Vietnam sends athletes to compete at Asian Para Games II; Le Quang Liem vies for stake at Millionaire Chess Open; Thanh enters world women's vault finals in China; Vietnamese football squad defeated by Japanese students

 Thuy Linh shines at Miss International; British graphic designer to judge Hanoi logo contest; Animation festival opens in capital; Photo exhibition spotlights Hanoi’s development; Fireworks to mark Liberation Day

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, more South Korean and Japanese investors arrived in Vietnam, ready to pour more money into property projects.

 A flaw in cash machines that allows criminals to quickly steal wads of cash has been discovered.

Le Phuoc Vu, chairman of the management board of Hoa Sen Group, yesterday won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award, the prestigious international prize which EY initiated in 1986.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Those who want to dispel tetchiness and annoyance of daily stress of urban life, Cao Dai Temple in Tay Ninh Province is a good recommendation.

 A Ministry of Information and Communications delegation led by Deputy Minister Truong Minh Tuan is wrapping up a four-day visit to the Czech Republic aimed at boosting cooperation in the communications sector.

 The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to a trio of researchers for improving the resolution of optical microscopes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Believing that they are unsafe for health, many people are now reluctant to eat fruit and vegetables.

 The US and UK have warned that air strikes alone will not prevent Islamic State (IS) fighters from seizing the Syrian town of Kobane.

The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 90 percent of paper factories in Vietnam operate with substandard waste water treatment systems or have no such system, creating pollution in localities where they are located.

 Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh will participate in the Yonex Denmark Open badminton tournament to be held from October 14 to 19 in Odense City.

 The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Transport’s proposal to pilot the establishment of transport check-points at border crossings along the Vietnamese-Chinese borderline.

 Vietnamese scientists of Xuan Lien Nature Reserve have discovered a new floral species with the scientific name of Aristolochia xuanlienensis in Thanh Hoa province.

 Oil tanker Sunrise 689, which reportedly lost contact after leaving Singapore for Vietnam on October 2, is on the way home, according to the ship’s owning company - the Haiphong Seafood Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many teachers in schools around the country are not trained in classroom management skills and handle student behavior in inappropriate ways, parents have complained.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been tasked with assessing whether to lift the ban on beef imports from France once the products meet Vietnamese requirements.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders visit Japan; Vietnam contributes positively to ASEAN-EU ties: EU diplomat; President welcomes Asian, European musicians; Japan keen to foster agricultural cooperation with Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is to pay working visits to Japan and Iran from October 8-15 at the invitation of the Japanese and Iranian governments.