The Ministry of Information and Communications launched the 46th Universal Postal Union (UPU) national letter writing contest at a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 14. 

  Renewing management mechanisms and reducing the number of employees on the State payroll are needed to replace incompetent civil servants with qualified ones, said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan.

 Vietnamobile has announced it will invest $450 million in its 3G service with the aim of raising its market share to 15 per cent by 2020.

 Vietnam is taking numerous measures to ensure food security in the context of increasing climate change. 

  It is a high time to bring ASEAN-EU dialogue relations to strategic level and deepen bilateral cooperation in important fields, Vietnam’s representative said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Several problems including kidnapping, blackmailing and violence have prompted a call for the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) to play a greater role in debt collection.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Ngoc, 81, of Thu Duc District’s Binh Chieu Ward, no longer goes to the district hospital for treating her joint and heart diseases as the latter recently opened a satellite clinic at the ward health centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has been making practical contributions to turning the Mekong sub-region into a dynamic and prosperous economic area via CLMV and ACMECS cooperation frameworks.

 A second economic reform is now imperative in response to the possible influence from the neighboring country and international integration as a whole, said an economist.

VietNamNet Bridge – Wiping the sweat off her face, Dorothy Hood grabbed some water bottles and invited the group working on a new house to drink.

 Viet Nam will officially launch the VNX Allshare Index on October 24, combining the two existing local exchanges to boost foreign investment in the stock market.

 Renewing the growth model which should be propelled by productivity and competitiveness of the economy is a key task set by the 12 th Party Central Committee during its six-day fourth plenary meeting that concluded on October 14.

The list of ten candidates for Miss VTV Cup 2016 title was announced by the organizing board of the VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup on October 13. 

 Missosology on October 14 chose Vietnamese representative Nguyen Thi Le Nam Em among its top 10 third Official Hot Picks for Miss Earth 2016.

Pham Nhat Vuong, Trinh Van Quyet, Tran Dinh Long and Le Phuoc Vu are named a few among the most famous and talented businessmen in Vietnam.

 Vietnam has no athletes left at the ongoing Vietnam Open tennis tournament in HCM City.

Bold measures must be taken to deal with bad debt as it leaves negative impact on economic growth, but the State budget should by no means be used to settle this problem, said vice chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Commission.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A schoolgirl in the central province of Khanh Hoa fulfilled her “promise” of setting a fire at her school after receiving 1,000 likes on her Facebook page.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Transport Ministry has proposed Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc put on hold investment in building the Tuyen Quang-Phu Tho expressway until 2020. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCMCity saved more than VND180 million (nearly $9,000) in two months thanks tosending invitation letters in the form of email and text messages.