VietNamNet Bridge – There are clear signs of foreign portfolio investments returning to Vietnam, especially with the $35 million investment in a restaurant chain by Standard Chartered.

 A Thai woman was caught carrying 1.73kg of cocaine worth 11 billion VND (519,000 USD) at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

 The relic complex of the Ponagar Temple Towers built in the 8th century in Vinh Phuoc Ward, Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa Province is a typical architectural work of the Cham Pa culture which has remained intact over the years.

 A delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training, led by its Minister Pham Vu Luan, had a working visit to Russia on October 3-4.

“We have finished the hard part of normalizing relations and must now focus on using our emerging partnership to advance great common causes,” Ambassador to Mongolia Phan Dang Duong said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung inspected the progress made on the National Assembly (NA) House project in Hanoi on October 3, which is scheduled to host the eight session of the 13th NA later this month.

 The 32nd meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee opens today in Ha Noi, focusing on the contents of the upcoming eighth session of the 13th legislature.

 Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Joe Natuman, started an official five-day visit to Viet Nam yesterday at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thien Nhan, a 12-year-old girl from the south-central province of Binh Dinh, was crowned champion of The VoiceKids Vietnam 2014 here on Saturday night.

 A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and primary school teachers all complain that the current curriculum is too extensive for first graders, who must adapt to a new school environment.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City authorities aim to prevent flooding in six out of 11 areas in the city but work has been completed at only one site, according to the city’s Transport Department.

 Japanese shares rebounded on Monday following stronger-than-expected US payroll data for September.

 A powerful typhoon is bringing many parts of Japan to a standstill with heavy wind and rain as it nears Tokyo.

The 1st “Asia-Europe” New Music Festival in Vienam will be held at the Hanoi Opera House, including a chain of concerts of various genres and types, ranging from Symphony, Orchestra, Folk Music, Opera, Ballet, Choir to Contemporary music.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at a recent conference held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment that the calculation of GDP in Vietnam was unrealistic and different from other countries.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of fauna and flora species listed in the World Red Book as Roosevelt's muntjac, Amentotaxus yunnanensis (catkin yew) or Gekko cf. palmatus... have been discovered in the woods in Thanh Hoa province.

Dragon dance teams from all districts of Hanoi satisfied the audience at the 4th dragon dance festival held on Saturday, as part of a series of cultural activities to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the city's liberation on October 10.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Doctors of the Pediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital of Nghe An Province have removed a 10cm long leech from the larynx of an 11-year-old boy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cu Lao Cau or Cau Islet which is 110km away from Phan Thiet City is attractive to tourists thanks to its primitive landscape of sun, sand and wind.