According to the Hydrology Meteorology Forecast Center of Vietnam and Pacific Asia region, a tropical low pressure zone has developed into a new typhoon from offshore of Pacific Ocean after entering East Sea.

 The Vietnam IT Outsourcing Conference 2015 (VNITO 2015), the biggest IT outsourcing conference of its kind, officially opened yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh and world’s renowned Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao have been invited to serve as judges at the final round of Miss Global 2015 pageant scheduled for October 22 in Manila, the Philippines.

Customers of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines can now enjoy high-end services when flying from Hanoi to Seoul, after the airline rolled out its new A350-900 aircraft for the route on October 15.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on October 16 presented the State President’s Friendship Medal to John S. Gunning, an energy expert from Ireland, for his contributions to Vietnam’s energy sector, especially in the 1980-1990 period.

 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Vo Van Tuan has praised recent army engineer cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia.

 HCM City will use more than 2,100sq.m of land in the Tao Dan Park in District 1 to build the Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro route, often called Route No 2.

 About 48 people were treated for symptoms of food poisoning after they ate bread bought from a local bakery in Dong Hoi City in the central Quang Binh Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thanh Quy, 22, a student of Thang Long University, works part-time job as a deliverywoman, locally called as "shipper" in Ha Noi, for a cell phone case shop in Ha Noi's Nguyen Hong Street.

VietNamNet Bridge -  As the market recovery has become clearer, multinational groups and foreign investment funds have begun to inject money into real estate projects, mostly large ones. 

 More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a 30% fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet suggests.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight water towers of 30m high, built before 1975 by the US, have been abandoned in HCM City for many years. They are now a threat to the safety of neighboring people.

 A second nuclear reactor in Japan was brought back online Thursday at the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, southwestern Japan, as the government continues its drive to resume operations as many plants as possible,

At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first buckwheat flower festival, which will feature art performances and a display of buckwheat flower products, will celebrate the blossoming of the iconic flowers next month in Dong Van District in Ha Giang Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Sources said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is planning to borrow one billion US dollars more from Vietcombank, one of Vietnam’s largest commercial banks, at the interest rate of 3-4 percent per annum.

VietNamNet Bridge - The continued water discharge by hydropower plants in China in recent days has caused flooding in the Red River section in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The newly established Viet Nam Film Distribution Association (VFDA) promises to protect domestic film distributors from the competition they face from foreign groups.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vu Thi Trang reached the quarter-final round of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix badminton tournament yesterday (Oct 15) after beating Yu Chien Hui at the Hsing Chuang Gymnasium. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Four Vietnamese players have entered the fourth qualification round of the Carom Billiards 3-Cushion World Cup, which is being held in Istanbul, Turkey.