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.

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 470 universities in Vietnam will be ranked once every two years under a plan outlined in a new government decree which takes effect on October 25.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On his first day at school, Dinh Van K'Re, a H're ethnic boy, attracted the attention of pupils at Son Ba Primary School in Son Ha district’s Son Ba commune in in the central province of Quang Ngai.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The new position of Vietnam in the global rankings of competitiveness is 56, as announced on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

 Ho Chi Minh City promises to create more favourable conditions for businesses and citizens from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to operate and live in the city, including practicing their religions. 

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City’s plan to build water reservoirs to help ease urban flooding still cannot be implemented. The first reservoir would have been built no sooner than the second quarter of 2016.

 Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang attended the 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime Plus Three (AMMTC+ 3) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on September 30, during which he highlighted Vietnam’s tireless efforts to fight crime. 

 Recent months have given us the opportunity to reflect on a number of significant anniversaries, including the 70 years since the ending of the Second World War, and the declaration of independence of Viet Nam. 

 The defence cooperation between Vietnam and Russia is considered one of the cornerstones in the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, which has been increasingly reinforced in recent years. 

 Politburo member To Huy Rua appreciated the contributions made by Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Fukada Hiroshi to the success of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s recent official visit to Japan at their meeting in Hanoi on September 30. 

VietNamNet Bridge – There are many new industrial parks (IP) among 299 measuring about 84,000 ha in Viet Nam,