VietNamNet Bridge - The Ba Ria – Vung Tau provincial authorities may shut down 18 factories charged with causing the death of large amounts of fish.

  Da Nang officials want to pay for ideas that will improve the city and its tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese startups have become more and more attractive to angel investors, seed-funds and series A-funds, both domestic and foreign.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many schools still cannot find enough students to start the new academic year, a trend that has occurred for several years. 

 Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang has taken a number of measures to develop the island into a hi-end eco-tourism destination of the region and the world, a local official said. 

 Travellers to Hanoi should not miss opportunities to visit museums during their trip to explore the thousand-year-old capital city. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has been seen as an attractive market to Thai cosmetics businesses as local people are showing a preference for made-in-Thailand products.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Party authorities in Yen Bai Province are hoping to turn the picturesque Nam Khat Village into a second Sa Pa with long-term investments and rigorous development.

 Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Le Hai Binh answered reporters’ queries about Vietnam’s citizen protection abroad during a regular press briefing in Hanoi on October 8. 

 Vietnam demands Thailand promptly investigate and strictly punish individuals involved in Thai marine police’s recent fatal shooting against Vietnamese fishing boats, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said. 

 Education has become a prominent cooperation field between Vietnam and the German Federal State of Hessen, President Truong Tan Sang said while receiving Karin Muler, head of the Hessen State Ministry for Science and Arts office in Hanoi.

VietNamNet would like to present an article by Dr. Tran Cong Truc, former Head of the Government Boundary Committee on US - Vietnam - China relations and the East Sea, after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US.

 Base salaries at foreign companies and Vietnamese companies show a marked difference, a survey conducted by human resources firm Mercer and its partner Talentnet Corporation has found.

 The new regulations on visa exemption for overseas Vietnamese aim to create more favourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese to return to the home land, said Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phu Tho Province's cultural authority has said the introduction of xoan singing in schools will play a major role in preserving and promoting the provincial heritage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A shortage of land for cemeteries in Hanoi is causing pressure on the planning and expanding of cemeteries, officials said.

Taxman collects VND24.5 trillion in tax arrears, Sacombank gets two deputy general directors from Southern Bank, Foreign lenders provide more funding for second metro line in city, German technology drives green energy development

 Young, talented Vietnamese singer Son Tung M-TP will represent Vietnam to vie for the "Best Worldwide Act" at the MTV European Music Awards 2015 (MTV EMA), scheduled to take place at Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy on October 25.

 Sixty books about Hanoi by collector Nguyen The Bach are being displayed in the city on the occasion of the capital liberation day (October 10). 

More than 100 representatives from State agencies and embassies of European Union (EU) member states in Vietnam, foreign experts and religious dignitaries gathered at a seminar in Hanoi on October 8.