VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts say they can see opportunities for Vietnam in the US-China trade war. Signs show that Asian manufacturers are relocating their production bases to Vietnam.

 Although Viet Nam’s balance of trade in the first eight months of the year stood at a surplus of US$2.8 billion, analysts warn about it returning to a deficit in the coming months.

In a bid to resolve obstacles to implement the national electronic toll collection (ETC) project, the Government has allowed the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to decide how much revenue to extract from BOT projects

 Consumer finance companies have been cutting credit growth to focus more on tightening internal governance and selecting solvent customers to target a safer and healthier development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van’s latest film, Song Lang (The Tap Box), will compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF) next month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi is working on gradually digitising the household registration books of over 7.6 million residents, a move to simplify administrative procedures related to residence management.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chư Pưh District of Gia Lai Province has recently traded its reputation as a pepper-growing capital of the Central Highlands for a very different moniker: “the land of debt”.

Thousands of people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta living in upstream provinces are benefiting from the annual flood season, known informally as the “floating season”, because of its benefits to locals.

A dramatic scene unfolded last week in HCM City when three young workers fell from the Giga Mall construction site on Pham Van Dong Boulevard (Hiep Binh Chanh Ward, Thu Duc District) and were seriously injured, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Do Quoc Luat of the Border Guards triumphed in the men’s 8,750m at the 45th Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper run at Hoan Kiem Lake Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hidden at the bottom of Thu’s heavy army backpack was a well-wrapped jar of salt. It was a gift from her mother given the last time the two met, and Thu planned to take it to the war-torn South Sudan 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thuong Tho Palace in HCM City, built in the mid-19th century as the seat of administration by the French colonialists, needs to be preserved, a seminar heard on Friday.

 The Viet Nam sports delegation members are ready to compete in the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held October 6-18 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 Miss Universe 2007 Riyo Mori of Japan and pop star Hong Nhung will take part in a special concert in HCM City on October 6.

VietNamNet Bridge - Young Vietnamese are increasingly choosing outbound tours for their holidays as the tour fees are getting cheaper.

 A wide range of films that have received awards at international festivals will be screened during the Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from October 27-31.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Twenty-eight-year-old Vietnamese-French player Alize Lim triumphed in both the women’s singles and doubles category of the VTF Pro Tour 4 – Hung Thinh Cup 2018 Sunday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Archeologists delivered 356 reports on the new archeological findings around Vietnam at an announcement event held for the sector during the weekend in the city of Hue.

 Nearly 600 people registered to donate their organs for scientific research at an event held at the Giac Ngo Pagoda in HCM City’s District 10 on Saturday.

The first group of 30 Vietnamese military doctors will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to take over a field hospital run by the United Kingdom, whose personnel are about to withdraw.