Fifteen teams from eight countries, including two Vietnamese teams, have been selected to present their smart city building solutions at the Demo Day of the Global Smart City Innovation Challenge for Vietnam (SCIC) competition in November.

 The Vietnam-US music night will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 29 with the return of acclaimed violinist Vu Viet Chuong, introducing well-known opera songs to the public. 

 Main activities of APEC Economic Leaders’ Week

 Prime Minister of Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis expressed his wish to enhance people-to-people and cultural exchange, tourism and education-training cooperation with Vietnam during a working session with Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.

Government inspectors yesterday announced inspection results over a mansion complex owned by Yen Bai Province’s environmental director, accusing him of “dishonesty” for failing to declare ....

 Teens who vape, or use e-cigarettes, may be more likely to develop a regular smoking habit when the liquid they use in their vaping devices has higher concentrations of nicotine, 

 As many as 45 fencers will represent Vietnam to battle in all competition categories at the sixth Asian U23 Championships 2017, scheduled to take place in Hanoi between October 26 and 31.

 Hanoi has been ranked seventh on a new list of the world’s fastest-growing tourism cities, with a 16.4% average annual growth rate in the 2009 - 2016 period, according to the MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index 2017.

 The Ministry of Transport yesterday said that it has completed the pre-feasibility report of projects to build some stretches of North-South Expressway in 2017-2020 to submit to the National Assembly.

VietNamNet Bridge - In 2016, Vietnam received 10 million foreign travelers and served 62 million domestic travelers.

Those who have been immersed in the colour of brilliant red maple leaves in the world will be impressed by these forests in Vietnam. Following are some enjoyable destinations in the country.

Vietnamese representative Huyen My and other 77 contestants from around the world took part in the preliminary competition at Miss Grand International 2017 held on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province on October 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three-time 29th Southeast Asian Games winner Nguyen Thi Huyen helped her Nam Dinh Province take the lead after the first day of the National Athletics Championships

Representatives from Toray International-one of Japan’s largest producers of clothing items-are expected to come to Vietnam next month to work with authorities of Quang Ninh on a major plant in the province, also its first in Vietnam.

 Nguyen Hong Truong, deputy head of IDG Ventures Vietnam and one of the founders of Vietnam's start-up community, died on October 22 from a stroke.

 Two people have been killed and four others seriously injured in a fire which burnt down a house in Ho Chi Minh City's District 9 early Tuesday morning. 

 The number of corruption cases as well as death penalties handed to corrupted officials in the first three quarters of this year have increased compared to the same period last year, according to a government report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lacquer paintings depicting nature, plants and flowers throughout the year are on display at an exhibition by artist Nguyen Tran Cuong.

As people in flood-hit provinces struggle to piece together severely disrupted lives, local authorities are calling out for urgent help to deal with major damage suffered by dykes, irrigation works and other constructions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of resettlement houses in Ha Noi remain partially empty as their intended residents have not moved in, wasting State resources,