A group of Overseas Vietnamese students in Manchester city, the UK, have developed a mobile application named Tubudd in a hope to create a network that will connect foreign visitors with local tour guides in Vietnam.

Uber and Grab are in a fair competition with traditional taxis, so they operate within the confines of existing laws, said a representative from the Ministry of Transport.

 U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for unraveling molecular mechanisms that control our internal body clocks.

 New draft amendments to the Fisheries Law will allow lease of sea surface areas to be used as collateral for bank loans.

Toong and the United Overseas Bank in Viet Nam are joining forces to support businesses, especially those involved in financial technology (Fintech) in Viet Nam and Asia.

 Mekong Capital reported total earnings of nearly US$79 million from its divestments this year to date, including the recent sale of its remaining holdings in the agricultural company Loc Troi Group.

 Ha Noi has proposed to the Prime Minister to put in place a special mechanism to build 22,300 commercial apartments, which would help add to the housing stock for relocation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The transport ministry is in favour of the project to upgrade the Ha Noi Railway Station, as well as its surrounding areas, and to concretise the capital city’s general planning, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Khanh Ly won her second silver medal at the World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, on Sunday.

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has called for greater efforts to address the shortage of raw materials faced by the domestic cashew processing industry.

  Enterprises providing transport services and construction materials planned to increase charges following an increase in fuel prices on the domestic market recently.

 Sixty-three girls nationwide have been selected to compete in the semi-final round of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 in Nha Trang beach city of the south central province of Khanh Hoa.

VietNamNet Bridge - A high number of consignments to the US have been refused this year because Vietnamese exporters were unaware of new regulations set by the US.

 HCM City’s programme for tracing the origin of poultry meat sold at retail outlets kicked off on October 3, according to the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was worried about the slow disbursement of public investment capital while chairing the government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on October 3. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A book on the country’s revolutionary fine arts in the 1950s was released last weekend in HCM City, after years of work by staff of prestigious museums and associations. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – With a new series of 3D colouring books, children can scan their pen-and-paper creations into an app that lets them digitally render their drawings in the real world.

 The Prime Minister has approved a project to preserve ancient red pine trees at the Yen Tu National Forest in Uong Bi city of the northern province of Quang Ninh.

International artists will join the Artists in Residence programme from now to October 28 at the Flamingo Dai Lai Resort in the northern province of Vinh Phuc as art of the Art in the Forest project.   

 Ly Hoang Nam  will take part in the Thailand Men’s Futures F7 which began yesterday in Nonthaburi Province.