VietNamNet Bridge – A monkey bit a tourist on Saturday morning while a group of students visited the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

 Vietnam has seen a boom in exports and imports with its strong economic growth, but due to weak logistics it has been losing a considerable portion of its wealth. 

 The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to have 4 million additional numbers with the prefixes "086", "087", "088" and "089" serving the domestic market.

 Bitel telecommunication service provider, the Peru branch of Vietnam’s military-run telecom group Viettel, will invest an additional 250 million USD to increase its subscribers to 2.5 million people.

 About 10,000 labourers working as tourism service suppliers and fishermen along Sam Son Beach in Thanh Hoa Province, are concerned that they would likely lose their jobs if a project to upgrade the beach gets approval.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lawyers representing Vietnamese-French Agent Orange victim Tran To Nga in a lawsuit against 26 US chemical companies said the defendant continued to make irrational requests in order to prolong the case.

 The General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP), in co-ordination with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Saturday launched the campaign, "Stop gender discrimination, stop gender-biased sex selection".

VietNamNet Bridge - The state’s call for investment in infrastructure projects has received an active response from private investors, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) report to the Ministry of Transport.

 High-ranking military officers of Vietnam and Laos have reviewed the implementation of cooperation programmes between the two countries’ armies at talks in Hanoi on October 17.

 Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh said ASEAN and China should put in place cooperative mechanisms to realise their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea and in the region.

 As an active and responsible member of international community, Vietnam supports law enforcement at national and international level in line with principles of the United Nations (UN) Charter, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga.

 Lawmakers on the last day of the 42nd National Assembly Standing Committee on October 16 agreed that unlawful residency registration and marriage registration would no longer be punishable under the penal code.

 Le Thanh Hai remains HCM City Party Committee Secretary pending the 12th National Party Congress and fresh elections to all Politburo posts even as other leaders were elected at the city's five-day Party Congress that closed on Saturday.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 200 ‘hot spots’ with plant protection residues in 15 cities have been found, threatening local people, domestic animals and the environment. 

The Vietnam Tax Consultants Association (VTCA) has completed the draft on the new tax policy for information technology (IT) firms as assigned by the government. It plans to give more tax incentives to encourage the development of the industry.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan last week talked about the election of officials of under 40 years old to the key positions at the Party Congress of Da Nang and Kien Giang.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), talks about the recovery in the tourism sector over recent months and its targets for the remainder of the year.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On September 14, 2015, the Vietnamese Government issued Decree No. 78/2013/ND-CP guiding the 2014 Enterprise Law about enterprise registration. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Though Vietnam ranks 25th among the best 39 countries for expatriates to work and live, it is still attractive to expatriates thanks to its low living costs, friendly people and cultural diversity,

Top officials of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said the opportunity to introduce Vietnam to the world is wide open, after some beauty spots in Vietnam appeared in the latest Hollywood movie about Peter Pan.