A pepper glut in the Central Highlands as more and more farmers switched to the crop lured by the earlier high profits from the spice has caused prices to collapse and threatens to bankrupt many of them.

 The export of wood and timber products is forecast to bring in US$8 billion in 2017, posting a 17 per cent year-on-year increase and surpassing the target of $7-7.5 billion set earlier this year.

 Cua Ong temple in Cam Pha city, Quang Ninh province is closely linked to the tradition and religious culture of local people.

The Vietnam Golf Magazine Junior Trophy tournament will take place on October 13-14 at Song Gia Golf Course in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

 Vietnamese shares went through a rough trading week with rising investor caution. However, the market is expected to move up this week when listed companies announce third-quarter earnings.

 More than 8,000sq.m of special-use forests were destroyed in just three months between July and September in Dong Met village, Pa Khoang commune, Dien Bien district, in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien.

 Documents and photos featuring French architecture in colonial era in Hanoi will be on display in an exhibition that opens today at the Hanoi Opera House in the capital city.

 Vietnam have won four gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

 Alla Sokolova, a Latvian photographer residing in France, recently won five medals at the ninth International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam, held by the Vietnamese Association of Photographic Artists.

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on October 7 signed off Regulation 98-QD/TW on personnel rotation, the Politburo’s first regulation on the issue.

 An art exhibition featuring the beauty of of Hanoi kicked off in the capital on October 7, on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the city’s Liberation Day (October 10).

 The First Ban Gioc Waterfall Festival and Then singing and Tinh (musical instrument) performance kicked off in Trung Khanh district, the northern border province of Cao Bang, on October 7.

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

 Authorities of Hanoi held a meeting on October 8 to honour the 10 outstanding citizens of the capital city in 2017 and 790 role models in all aspects of life.

A coach carrying 28 Vietnamese tourists had an accident in Taipei of China’s Taiwan on October 6 but luckily the tourists escaped without any serious injuries, according to Vietnamese Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.

 Locals in central Quang Binh Province are concerned that riverbank erosion along the Son River will damage their houses and land.

 The HCM City’s People’s Committee has decided to invest in an electronic toll collection system (ETC) at three toll booths in HCM City.

 Canh Hoach village in Hanoi’s outlying Thanh Oai district is famous nationwide for making birdcages.

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