VietNamNet Bridge - The sharply increased demand for leased land in industrial zones (IZs) from foreign investors has prompted infrastructure developers to transfer IZ and port projects to earn profits.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) complain that it is difficult to make investments in Vietnam.

 The quality of Viet Nam's 3G network service is not low, as was written in recent reports published by global mobile application providers, who evaluate the speed of internet networks and mobile internet throughout the world.

 Viet Nam leads the weekly trend of accessing online video, with 92 per cent of respondents saying that they accessed online video on a weekly basis, Nielsen reported.

 Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) sold one lot of 110.8 million shares from five hydropower companies for over VND1.4 trillion (US$62.6 million), aimed at divesting from its non-core subsidiaries.

 The Government launched a new website this month which enables businesses to send feedback and suggestions.

VietNamNet Bridge - Wedding photos of a couple more than 80 years old have amazed Vietnamese facebookers and Internet users.

  Farmers in the Mekong Delta have begun harvesting the year’s third rice crop, but face low yields even as prices have been pushed down by export difficulties.

 Hanoi has been developed into a peaceful and prosperous city over the past 62 years.

 A proposal to allow Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) to set retail prices has been criticised for granting excessive power to the national utility as well as the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

 Coach Hoang Anh Tuan will introduce a different squad at the coming Asian U19 Football Championship in Bahrain. 

 Vietnamese Dang Nam claimed a bronze medal at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup 2016, which closed on October 9 in Hungary.

 Vietnam is taking steps to develop ecological industrial parks for sustainable and environmentally-friendly development.

VietNamNet Bridge - HCM City leaders are making aggressive moves to turn Saigon into the Silicon Valley of Vietnam.

The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science’s Anti-Dumping Commission on October 7 initiated an investigation on the alleged dumping and subsidisation of galvanised steel imported from India, Malaysia and Vietnam.

 Despite Government efforts, domestic auto production has not yet satisfied demand. Pham Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Department of Heavy Industry, talks about domestic automaking prospects.

 Construction on the country’s biggest wastewater treatment station with a daily capacity of 270,000 cubic metres started in Thanh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi on October 7. 

 A natural disaster alert and watch system will be built at 13 coastal provinces and cities from Ha Tinh to Ba Ria – Vung Tau with 532 stations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

A seminar was held in Moscow, Russia on October 7, focusing on the situation in the East Sea following the recent ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the waters. 

 Unemployment rate in urban areas would be below 4 percent and the proportion of poor households would be reduced to 8.62-8.42 percent this year as according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.