Tour operators in HCM City have had to drop so-called floating tours to the Mekong Delta from September to November, which is supposed to be the flooding season in the delta, as floods have not come to the region this year.

 Vietnam Sugar cane and Sugar Association (VSSA) has proposed that the Prime Minister allow importing raw sugar instead of refined sugar to save foreign currency for the 2016-17 crop.

 No regulations require Vietjet to hold their initial public offering (IPO) in Vietnam before moving to an offshore market.

 The national flag air carrier Vietnam Airlines has completed procedures to become a joint-stock company, the corporation announced on October 16. 

 The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has announced that Japan will help Vietnam prevent flooding through the establishment of special-purpose companies.

 Close to 39,000 Vietnamese students are studying in Japan in 2016, rising 47 percent compared to 2014 figure. 

 Most national highways in the central coastal province of Quang Binh were reopened to traffic on October 16 after the recent flood.

 The Preventative Health Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed two more cases inflected with Zika virus in Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of infections in the country to seven.

 Vietnamese shares may continue to rise this week, as a difference in pricing between blue chips and speculative stocks, as well as prospects of solid third-quarter earnings reports, could keep investor confidence positive.

 No 4 seed Jordan Thompson won the Vietnam Open tennis tournament which closed yesterday in HCM City.

 Supreme Chonburi club of Thailand won the VTV International Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Ha Nam Province.

 Two earthquakes, measured 3.1 and 3.4 on the Richter scale, hit the mountainous districts of Tay Giang and Phuoc Son on Saturday morning (October 15.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Coach Hoang Anh Tuan of Viet Nam said his players were in high spirits before their match against the United Arab Emirates today at the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship in Bahrain.

 The Prime Minister has agreed in principle to allow the HCM City administration to apply bidding selection forms in special cases under Article 26 of the Law on Bidding to select a contractor for a tidal flood control project for the city.

Real estate attracted the second largest volume of foreign direct investment with 34 new projects worth $1 billion in the first nine months of this year, or 6.1 percent of the total.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej was so revered that many Thai people around the country fainted or felt unwell when they learnt this week that he had died after 70 years on the throne. 

Nearly 200 nations have agreed a legally binding deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners, a major move against climate change

 Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles,

 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dug deeper in his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the U.S. election, saying on Twitter on Sunday that he believed the results were being "rigged" at many polling places.

 VietNamNet Bridge – We were wondering what to eat in Kon Tum City when our driver suggested goi la, a local specialty.