VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam hopes it can export $2 billion worth of fresh fruit this year, but analysts doubt the goal is attainable, as high air transport fees have made it difficult to penetrate foreign markets.

Telemor, a subsidiary of Viettel in Timor-Leste won the Gold award in the 'Fastest Growing Company of the Year in Asia, Australia and New Zealand' category at the Stevie Awards for the strong growth rate of 280% year-on-year.

 Vingroup announced on October 25 that the group has acquired 100% stock of Maximark supermarket chain and commercial centres from An Phong Investment JSC.

 Condé Nast Traveller (CNT) just released the results of its annual Readers' Choice Awards, and for the fifth year in a row, accordingly Vietnam ranked 12th among the top 20 destinations travellers want to visit.

 HCMC plans to establish a tourist information and support office at the end of this year to provide information, advice and support for tourists, especially those encountering problems like robbery and illegal soliciting.

 The Hanoi People’s Court opened a trial on October 26 for six ex-railway officials accused of abusing power while performing their duties.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has made a series of requests to protect the interests of Vietnamese citizens working abroad following the recent attack on two Vietnamese workers in Algeria.

 Vietnam strives wholeheartedly to strengthen the extensive strategic partnership with Japan, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung assured Governor of Saitama prefecture Ueda Kiyoshi during a reception in Hanoi on October 26. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Experts have warned that the tuition increase at state-owned universities will cause the plan on improving the ratio of university students per 10,000 people to fail.

 Draft revisions to the Civil Procedure Code were high on the agenda at a plenary session of the ongoing 13th National Assembly (NA)’s 10th sitting on October 26.

 The UK’s travel guide Wanderlust has cited Vietnam as one of the hot travel tickets of South East Asia.

First runner-up at Miss World Vietnam 2015 Pham Hong Thuy Van competing at the ongoing Miss International pageant’s final round in Japan has disclosed a music video featuring the beautiful images of her home country.

VietNamNet Bridge - The founders of Coc Coc have denied that they have given up the search engine, which is a big rival to Google in Vietnam.

 Bkav Technology Group has unveiled the top 10 teams who will move on to the final round of the 2015 WhiteHat Grand Prix – Global Challenge set for December 19 in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Following National Highway 70 which lies by imposingly high mountains of the northern province of Lao Cai, we arrived in Bac Ha District, which is known by the name “white plateau.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – A troupe from the Viet Nam Puppetry Theatre is in the French cities of Lyon and Le Revest-les-Eaux to perform with water puppetry the classic fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The Government has projected the State budget could lose around VND63 trillion this year due to the world oil price plunge. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing pollution is threatening the seas and ecology surrounding the tourist island of Phu Quoc in the southern province of Kien Giang.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Even though Vietnam has a long coastline, the country is still struggling with how to best exploit these advantages in developing a more developed maritime economy. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – In September 2015 the National Wage Council (NWC) of Vietnam proposed an across-the-board sharp increase in the monthly minimum wage of 12.4% effective the beginning of next year.