Experts believe now is the right time for Vietnam to think of developing the Internet of Things (IoT) as a solution to foster socio-economic development, and discuss the use of an open and closed technology platform to ensure sustainable development.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many students who could not satisfy the requirements to enroll in universities have unexpectedly been admitted to schools after intervention by heads of ministries. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government on October 5 began an integrated nutrition and food security programme to end malnutrition and stunting for children and vulnerable groups in Vietnam.

 Mr. Adam Sitkoff, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement welcoming the conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport enterprises are concerned about fees that they have to pay for their operations at bus stations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “I know I’m an acquired taste – I’m anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.” – Tori Amos

 50 percent of beverage market share taken by foreign producers, Bad debt ratio slashed to 3.21 percent, Vietnam seeks shorter time for resolving business disputes, Cashew exports drop on costlier raw nuts

 Fifty highly-polluted craft villages across Hanoi will be helped with waste treatment between now and 2020, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade. 

 Helicopter tours will soon be available for tourists to enjoy an aerial view of the World Cultural Heritage of My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam, a local official said. 

Preparations for the 2016 Asian Beach Games (ABG) were at the forefront of discussions during a conference held in central Da Nang city on October 6.  

 The fifth Science Film Festival in Vietnam themed “The World of Light” will take place from October 11 to December 6, the Goethe Institute announced on October 6. 

 The fourth International Puppetry Festival will take place in Hanoi from October 10-16, drawing puppeteers from host Vietnam and nine foreign countries. 

 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will benefit Vietnam in not only economic but also institutional and social terms, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang. 

The completion of the historic Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on October 5 has received positive response from many countries.  

 One person was killed and seven others were injured in a collision between two coaches carrying Vietnamese nationals in Laos’s central province of Salavan on October 5. 

The Vietnam-Korea Vocational College of Quang Ngai, one of five vocational colleges to be established nationwide using official development assistance funds from the Republic of Korea, commenced its first course on October 6 with 130 students. 

 The transport ministry and the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) today agreed to study the feasibility of a 500 km-long railway link from Laos' Vientiane to Vung Ang in central Ha Tinh Province of Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – At a private kindergarten in the central province of Quang Binh, three babysitters beat and bound a baby boy, and stuffed his mouth with cloth, according to police.

Tuition fees of the national civil educational system will rise 10 per cent starting from this December, according to a new decree signed by the Prime Minister.

 A sanitation worker at Noi Bai International Airport was fined VND7.5 million (US$350) on the charge of property theft at a restricted area of the airport.