Police in Ha Noi City's Hoan Kiem District have arrested two members of a pick-pocketing gang in the capital's ancient quarter.

 The largest solid waste processing plant in the northwestern region officially started operations yesterday, aiming to address the accumulation of hazardous garbage dumping sites across towns in this province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has been urged to prepare for foreign direct investment (FDI) flow from companies leaving China because of unfavorable business conditions there.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A clause in draft law suggesting that elderly couples that only have daughters should receive government subsidies is being opposed.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese chess players ended their competition at the Malaysian Chess Festival 2015. Malaysia with one gold, three silver, and one bronze medal, of which Nguyen Van Huy (Hanoi) won the gold for rapid chess event.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will try to convince Bac Ninh people to not hold the pig-chopping ritual in the 2016 festival, said the Ministry’s Deputy Chief Inspector Pham Xuan Phuc. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The potential of the Vietnamese insurance market is great: total insurance premiums in 2014 reached VND52.68 trillion, an increase of 13.2 percent over 2013. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and constituents of Da Nang, the largest city in central Vietnam, are worried that many Chinese people are purchasing coastal land in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Air pollution from Vietnamese coal-fired power plants killed 4,300 people in 2011, and plants aren't reducing emissions any time soon, according to a recent Harvard University study.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At a height of nearly 2,000m, Pha Luong is an attractive destination for young people. Conquering this mountain requires the courage and strength of real adventurers.

 The headline Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped below the 50 no-change mark in September to 49.5 points, the first such fall in 25 months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The message about Vietnam’s open-door, favorable policies for foreign investors was delivered again and again by government officials recently.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will investigate the appointment of the 30-year-old director of the Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Nam province, said Deputy Minister Tran Anh Tuan at the monthly cabinet press conference on October 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local inventors last weekend displayed their robots, unmanned plane models, military ships, bean sprouting machines and other machines at Techmart, Vietnam’s largest annual technology and equipment fair, in Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Hundreds of residents of Thanh Son commune, Tinh Gia district in Thanh Hoa province flocked to the local government office to oppose a planned waste treatment project.

Water puppetry promoted in Hoi An, Hoan Kiem through the lens, Park Hyatt Saigon, Elyx present Art in the Park, Poet Nguyen Du’s birthday marked nationwide, Free public screenings of wildlife protection short films in Hanoi

 HCM City faces rove beetle threat, HCM City launches bus route via Thu Thiem Tunnel, Woman arrested for robbing taxi drivers, Works start on Tho Xuan airport’s air traffic control tower, Tay Ninh gets new main border gate

 Saigon Sail Co. Ltd. is waiting for approval from the HCMC Department of Transport to resume a rowboat tour along Nhieu Loc Canal as its temporary license expired last month.

A number of foreign furniture firms have shifted their businesses from Indonesia to Viet Nam since early this year. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Weighing 129 kilos, Ngo Thuy Tien thought it would be difficult to move on the dance floor, but she has developed a passion for the performing arts.