The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has made a proposal to the prime minister on next year’s public holidays scheme.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chief Editor Vo Dang Thien and Deputy Editor Pham Thanh of the online newspaper Infonet have been suspended in order to clarify personal responsibility for the newspaper’s recent violation.

 A new case of Zika infection has just been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the fifth in the city so far, triggering concern that more Zika cases are likely to appear in the southern hub. 

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and the Yachiyo Bank of Japan have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in supporting Japanese firms in Vietnam.

 Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) 's Management Board Dmitry Pankin expressed his wish that all 12 candidates, including Vietnam, can be admitted to the bank at the end of 2017. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has requested ministries and relevant agencies to make all-out efforts to keep inflation at between 4.5-5 percent as set by the National Assembly in 2016.

 A string of summits which aim to further links among Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries will take place in Hanoi from October 24-26.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged UK businesses to get more involved in the reshuffle of financial and banking systems in Vietnam.

 Ho Chi Minh City will create optimal conditions for Bulgarian businesses to seek opportunities for long-term investment and business, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said. 

 The second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will convene on October 20 morning, the NA Secretary-General announced in a press release on October 19. 

 Storm Sarika weakened into a low tropical pressure this morning over the sea some 60km away from the Quang Ninh coast.

 The helicopter that went missing yesterday in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was found this morning with the bodies of all three military officers on board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3 - the dangerous level,

VietNamNet Bridge - The pay policy under which teachers receive salaries based on length of service is believed to be the reason why talented people do not want to become teachers.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to replace the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) as the investor of the $1.7 billion Quang Trach Thermal Power Plant 1 in Quang Binh.

 Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG's new immunotherapy, Tecentriq, won approval on Tuesday from U.S. health regulators as a second-line lung cancer treatment,

 Vietnam Expo 2016 to be held in HCM City, Vietnam light industry park to be set up in Moscow, Work starts on TH True Milk complex in Russia, European businesses upbeat about Vietnamese market

On October 15 more than 2,000 people stormed the Dat Mui clam breeding cooperative in the southern province of Ca Mau to steal clams. The farm guards and the local government were unable to protect the farm.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Guide to Sleeping in Airports website has published the list of the best airports in Asia in 2016, with two Vietnamese names included -Noi Bai and Da Nang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Tu, 54, a former commanding officer of the Ca Roong border post in the central province of Quang Binh’s Tuyen Hoa District, is known far and wide as a discoverer and protector of langurs.