VietNamNet Bridge – A dam in Dam Ha district of the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh was broken this morning after one-day long heavy rains, submerging hundreds of houses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Electronic books (e-books) have gradually won the hearts of frequent readers, particularly bookworms in large cities of Viet Nam, but piracy remains a problem.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many experts backed the building of a road-rail bridge spanning the Hong (Red) River just 75m from the historic, but ageing Long Bien Bridge at a conference held on Tuesday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Jr NBA Viet Nam 2014 All-Stars Basketball Team have completed a six-day trip to Beijing, China.

 Asia stocks mostly opened higher after the US dollar jumped in value following the end of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing stimulus program.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In 2014, on average, each Vietnamese firm spends 872 hours paying taxes and the tax costs account for 40.8% of profits, according to the World Bank’s (WB) annual report on the global business environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Debts owed by State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to both domestic and foreign creditors are too big for the Government to shoulder, especially at a time when public debts are posing a big headache.

 VietNamNet Bridge - A number of parks, hotels, restaurants and bars in Hanoi and HCM City have prepared exciting programs to treat guests this Friday and Saturday on the occasion of Halloween.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Four days after falling from an apartment on the 10th floor, a four-year-old boy in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, can still run around and play.

 The Indian government has given a list containing names of all Indians suspected to have parked untaxed wealth in foreign banks to the Supreme Court.

 Vietnamese play wins award of excellence at theatre festival; Vietnamese feature enters Taipei film festival; Quang Nam seeks to preserve Bai Choi singing; Electronic musician plays at CAMA ATK; Meet the walking dead at beer club party

 VietNamNet Bridge – Solar energy is expected be used provide clean water supply in southern rural areas, where the national electricity grid still cannot reach.

 The Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) on Tuesday decided to reduce Tran Dinh Dong's ban of Song Lam Nghe An to November 1 instead of December 31.

 The Thanh Chuong Viet Palace and the Temple of Literature are must-visit places in Ha Noi, journalist E Jane Dickson has written in the autumn issue of Ultratravel.

 Rescue workers in Sri Lanka have intensified their search for survivors of a tea plantation landslide in the centre of the country which is feared to have buried more than 100 people.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced that public debt remains below the safety limit of 65 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and will sink to 60.2 percent by 2020.

 The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a decline in the spread of Ebola in Liberia, the country hardest hit in the outbreak.

 Tan Son Nhat International Airport on October 28 welcomed the first charter flight of Nordwind Airlines bringing 287 Russian tourists to Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – The policy on rice subsidy does not benefit Vietnamese farmers and consumers, as rice export prices are even lower than domestic prices.

 Vietnam cruised to a 3-0 win over U23 Bahrain in a friendly match at Ho Chi Minh City’s Thong Nhat Stadium on October 29.