BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, a 100 percent Vietnam-made smartphone, is moving ahead with its plan to export BPhones, ignoring doubts that a Vietnam-made high-tech product can be sold in the world market.

 The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned global growth is likely to be weaker this year than last.

If foreign investment in the casino business increases by about $3 billion compared to the current level, Vietnam’s GDP will rise by 0.58% in the first year, according to research conducted by the Institute for Regional Sustainable Development.

 Chinese authorities are investigating a fresh explosion in Guangxi province, a day after a series of parcel bombs killed seven people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The northern city of Nam Dinh is known as the home to many Roman Catholic beautiful churches.

VietNamNet Bridge - The sale of 450,000 tons of rice to the Philippines under a government-to-government contract is expected to increase Vietnam’s rice price in domestic and world markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders of HCM City consulted international experts about flood-prevention solutions during a meeting chaired by the city's Party Committee Secretary Le Thanh Hai yesterday, Sept 30.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There could be between 2.3 million to 4.3 million less women than men in Viet Nam by 2025,

VietNamNet Bridge - Chinese President Xi Jinping recently advised the US to read each other’s strategies exactly so as to avoid ‘Thucydides’s Trap’.

Manzi to host contemporary music concert, Charity run around West Lake, Fun run to be held in District 2, Beer festival at Saigon Outcast, Saigon Ranger presents expat trio, Berlin-based DJ to debut at The Observatory

 A wide range of cultural and art activities will be held to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2015).

 The Vietnam National Academy of Music has unveiled that child piano prodigy Vincent Vu will take to the Grand Concert Hall stage October 1-2 performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 and Sibelius’s Symphony No 2.

 A list of 40 leading Vietnamese information and technology (IT) companies will be announced at an awarding ceremony on October 8 in Hanoi, announced the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).

 Three national centres for bio-technology will be established in the country as part of a recently approved plan for developing a network of facilities serving the sector by 2025. 

 Some 7,862 apartments from 26 projects in Ho Chi Minh City were sold during the third quarter of 2015, said Head of CBRE Vietnam’s Research and Consulting Department Duong Thuy Dung at a press conference in the city on September 29.

 An instance of large-scale illegal wildlife transport was discovered on September 29 in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park’s ranger unit. 

 Environmental protection is both the target and basic content of sustainable development, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said at the fourth National Conference on the Environment in Hanoi on September 30. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many young women of Vietnamese origin have attracted special attention at beauty contests worldwide. 

According to the Global Cybersecurity Index Report of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Vietnam ranked 76th out of 196 countries, with the index of 0.324, higher than the average of the world (0.28).

 VietNamNet Bridge - Billionaire Hoang Kieu has been included on a list of the 400 wealthiest people in America by Forbes magazine.