VietNamNet Bridge – A night of dances will feature two pieces Bolero and Suite en Blanc by choreographer Le Ngoc Van at Ha Noi Opera House on October 17-18.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese female boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has the golden touch. The fighter has scooped a gold medal at the fourth Women’s and Women’s Youth Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Đào Thiên Hải Chess Open will take place on October 20-21 in HCM City.

Dengue fever in Hanoi has dropped since last month, down 95.8 per cent against the same period last year, but the risk of contracting the disease is still high, warned Dr Nguyen Nhat Cam, director of the city’s Disease Control Centre.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam won seven gold prizes for best puppet performance and puppeteers at the fifth International Puppet Festival which ended in Hanoi on Monday. 

 France could provide $1.3m in ODA funding for a consultancy project to study the expansion of Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi to serve up to 80-100 million passengers per year with a view to 2050.

 Vietnam has for the first time won a gold medal at the 18th annual Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Awards (APICTA) held recently in China.

Head coach Park Hang-seo is hoping to lead Vietnam to the top of their group at the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Championship, the AFF Suzuki Cup, which will be held in a new format early next month. 

 Vietnam is ranked sixth in a list of countries and territories with the largest number of students who are studying in the US in the 2016-2017 academic year, up 4.8 percent, according to the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Competitive electricity generation market program will be fully operated from January 1 next year, opening chances for more businesses to invest in the field and offer competitive, reasonable and practical wholesale prices.

Vietnam have been drawn in Group A, together with Thailand, Timor Leste, Laos, Brunei and the Philippines, at the 2019 AFF U22 Championship, to be hosted in Cambodia from February 17 to March 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Quyet has been named V.League Player of the Season for 2018 just days after his team Ha Noi FC were crowned champions.

 After impressive announcements, several mega real estate projects with investment values ranging from several hundred to billions of dollars in Ho Chi Minh City’s southern part remain empty after long years.

 A recent salary survey by Talentnet shows that the retail, banking, and insurance sectors are the most likely to increase their headcount to support business expansions in 2019.

 Interest rates for Vietnamese dong loans have increased in the past two months after holding steady in the first half of the year.

 Experts have suggested Vietnam build a balanced energy structure by developing renewable energy, given the increased energy demand in the country. 

The People’s Committee of central Ha Tinh held a ceremony on October 16 to receive a certificate recognising The Envoy’s Journey to China as one of documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific under UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme. 

 The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee decided on October 16 to extend the pilot e-visa programme for foreign visitors to Vietnam by another two years.

Pencak silat was played at the Asian Games for the first time ever in 2018. Vietnamese martial artist Tran Dinh Nam, 26, brought home a gold medal. He met Khalid Mohd Rauzi from Malaysia, who beat Nam in the finals 

 The first-ever Vietnamese male model contest was officially launched in Vietnam on October 16, with the aim of seeking Vietnamese representatives to compete in international contests next year.