarian businesses to seek opportunities for long-term investment and business, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said. 

 The second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will convene on October 20 morning, the NA Secretary-General announced in a press release on October 19. 

 Storm Sarika weakened into a low tropical pressure this morning over the sea some 60km away from the Quang Ninh coast.

 The helicopter that went missing yesterday in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was found this morning with the bodies of all three military officers on board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3 - the dangerous level,

VietNamNet Bridge - The pay policy under which teachers receive salaries based on length of service is believed to be the reason why talented people do not want to become teachers.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to replace the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) as the investor of the $1.7 billion Quang Trach Thermal Power Plant 1 in Quang Binh.

 Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG's new immunotherapy, Tecentriq, won approval on Tuesday from U.S. health regulators as a second-line lung cancer treatment,

 Vietnam Expo 2016 to be held in HCM City, Vietnam light industry park to be set up in Moscow, Work starts on TH True Milk complex in Russia, European businesses upbeat about Vietnamese market

On October 15 more than 2,000 people stormed the Dat Mui clam breeding cooperative in the southern province of Ca Mau to steal clams. The farm guards and the local government were unable to protect the farm.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Guide to Sleeping in Airports website has published the list of the best airports in Asia in 2016, with two Vietnamese names included -Noi Bai and Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Tu, 54, a former commanding officer of the Ca Roong border post in the central province of Quang Binh’s Tuyen Hoa District, is known far and wide as a discoverer and protector of langurs.

 Vung Tau mass fish dead caused by lack of oxygen, National TV Channel for Central Highlands launched, Criteria for new-styled rural communes in 2016-20 announced, People nationwide lend helping hand to central provinces

 Hastening the disbursement of ODA and preferential loans remains a huge task for the remaining two months of this year in the context of increasing public debts and limited resources, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

 Foreign military attachés in Vietnam took part in a shooting exchange at the Mieu Mon national training centre in Hanoi on October 18. 

 The Government has approved the granting of electronic visa for foreign visitors to Vietnam from early next year, said the Vietnam National Tourism Administration (VNAT).

 Veteran German band Scorpions will be special guests at the Monsoon Music Festival 2016 scheduled to take place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi from October 21 to 23, reports Vietnamplus.

Catherine Conley, the first American full-time student at Cuba's prestigious National Ballet School, hopes to gain an edge back home by learning the powerful Cuban style with its dazzling turns and jumps. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Is Vietnam capable of controlling the international transportation railway, or will it be controlled by Chinese companies?

 VietNamNet Bridge - If you have the opportunity to take a stroll on Hanoi streets, do not forget to taste Hanoi sweet soups on the roadside to get a feel for the coming autumn.