VietNamNet Bridge – Travel operators attending the recently-concluded International Trade Show for Asian Travel Market hailed Vietnam’s 15-day visa exemption for tourists from Italy, Spain, the UK, France, Germany and Belarus.

 VietNamNet Bridge – An October 24th career fair in Ho Chi Minh City has been a tremendous success, according to President Jens Ruebbert of the German Business Association (GBA).

 A nervous Adele has premiered her "intimate" new single, Hello, on BBC Radio 1. The singer said she was "going to belch" as breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw cued the song up.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A more transparent legal framework and improved administrative procedures are needed to attract more investment in waste and water treatment services, according to experts.

 Mexico's president has warned that Hurricane Patricia still poses a threat of floods and landslides as it brings heavy rain to parts of the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 300 graduates in four central provinces were scammed into paying a woman who claimed she could help them secure a job in healthcare.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Poet Phan Huyen Thu has been stripped of her award granted for a poetry book Seo Doc Lap (Scars for Independence) due to a controversy about plagiarism.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Six hotels and resorts in Viet Nam are among the finest properties in all of Asia, according to readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum will host a photo exhibition on natural landscapes and cultural activities in Tohoku taken by Japanese photographers. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Assets Management Company (VAMC) has issued special bonds to purchase over 92 trillion VND (4.18 billion USD) worth of bad debts from the beginning of this year to October 20,

Dr. William Robichaud has received the 2015 Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership for his extraordinary leadership in raising global attention for the conservation of the saola in Vietnam.

 The draft of the Socio-economic Development Plan for 2016-2020 was revealed at the tenth session of National Assembly (NA) XIII, with economic indicators and public debt targets.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The trial of 4G services will be conducted in 2016 and services will be commercialized one year later, with charges expected to be equivalent to the current 3G rates, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam yesterday (Oct 22) urged the Ministry of Education and Training to tailor its policies on autonomy for public universities to the needs of each institution.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's publishing houses are turning to foreign comic books because local authors are unable to meet growing demand.  

 Viet Vision Advertising Co. Ltd and the Masteri deluxe property brand of Thao Dien Investment Joint Stock Company will hold their first music show The Master of Symphony in HCM City on November 20-22.

 VietNamNet Bridge - About three million people in Vietnam are classified as middle class, whose average property is worth about $18,074, according to Credit Suisse.

VietNamNet Bridge - International experts said that China’s illegal construction of two lighthouses in Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) is a dangerous move to promote the preposterous claims of Beijing in the East Sea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Built at the cost of $900 million, the terminal T2 helped Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport to be listed as the best airport in Asia in 2015.

 The Els Performance Golf Academy will be established in Viet Nam with an announced capital of about VND100 billion (US$4.4 million).