VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam detected more 12,200 hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) patients nationwide last month, according to latest statistics by the Ministry of Health.

VietNamNet Bridge - The heavier environmental tax on petrol is expected to seriously affect businesses and burden the poor.

 Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Do Muoi passed away at 23:12 on October 1 at the Military Central Hospital 108 due to serious illness.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2018 Goldman Prize for the first time has honored a woman from Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local people in craft villages that make fishing nets and other tools are now busy serving the needs of fishermen during the annual flooding season.

VietNamNet Bridge - Gender stereotypes in textbooks lead to many consequences, from school bullying to the loss of career opportunities, experts say.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The US-China trade war is escalating sharply. In the most recent move, the US imposed a 10 per cent tariff starting from Monday on US$200 billion of Chinese imports. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The use of agricultural by-products for feeding livestock and as substrate for other crops has helped farmers around the country earn extra incomes while also protecting the environment.

 The Vietnamese Government is striving towards a higher economic growth than the 6.7 percent rate set by the National Assembly, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on October 1 at the Tan Son Nhat international airport to see off the first group of the nation’s level-2 field hospital to carry out peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first contingent to participate in a UN peacekeeping mission left HCM City for South Sudan on Tuesday morning on Australia’s largest military transport aircraft.

At first, the 2-sim iPhone XS Max caught special attention from Vietnamese iPhone fans. However, the price of the version plunged after users experienced some problems. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Collectors of HCM City are hunting for comic series published in Vietnam 20-30 years ago.

 Two Vietnamese male and female players, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong have delivered impressive performances at the ongoing 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia.

 Famous singer Sohyang from the Republic of Korea will perform in Hanoi for the first time at Vietnam Concert 2018.

 A string of cultural activities will be held at Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the mural space on Phung Hung street from October 5-7.

 Heart Beat’s Autumn show, featuring Munich-based DJ Stenny, will take place at The Observatory in District 1, HCMC on October 5.

 The national conference on 30 years of FDI attraction in Vietnam will take place on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at the National Conference Centre (NCC) in Hanoi.

 The authorities in HCM City have closed four public bus routes in the past two months due to losses.

 Vietnam has been forecasted to see 2-3 tropical storms from now to the year-end which would mostly happen in the central and southern regions.