Saigon Heat have signed up American player Dijon Thompson as they prepare for the 2014 AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League playoff round.

 The Hoang Anh Gia Lai-Arsenal-JMG U21 team tasted victory for the first time after crushing Thailand's U21 team, 3-0, in the final game of the International U-21 Football Tournament yesterday.

 The exact number of investment capital spent on the National Assembly House project is over VND5.5 trillion, or roughly US$260 million, with some 80% of it already disbursed, said the Construction Minister.

Ocean Bank said on October 27 it has had no problem with liquidity since Ha Van Tham, former chairman of the bank, was detained by police last Friday on his alleged involvement in lending irregularities.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recent surveys about the tax policies applied to foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) show that Vietnamese have become choosier about foreign direct investment (FDI) and FIEs (foreign-invested enterprises).

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has unveiled a draft plan to set up 11 parks across the country by 2020 to research and innovate agricultural technologies.

 Well-known Indian dance troupe Odissi will amaze Hanoian audiences with four special performances at Hanoi University of Culture on October 30.

 The 113-year-old Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi has been crowned the best hotel in Southeast Asia by Conde Nast Traveller, one of the world’s most luxury and lifestyle travel publishers.

 Vietnam had more than 33 million Internet users at the end of 2013, constituting 37% of the nation’s total population, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC)’s White Book.

 One of the most famous books written by late French President Charles de Gaulle, The Edge of the Sword (Le Fil de l'Epee) has been published in Viet Nam.

After resettling to make way for new hydropower plants and their reservoirs throughout the central region, many households find that life has yet to return to normal.

 Members of the National Assembly yesterday agreed that a birth certificate should continue to be issued under the draft Law on Household Registration.

Over 1.2 million workers secured new jobs domestically, while more than 91,000 were employed internationally between January and October, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Programmatic advertisement, a smart technology believed to be a new solution for the digital ad market, may bring high risks to online newspapers, as he content of the ads is not controlled before they appear on websites.

 Vietnam condemns the terrorist attacks on the army barracks in the north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on October 24, which left many dead and injured, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.

 National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung confirmed the legislature’s commitment to enhancing the comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Tanzania during a reception for Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in Hanoi on October 28.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi reaffirmed yesterday the commitment of both nations to comprehensively develop the ties of strategic partnership.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ky Anh tunnel, which played a vital role in the American war, is being restored as a tourist destination.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Drug addicts roam the street, indulging themselves into heroin orgies, littering syringes and needles after use at public places like in no-man’s land, and putting the people in HCMC at risk,

VietNamNet Bridge – The national football squad will play friendly against Bahrain, the Republic of Korea, Palestine and Malaysia in October and November in preparation for the Southeast Asian Football Championships