Viet Nam will play a game of pride against China in the last group C match at the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championship in Yangon, Myanmar today.

 As time goes by, 36 streets and guilds in Hanoi’s Old Quarters almost remained unchanged in their architectural styles that were designed decades ago.

 Typhoon Vongfong, the strongest storm to hit Japan this year, has made landfall on the country's main islands, after injuring at least 30 in Okinawa.

19 ‘fake' school health workers fired; Three children drown in Kien Giang lake; Ministry plans to shore up reservoirs; Marijuana smuggled from Laos seized; Heart diseases to attack 20% of Vietnam’s population by 2017

 A US health chief has said a mistake was "clearly" made by hospital staff treating an Ebola victim in Texas, resulting in one member being infected.

 A local family in the central province of Ha Tinh has discovered 22kg of ancient bronze coins in their garden, said Le Ba Hanh, Deputy Director of the provincial Museum.

 International donors have pledged $5.4bn (£3.4bn) for the Palestinians at a conference in Cairo.                                                                                                                                              

 The oil tanker Sunrise 689, which once reportedly lost contact after leaving Singapore for Vietnam on October 2, are now being investigated.

Vietnam, Seychelles look to stronger cooperation; Vietnam attends 131st IPU Assembly in Geneva; Vietnam learns Norway’s citizen complaint settlement; Vietnam, China hold 3rd round of talks on marine cooperation

 The Vietnamese community in the UK needs to hold high the spirit of unity and help with the homeland’s development, Politburo member and Standing member of the Party Secretariat Le Hong Anh said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived in Brussels on October 12, beginning his official visit to Belgium at the invitation of his Belgian counterpart Elio Di Rupo.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Both multinationals and major local companies have increased salaries by nearly the same rate this year, a survey by Mercer, a global provider of human resource services

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the North of Van Phong Bay, about 100 kilometers from Nha Trang City near Dam Mon Town, tourists can see many pristine beaches surrounded by dense forests and sand dunes.

 Recent global and regional developments warrant Viet Nam forging closer military ties with Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo yesterday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung left Ha Noi yesterday, beginning an European tour that includes official visits to Belgium, the European Union and Germany, attending the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting in Italy, and a visit to the Vatican.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho last Saturday called on Japanese investors to fund key projects in exchange for favourable conditions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Public concerns about the safety of products originating in China, especially fruits, are meant to be doused when the top official of the country’s veggies safety agency asserts that there is no ground for suspicions.

PVN to divest VND5 trillion from OceanBank, PVcomBank; Open-ended SSI-SCA fund starts operation; Vietnam, RoK cooperate in developing microchip industry; Start-up capital goes up 13.9 percent in 9 months

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 91 percent of offices for lease in Ho Chi Minh City was filled in the third quarter of this year, the highest level in the past five years,

VietNamNet Bridge – UK dance company James Cousins will bring along their two dance productions, Without Stars and There We Have Been inspired by Haruki Murakami’s novel Norwegian Wood,