A bomb clearance and disposal team of Peace Trees Vietnam on October 17 successfully handled and moved 27 artillery shells left from the war in Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri.

 During October 10 and 11, historic floods claimed two lives, injured three people and damaged more than one hundred houses in Phù Yên district in the northern mountainous province of Son La.

Over 30,000 tonnes of sulphur have been left in the open at Hoang Dieu Port in northern Hai Phong City for 20 days, causing concern over the risk of fire and environmental pollution.

Police of the southern province of Binh Duong have arrested Lu Te Chiang from Taipei (China) who was hunted for illegally possessing guns and bullets. 

The National Assembly of Vietnam supports the win-win cooperation between the governments of Vietnam and Kazakhstan based on refining their legal systems to enable businesses and investors to access each other’s market.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has directed departments and investors to open air routes for Van Don international airport, which is expected to be put into operation in April 2018.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Over the past 20 years, APEC meetings have focused on how to improve the capacity of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in accessing the global value chain.

The Vietnamese mobile phone market in the third quarter saw an unexpected breakthrough from Samsung, which now holds the largest market share among smartphone makers. 

The HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways has asked the HCMC government for an additional advance of VND1,173 billion to pay the contractors of the Metro Line No. 1 project in October and November.

VietNamNet Bridge - Japan and South Korea are tightening control over illegal residential workers, while Vietnam plans to export 105,000 workers. 

VietNamNet Bridge - E-learning or online education appeared in Vietnam 10 years ago, but has only been flourishing in the last three years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Mining companies are complaining that the amount of money they have to pay to get  mining rights is unreasonable. 

 Cars would have to pay a fee from 2019 if they enter HCMC’s central business district, according to a traffic congestion reduction plan which Tien Phong Technology JSC (ITD) has sent to the city government.

 Credit institutions in Vietnam reported a combined profit of VND47 trillion ($2.07 billion) in the first three quarters this year, soaring 39 per cent from a year earlier, the government’s financial watchdog noted in its monthly report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The phone rings all day inside the small room at 35 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi’s Ba Dinh District.

 Connected consumers in Vietnam are more trusting than those in regional neighbours when it comes to online activities.

 As many as 11 hospitals in HCMC are ready to provide medical services to foreign visitors to the city under a joint cooperation scheme signed between the city’s Departments of Health and Tourism last week.

 The sponsors for the Viet Nam APEC Year 2017 were announced at a ceremony, held by the sponsorship mobilization board, under the APEC 2017 National Committee in Ha Noi on October 17. 

 Vietnam always attaches importance to the United Nations’ central role in building international legal systems, maintaining peace, preventing conflicts and addressing global challenges, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 17.

 Vietnam always attaches importance to the position of Australia in its foreign policies and hopes for the strong growth of bilateral comprehensive partnership in the coming time to create a firm foundation for the elevation of their relations.