The US and UK have warned that air strikes alone will not prevent Islamic State (IS) fighters from seizing the Syrian town of Kobane.

The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has died, Texas hospital officials have said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 90 percent of paper factories in Vietnam operate with substandard waste water treatment systems or have no such system, creating pollution in localities where they are located.

 Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh will participate in the Yonex Denmark Open badminton tournament to be held from October 14 to 19 in Odense City.

 The Vietnamese Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Transport’s proposal to pilot the establishment of transport check-points at border crossings along the Vietnamese-Chinese borderline.

 Vietnamese scientists of Xuan Lien Nature Reserve have discovered a new floral species with the scientific name of Aristolochia xuanlienensis in Thanh Hoa province.

 Oil tanker Sunrise 689, which reportedly lost contact after leaving Singapore for Vietnam on October 2, is on the way home, according to the ship’s owning company - the Haiphong Seafood Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many teachers in schools around the country are not trained in classroom management skills and handle student behavior in inappropriate ways, parents have complained.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been tasked with assessing whether to lift the ban on beef imports from France once the products meet Vietnamese requirements.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders visit Japan; Vietnam contributes positively to ASEAN-EU ties: EU diplomat; President welcomes Asian, European musicians; Japan keen to foster agricultural cooperation with Vietnam

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is to pay working visits to Japan and Iran from October 8-15 at the invitation of the Japanese and Iranian governments.

A Vietnamese delegation led by the Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Economic Affairs, Nguyen Van Giau, attended the 8th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting in Rome, Italy, on October 7.

 The 32nd session of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee continued on October 8 with a focus on the implementation of policies and laws on climate change mitigation in the Mekong Delta.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Passengers will have a chance to book air tickets from Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport to the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho and Bangkok (Thailand) at only VND9,000 (US$0.4) under a VietJet’s mega-promotion program.

Vietnam and Belarus pledged to cooperate on military personnel training, with a focus on political ideology.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi residents worried the Government might run out of vaccines have been lining up in the early hours of the morning to register their children for the immunisation services programme.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although Vietnam initially decided to build only three oil refineries, two are about to be built and others are under construction, while several more are awaiting licenses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has proposed further cutting banned business areas in the latest draft of the investment law from 11 to six.

 VietNamNet Bridge –All radioactive devices in the city will be tracked and managed by the Department of Science and Technology via Global Positioning System devices from the end of next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – New clothing shops in HCM City are holding their own against famous international brands, with new collections being snatched up by the city's style-conscious.