Quảng Bình representative Nguyễn Huy Hoàng defeated Southeast Asian Games winner Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn in the men’s 400m individual medley event at the National Swimming Championships in HCM City on Thursday.

 Nguyen Van Phuong and teammate Trinh Linh Giang won the National Tennis Championships’ men’s team event for Becamex Binh Duong yesterday in HCM City.

 More than 7,000 runners will take part in the first HCM City Marathon on January 14, The event hass been renamed from the annual HCM City Run held since 2013.

 Photos reflecting daily life in both old and modern parts of Hanoi are on display at an exhibition that opened in the capital city yesterday.

 Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, has asked the People’s Committee of northern Hung Yen Province to inspect Red and Luoc rivers for illegal sand mining.

 Using coal bottom ash from thermal power plants to produce construction materials will help reduce the slag discharged into the environment in the Mekong Delta, experts said.

 The deputy director of the city’s Department of Transport has pledged to step up inspections and law enforcement to reduce or eliminate the number of illegal buses operating in HCM City.

 Fifth grader Dinh Thi Phuong and her friends go swimming every day, but it is not a recreational activity.

 Nations should look beyond mere economic gains at questions of sovereignty and excessive dependence when considering participation in China’s Belt and Road (BRI) initiative, experts said yesterday.

 The Nghinh Ong Festival in Can Gio is held annually around the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

 Seven out of every ten informal workers did not know about employment policies and more than 40 percent of freelance workers had never heard about voluntary social insurance, according to a survey.

 A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Vuong Thua Phong, head of the Vietnamese mission to the EU, took part in the 4th International Our Ocean 2017 Conference in Malta on October 5-6.

 Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in Russia Duong Hoang Minh highlighted positive outcomes in the one-year implementation of the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union.

 Industrial production index up 7.9 percent in 9 months

 Community-based tourism has brought many changes to the lives of residents in Da Bac district, one of the most disadvantaged localities in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh emphasised the role of regional mechanisms in promoting trust building and cooperation in peace, stability and development in the region.

 The Hanoi Association of Photographic Artists opened an exhibition showcasing 150 photos featuring streets of Hanoi and locals’ lifestyle from many different angles at Trang Tien street on October 6.

 The Party Central Committee (PCC) elected two additional members to the PCC Secretariat on October 6, the third working day of the PCC’s sixth plenary meeting in Hanoi.

 The Political Bureau has issued a warning as a disciplinary measure against the Standing Board of the Da Nang city Party Committee (2015-2020 term) for its serious rule violations and mistakes. 

 Vietnamese, French and Belgian artists will perform in a joint dance performance called “Urban distortions” in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14.