Two major fire accidents took place at Nam Trung Yen urban area near Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower and Quang Minh industrial zone in Hanoi’s outlying district of Me Linh.

At the Vinahouse Space in Quang Nam province, on October 18, the Vietnam House Company announced that Vinahouse had set five national records. On the same day, it also inaugurated the largest-ever Museum of Ancient Houses in Vietnam.

 Nigeria is expected to be declared officially free of Ebola on Monday, after six weeks with no new cases.

 Japan's Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A King Cobra snake, caught days ago in Dong Thap province by a farmer, has not been fed for several days as the local police have no idea how to take care of it.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many exercise machines have been installed along Nhieu Loc Canal in HCM City to serve local residents.

 Pro-democracy activists have strongly denied Hong Kong leader CY Leung's claim that "external forces" are involved in protests in the territory.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Final assembly of the first A320 aircraft for VietJet, the budget airline, is now underway in Toulouse, France, according to Airbus.

 North Korean troops approached the demarcation line separating the two sides, prompting South Korean soldiers to fire warning shots, officials said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Under current regulations, the selling price of goods and services during promotions must not be lower than 50 percent of the price prior to the sale.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Binh Phuoc authorities have shown support for the construction of an international-standard racecourse in the province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – After a survey and diving tour in Binh Chau near Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam, international experts have praised the area as unique because of its many mysterious ancient sunken ships.

VietNamNet Bridge – Listed securities companies took the lead in profit growth in the first nine months of 2014 because of the market rally, according to the financial information website vietstock.vn.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mono, one of Japan's most prominent post-rock bands, will stage their debut performance in Viet Nam on October 29.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese jailbreak-service providers of smartphones, who call themselves “techmen”, have announced that they have successfully unlocked ICloud on the iOS 8 operating system.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s important speech on security challenges in Asia, especially in the East Sea, delivered in Berlin, Germany on October 17, has attracted the special attention of the German press and academics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Taiwanese-invested Formosa Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. based in Ha Tinh Province, in central Vietnam, has asked for the Ministry of Transport’s permission to establish its own steel-transport fleet in Vietnam.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Hanoi on the morning of October 19, ending his tour to Belgium, the European Union, Germany and Italy where he attended the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit.

 Regarding the EU role in the East Sea, VietNamNet is presenting an article by Truong Minh Huy Vu, lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations, HCM City National University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – First graders are being asked to solve math questions before they have even learned to read, parents say.