VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Son, director of the New Technology Solutions speaks to Hai Quan newspaper about weaknesses in the Master Plan on the Development of Viet Nam’s Coal Industry by 2020 and Vision 2030 

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese contestant Nam Em won the silver medal for the talent competition of the Miss Earth 2016 beauty contest for the song "You Raise Me Up".

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has told the Government to present a separate detailed report on the need to build an expressway linking the north and south of the nation.

The Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) has come to a cooperative arrangement with FPT Retail to open a retail store chain selling Vinamilk products. 

Phuong Linh, representing Vietnam at Miss International 2016 in Japan, has come bearing a distinctive gift of a ship painting decorated with a set of chopsticks made of sandalwood for the contest committee.

  Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on Tuesday signed a licence allowing Gtel Mobile Joint Stock Company (Gtel Mobile) to provide 4G telecommunications service in Viet Nam.

 HCM City athletes were successful on the first day of competitions at the National Swimming Championship in Hanoi on October 18.

 The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has made a proposal to the prime minister on next year’s public holidays scheme.

VietNamNet Bridge - Chief Editor Vo Dang Thien and Deputy Editor Pham Thanh of the online newspaper Infonet have been suspended in order to clarify personal responsibility for the newspaper’s recent violation.

 A new case of Zika infection has just been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the fifth in the city so far, triggering concern that more Zika cases are likely to appear in the southern hub. 

 The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and the Yachiyo Bank of Japan have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in supporting Japanese firms in Vietnam.

 Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) 's Management Board Dmitry Pankin expressed his wish that all 12 candidates, including Vietnam, can be admitted to the bank at the end of 2017. 

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has requested ministries and relevant agencies to make all-out efforts to keep inflation at between 4.5-5 percent as set by the National Assembly in 2016.

 A string of summits which aim to further links among Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries will take place in Hanoi from October 24-26.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged UK businesses to get more involved in the reshuffle of financial and banking systems in Vietnam.

 Ho Chi Minh City will create optimal conditions for Bulgarian businesses to seek opportunities for long-term investment and business, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said. 

 The second session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will convene on October 20 morning, the NA Secretary-General announced in a press release on October 19. 

 Storm Sarika weakened into a low tropical pressure this morning over the sea some 60km away from the Quang Ninh coast.

 The helicopter that went missing yesterday in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was found this morning with the bodies of all three military officers on board.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3 - the dangerous level,