A Vietnamese delegation led by the Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs, Nguyen Van Giau, attended the 8th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting in Rome, Italy, on October 7.

 The 32nd session of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee continued on October 8 with a focus on the implementation of policies and laws on climate change mitigation in the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Passengers will have a chance to book air tickets from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport to the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho and Bangkok (Thailand) at only VND9,000 (US$0.4) under a VietJet’s mega-promotion program.

Vietnam and Belarus pledged to cooperate on military personnel training, with a focus on political ideology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi residents worried the Government might run out of vaccines have been lining up in the early hours of the morning to register their children for the immunisation services programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Vietnam initially decided to build only three oil refineries, two are about to be built and others are under construction, while several more are awaiting licenses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has proposed further cutting banned business areas in the latest draft of the investment law from 11 to six.

 VietNamNet Bridge –All radioactive devices in the city will be tracked and managed by the Department of Science and Technology via Global Positioning System devices from the end of next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New clothing shops in HCM City are holding their own against famous international brands, with new collections being snatched up by the city's style-conscious.

 Over 100 food poisoning workers hospitalised; First onboard safety drill at Ha Long Bay; Hanoi’s external information channel launched; Pharma firm loses right to supply drugs; Health Ministry uses standby fund for Ebola prevention

 Foreign exchange rate remains unchanged, says SBV; HSBC: Vietnam’s PMI goes up in September; Garment exports to hit US$25 bln for 2014; Inflation holds steady in first nine months

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will submit its equitisation plan for Mobifone to the Government by end-2014 and if approved, it will implement this plan in 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The annual Hanoi Traditional Craft Village Tourism Festival will be held at Quan Ngua Sports Palace from October 9 to 12, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day.

VietNamNet Bridge – The old Long Bien Bridge not only spans the banks of the Red River but also the memories of Hanoi people.

Foreign automobile and electronics manufacturers often choose foreign enterprises for their parts and accessory suppliers instead of Vietnamese companies because it allows them to engage in transfer pricing, some analysts have claimed.

 VietNamNet Bride – The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange has announced to hold the IPO auction of the national carrier Vietnam Airlines’ shares on November 15. This is one of the most anticipated auctions in 2014.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thanh Khoan, 61, a farmer in Dong Nai province, has been domesticating and breeding thousands of ants to create aloeswood, a fragrant wood available in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Smuggling, copyright piracy and other commercial offences are continuing despite their best efforts, HCM City authorities told Deputy Primer Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

 VietNamNet Bridge – After the US Department of Commerce imposed the highest ever anti-dumping duties on warm-water shrimp exports from Vietnam, prices for black-tiger and white-legged shrimp in the Mekong Delta have plunged dramatically.

 The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs).