VietNamNet Bridge – Businessman Nguyen Van Thanh is excited to attend Oktoberfest - not in Munich, but in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s trade turnover was estimated at US$11.61 billion in the first half of October 2013, with its export revenue worth US$5.75 billion, the Vietnam Customs reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Football Federation (VFF) has been accused of wastefulness and ineffectiveness both in operations and training activities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Lawmakers at the sixth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) yesterday agreed that some articles in the draft Emulation and Reward Law for Government workers should be standardised.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have warned that Vietnam may become the place for foreign investors to export backward petrochemical technologies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City will consider naming two roads after General Vo Nguyen Giap and Chairman of the State Council Vo Chi Cong at its People’s Council meeting this year’s end.

While the General Department of Customs reported sharp fall in the rice export turnover in January-September of 2013, the Vietnam Food Association said Vietnam has no more rice to export.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the country's three biggest mobile operators hiking their 3G (third generation network) usage price, the fourth largest firm Vietnamobile has said it will not follow the trend.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.5 percent in the third quarter of 2013. Compared with the second quarter, the growth is 0.5 percent higher.

 Infants who were bottle fed were more likely to be at risk of developing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, a form of stomach obstruction, than those who were breastfed,

 Customs officials in the northern port city of Hai Phong have seized about 2.4 tonnes of elephant tusks smuggled from Malaysia.

 VN retail boosted by foreign support; Hi-tech urban complex to bridge border; Auto giants choose to steer clear of national motor show; Mobile users resent huge 3G fee hike

VietNamNet Bridge – Local experts during a meeting on Wednesday said that the transfer of ailing State-owned enterprises to other sound SOEs will only see problems of the enterprises spreading widely instead of giving the firms proper therapy.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of the Hanoi T&T FC has confirmed that striker Samson has officially become a Vietnamese citizen from October 2013 under the name Ha Noi Son.

Highway 45, the section crossing Van Ha town, Thanh Hoa province was congested with traffic for several kilometers in the afternoon of October 20 because thousands of people marched on the road with the coffin of a pregnant woman.

 VietNamNet Bridge – My Phuoc town in Ben Cat district, the southern province of Binh Duong was suddenly flooded at midnight on October 19, which was unprecedented event here.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Sala Po Thi Seray Sako or New Temple in Vinh Chau town, Soc Trang province, has built the grave for a 10-ton whale that was found dead on the coast on October 11.

The government has reported that the national economy is recovering from the recession. Meanwhile, economists have reminded that the national budget is facing the shortfall and the unemployment rate has been increasing.

France’s Arties Quartet music band will give a classical concert at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace on October 31 to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between France and Vietnam.

 Vietnamese weightlifting ace Thach Kim Tuan yesterdat won three bronze medals in his favourite 56kg event at the World Weightlifting Championship, which is taking place in Wroclaw, Poland.