VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam National Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Corporation has gained VND1.6 trillion from the divestment of three companies in its non-core businesses this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Next year, South Korea will transfer 167 different kinds of technologies to Vietnamese enterprises in four main industrial sectors.

Vietnam is accelerating the equitisation of State-owned enterprises, offering a number of opportunities for international investors, including German investors, PM Nguyen Tan Dung informed the Vietnam-Baden Wuerttemberg Economic Forum yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors have recently announced the development of surprisingly highly capitalized projects. However, analysts warn that Vietnam needs to remain cautious about these “super-projects”.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eleven cars of Thai tourists entering Vietnam without temporary number plates have been fined by the police of Hai Lang district in the central province of Quang Tri.

Colonel Dao Van Chuong, Deputy Director of the General Economic Security Department of the Ministry of Public Security, has been assigned as Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam of the Ministry of Transport.

An Indian vessel named Samudra Paharadar carrying 122 members of the Indian Coast Guard arrived at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang City on October 14. During its three-day visit, the ship will join a search and rescue exercise with the Vietnam Coast Guard.

Fifteen collectors are showcasing their antiques and paintings at the ‘Antiques Culture & Contemporary Fine Art Paintings – the National Pride’ exhibition from October 12-19 at No. 628 Hoang Hoa Tham Street in Tay Ho District in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among the richest entrepreneurs in the early 20th century were the owner of Co Ba soap brand, the king of waterway transport Mr. Bach Thai Buoi, the ‘ancestor’ of the paint industry Ms. Nguyen Son Ha.

 Australian author Richard Flanagan has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

 Typhoon cancels Japan friendly; Liem draws in eighth round; Can Tho to host international U21 tournament; Dong claims yellow jersey

 American contemporary dancer and Step Up Revolution actress Kathryn McCormick will perform during a gala night on Saturday celebrating the top 20 performers on Viet Nam's So You Think You Can Dance.

 Police in Hong Kong have clashed with pro-democracy protesters as they tried to clear an underpass near the city government headquarters.

Endangered pythons released into the wild; Fire kills one in HCM City house disaster; Six Vietnamese sailors reported missing in Japan; New rule reduces child patient overload; VN stores destroyed in Kazan market fire; 12 held for drug trafficking

 Mobile network operator Vietnamobile has reached a three-year deal with the Chelsea Football Club.

 The death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 4,447, with the large majority of victims in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Hollywood action star Gary Daniels (Expendables 2010) of the UK has been cast in the Vietnamese film Quyen, which is expected to be released next year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Universities have drawn up their 2015 enrollment plans and created several new groups of exams, leaving students with more questions than answers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A number of foreign-invested enterprises have allegedly tried to evade tax over the last 10 years but no proof of guilt has been found.

 Azerbaijan to reinforce comprehensive ties with Vietnam; Vietnam vows to join global efforts in disarmament; Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee meets; Vietnam, China foster cooperation on drug crime fight