Traders recorded sale of VND170 billion (US$7.5 million), with more than 130,000 orders during the fall Online Shopping Day 2016, Vietnam E-Commerce and Information Technology Agency (VEITA) announced on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has been urged to apply a special policy to encourage students to join national teams to attend international competitions. 

 The inclusion of China's yuan into the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s basket of reserve currencies last Saturday will impact finance across the globe, and Viet Nam is no exception.

 Two US steelmakers have requested the US Department of Commerce (DOC) check whether China is circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on cold-rolled steel coils and corrosion-resistant sheets by processing hot-rolled coil in Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnamese automobile market is much smaller than Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, but it is now one of the most attractive markets in the region.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc yesterday asked Hanoi People’s Committee to handle the West Lake mass fish death incident, of which fish losses have already reached 60 tonnes and counting.

 Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has jumped 228 spots to 701 in the men’s singles rankings in the latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings.

 A man committed suicide by exploding a homemade bomb while in a taxi, killing himself and the driver, announced Quang Ninh Province authorities today evening.

VietNamNet Bridge - The recent reports about mobile internet speed,all show that Vietnam is among the countries with the slowest mobile internet in the world.

 Several main streets in HCM City were flooded yesterday afternoon after rain fell for several hours as forecasted.

 Y Ty, a commune in Bat Xat district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, has become a famous destination among travellers. It is well-known for both natural and human beauty.

VietNamNet Bridge - Why are coal-run thermopower plants located on the Hau River? Why do the plants all use Chinese technology? Will there be another Formosa on the Hau River?

Nine globally endangered species have been discovered at Phong Dien Nature Reserve, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, through camera traps.  

 Ai Lao singing and dancing, a traditional ritual associated with the legend of Saint Giong’s defeat of invaders, has been recognised national intangible cultural heritage. 

An exhibition themed “Cultural heritages and antiques of Luong Son district” opened at the cultural house of Luong Son district, northern Hoa Binh province, on October 3. 

President Tran Dai Quang requested the business community in Ho Chi Minh City to take a pioneering role in the development of domestic private economic sector, especially SMEs during a meeting in the city on October 3.

  The fourth session of the 14th National Assembly’s Standing Committee opened on October 3, focusing on the draft law on the amendments and supplements to some articles of the Criminal Code.

 Vietnam and South Africa agreed to enhance traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation in the future, particularly in politics, trade, justice, science-technology, and defense security.

Deputy Minister of Transport  Nguyen Ngoc Dong talked about the existing barriers, as well as new investment incentives in a draft law to revise the 2005 Railway Law, making the industry more attractive.

China’s election of deputies to the People’s Congress in the so-called Sansha city illegally built by the country and the illegal patrol in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago area is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty.