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.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many touching pictures collected from the Korean people and social organizations, relating to the massacres of civilians in the Vietnam War, have been presented to Da Nang by the Korean-Vietnamese Peace Foundation.

 A major effort to reform the nation’s education system and make it more practical and relevant has been ongoing for the last five years, but there is a danger that this can stumble on its own contradictions, experts say.

 The central province has submitted an upgrade plan for Chu Lai Airport to ministry review before it seeks approval from the Prime Minister.

 EU planning a Viet Nam agriculture visit, Industrial structure "more positive", ministry says, Vietcombank cuts specific lending rates, Hi-tech, advanced techniques key to agriculture future, Vietnam’s real estate tempts Asian investors

 Prompt actions made to cope with floods in central region, PM launches national movement to support the poor, Vietnamese women rescued from prostitution in Malaysia, Outstanding farmers honoured in Hanoi

 Typhoon Sarika passed Luzon Island of the Philippines and entered the East Sea on October 16 morning, becoming the seventh storm to hit this waters in 2016. 

 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa will be the first and only Vietnamese athlete to compete at the upcoming World Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines.